BANGALORE: Twitter, Facebook, Quora, Evernote, Bloomberg and Adobe are increasingly giving traditional recruiting avenues a miss and hiring Indian developers on coding platforms like HackerRank and HackerEarth. They are offering top dollars to those who have taken lead positions on programming leader boards tackling mind-bending challenges.
A bunch of Indian programmers participating in HackerRank’s coding contests are being offered annual salaries ranging from $120,000-$150,000 (Rs 72 lakh-90 lakh) for US-based positions.
