Chennai

IT Staffing in Chennai

India's SaaS capital and the birthplace of Freshworks, Zoho, and Chargebee. Chennai's 400K+ IT professionals bring deep product engineering expertise, and our local team knows exactly where to find the best of them.

400K+
IT Professionals
100+
SaaS Companies
30%
India's SaaS Revenue
₹8.5L+
Avg Senior Salary
Why Chennai

India's SaaS Capital & IT Services Powerhouse

Chennai generates 30% of India's SaaS revenue and houses the global headquarters of TCS. The city's blend of product companies and IT services creates a talent pool that's both technically deep and business-aware.

Tech Hub Geography

  • OMR (Old Mahabalipuram Road) — 15km IT corridor with 500+ tech companies
  • Tidel Park & ELCOT SEZ — Government-backed tech parks with subsidized operations
  • Sholinganallur — Major SaaS cluster with Freshworks, Kissflow, and startups
  • Guindy — TCS global HQ and traditional IT services hub
  • Porur / Mount Poonamallee — Emerging IT zone with DLF and SP Infocity

Talent Advantages

  • IIT Madras — India's top engineering school and its research park ecosystem
  • Strong SaaS product engineering talent — full-stack, microservices, and API-first mindset
  • 25-35% lower salaries than Bangalore for equivalent experience and skills
  • Lowest attrition rates among Indian IT hubs — cultural stability and family orientation
  • Deep Java, .NET, and mainframe talent from decades of IT services presence
Industries

Industries We Staff in Chennai

From SaaS unicorns to banking GCCs to automotive R&D, Chennai's industry mix creates diverse and specialized hiring demands.

SaaS & Product Companies

Freshworks, Zoho, Chargebee, Kissflow, and 100+ SaaS companies make Chennai India's SaaS capital. Deep product engineering talent pool.

IT Services & BPO

TCS (global HQ), Cognizant (founded here), Infosys, and HCL maintain large campuses across OMR and Sholinganallur.

Banking & Financial Services

Standard Chartered, BNY Mellon, Citi, and RBS run major tech centres. Strong demand for Java, mainframe, and risk analytics talent.

Automotive & Manufacturing

Hyundai, Ford (legacy), Caterpillar, and Ashok Leyland drive demand for embedded, IoT, and MES talent.

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Apollo Hospitals tech, Tata Medical Centre, and health-tech startups create growing demand for FHIR, HL7, and clinical data engineers.

Telecom

Ericsson, Nokia, and Verizon R&D centres employ 5G, network automation, and OSS/BSS engineers.

Top Roles

Most In-Demand Roles in Chennai

Chennai's SaaS and banking dominance shapes its demand profile. Here are the roles our Chennai team fills most frequently.

Full-Stack SaaS Developers
Java / Spring Boot Engineers
.NET / C# Developers
React / Angular / Vue Developers
Cloud Engineers (AWS/Azure)
DevOps / SRE Engineers
Data Engineers
QA Automation Engineers
Mainframe (COBOL/JCL)
Product Managers
Business Analysts
Scrum Masters
5G / Telecom Engineers
Embedded C/C++ Engineers
Zoho / Freshworks Developers
Technical Architects

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