India Software Hiring Index (StackCV) — Week of Mar 02, 2026

by Anupam Bhatt · March 2, 2026
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Snapshot (StackCV)

  • Total open software jobs: 3675 across 111 companies.
  • Top cities this week: Bengaluru (1939), Hyderabad (389), Pune (340), Multiple (287), Chennai (256), Remote (139).
  • Top hiring companies: Walmart Labs (275), Capgemini (189), nVIDIA (166), Mastercard (165), Cadence (162), Visa (132).

Key deltas vs last weekly snapshot

  • SDE -61 (790→729)
  • Principal Engineer -57 (562→505)
  • SSE -53 (999→946)
  • SDET/SSET -34 (264→230)
  • Bengaluru -129 (2068→1939)
  • Chennai -39 (295→256)
  • Pune -29 (369→340)
  • Noida +9 (124→133)

Takeaway: Hiring volume cooled this week, with broad declines across core engineering roles; Bengaluru still dominates demand.

Source: StackCV live aggregates at publish time.