I have been thinking of picking a remote job by working from Bangalore, India over the next year (2020). There are two aspects that are making remote jobs lucrative to me.

One is I can work in a peaceful environment. I don't like the noises that are present in the open offices. Given that my domain(Ruby on Rails) is mostly startupy, I have worked only in open offices till now and I think the situation will be the same for the next 5 or so years Until I become a Director or so and can negotiate for an office for myself.

Second is the money aspect, making 100k per year would change life for me in terms of finances. Currently, I get paid about a little less than 20 k USD in India, and it's decent. I just get by paying bills, mortgage etc. I don't get to have much savings with this amount. But 100 k would change the quality of living dramatically and I get to save a considerable amount for the future.

So why 100k? I should be paid as per my location right?

Not really, I would say. I have compared my work with some world-class startups and I would say my work is either comparable if not better. I have built systems that handle millions of requests. I think 100k is not what I would accept if I am in the US. I would be looking at 150 - 200 k which my friends in the US are already making, whom I talk to on a regular basis. So 100k is just a magic number for me, which would make comfortable living in India at this point.

I have worked remotely in the past like 2 years back, but at that time I did not have significant experience under my belt. And I was a junior. Due to timezone constraints (mostly) and some communication gaps on the expectations end. It did not work out. But this time, I am fully independent, and I won't be needing much help/guidance in taking a feature to production.

So anyone from India has done this already? How did you go about it? I know India is a huge country and I am pretty sure many people have done it. I just need some help/advice on which companies pay remote employees good wages and how to approach them. I promise I will pay it forward! Any pointers would be great

Help me, universe!

Edit:
19th Feb 2020: I reached out to a company that has a remote opening from NewYork. They said timezone is the major constraint even though I seemed like a great fit. Salary was 95k USD. So looks like 100 K USD is doable, it's just that I need to find some company which has a fully async remote culture