From California to Bengaluru: How rightshoring is rewriting tech careers
While tech companies are sacking thousands in the US due to AI-led automation and efficiency gains, hiring hasn’t abated in markets such as India, the Philippines and Brazil because of the obvious commercial advantage: A senior engineer in California costs about $280,000 annually.
Their equivalent in Bengaluru, along with a paid subscription to AI tools such as Cursor or Claude, costs $52,000 on average. That ‘AI+India/Philippines/ Brazil’ equation is working in favour of candidates in these countries.
