GCC Nexus · Australian companies
Building your India engineering team as an Australian company.
AUD costs, AEST overlap and async-first team practices.
Quick answer
Australian companies are increasingly building India engineering teams to access world-class talent at 60–70% lower cost than Australian hiring. AEST gives 2–3 hours of daily overlap with IST — manageable with async-first team practices. A senior engineer costs A$55,000–A$83,000/year at the top 25% bracket. GCC Nexus manages everything.Cost comparison
India vs Australia — engineering cost in AUD
Senior engineer, top 25% talent bracket. India salary = engineer gross salary. India total = includes PF, gratuity, health insurance and workspace.
India via GCC Nexus
Senior engineer salary (top 25%)A$55,000–A$83,000/yr
Total employer costA$66,000–A$100,000/yr
Time to first hire2–4 weeks
Talent bracketTop 25% — product MNCs and funded startups
Australia local hire
Senior engineer total costA$120,000–A$165,000/yr
Saving with India team60–70%
Timezone overlap with ISTAEST to IST: 2–3 hrs daily
Best India citiesBangalore · Hyderabad · Pune
Best cities for Australia companies: Bangalore for AI/ML, product and backend. Hyderabad for data engineering and cloud at lower cost. Both cities have experience working with Australian companies and AEST-compatible async practices.
Timezone
Timezone overlap — Australia ↔ India
IST is UTC+5:30. AEST (UTC+10) to IST (UTC+5:30) is 4.5 hours ahead — India is 4.5 hours behind Australia. A 9am start in Sydney = 4:30am in Bangalore, giving 2–3 hours of overlap in the afternoon AEST / morning IST.
GCC Nexus structures India team schedules to front-load collaboration during the overlap window — standups, sprint planning and design reviews happen at the start of the Australia workday. The remaining hours are async-first with detailed written standups, Loom walkthroughs and clear ticket documentation.
Top roles
Most popular engineering roles for Australia companies
All salary figures from GCC Nexus salary_benchmarks, senior level, top 25% talent bracket, ₹90:$1. See full salary benchmark for all roles and seniority levels.
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