Tech Lead

Zoho; Gurgaon; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

SalaryBox is seeking a Tech Lead to guide architecture and system design while remaining deeply hands-on in code and product initiatives. You will own technically challenging projects, mentor engineers, and drive end-to-end delivery from requirements to deployment in a fast-paced startup environment.

The ideal candidate has 6–8 years of software engineering experience with strong backend/frontend skills, DSA knowledge, and a track record in scalable, secure systems.

Qualifications

• 6–8 years of software engineering experience with hands-on development.
• 4+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Strong understanding of DSA, OOP, databases, APIs, distributed systems and system design.
• Hands-on experience shipping production-grade applications.
• Experience owning architecture and technical decisions for large initiatives.
• Strong frontend and backend capabilities across the stack.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Startup experience or ability to operate in a startup-like environment.

Responsibilities

• Make sound decisions around architecture, system design, scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability.
• Remain deeply hands-on with the codebase and contribute to critical product initiatives.
• Take ownership of technically challenging and business-critical projects.
• Lead and mentor a team of engineers and help them grow technically.
• Take end-to-end ownership of projects from requirement understanding through design, development, deployment, and monitoring.
• Build systems and processes from the ground up rather than relying on established enterprise processes.
• Be comfortable wearing multiple hats and solving problems beyond a defined job description.

Skills

DSA

OOP

Databases

APIs

Distributed systems

System design

Software engineering fundamentals

Production-grade apps

Architecture ownership

Frontend & backend

Testing & security

Scalability & performance

Communication & stakeholder mgmt

Startup experience

Job description

It’s an amazing time to be joining SalaryBox as we continue to transform attendance and payroll for over 60 million MSME’s in India.We launched the app in Jan 2021, and now have more than 4 million downloads of the app.Backed by Y-Combinator, SalaryBox is India’s leading attendance and payroll app. Considered to be the engine of economies around the world, the MSME segment in India alone has ~63 million units, and employs ~100 million people. The sector accounts for 27% of GDP and is crucial to the functioning of the economy. We are on a mission to make work easier for these business owners, managers, and employees so that they can focus on the things they do best. Today, SalaryBox is a fun bunch of analytical and ambitious folks building the first-of-its-kind technologies for the MSME ecosystem. Our mission is big, so we act with urgency in everything we do. We find creative ways to test ideas and learn today so that we focus on the right things tomorrow.

We are looking for a candidate who is willing to work with an early-age startup and help us grow. You will be working with an agile team where your ideas have the potential to reach millions. You will be an integral part of the organization where you will be a critical voice in the decision-making process.

We are looking for a Tech Lead who is a strong hands-on engineer, an effective technical leader, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced startup environment.

Requirements

What You'll Do

Make sound decisions around architecture, system design, scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability.

Remain deeply hands-on with the codebase and contribute to critical product initiatives.

Take ownership of technically challenging and business-critical projects.

Lead and mentor a team of engineers and help them grow technically.

Take end-to-end ownership of projects from requirement understanding through design, development, deployment, and monitoring.

Build systems and processes from the ground up rather than relying on established enterprise processes.

Be comfortable wearing multiple hats and solving problems beyond a defined job description.

Must Have

6–8 years of software engineering experience, with significant hands-on development experience.

4+ years of experience in a technical leadership capacity.

Strong understanding of DSA, OOP, databases, APIs, distributed systems, system design, and software engineering fundamentals.

Strong hands-on experience building and shipping production-grade applications.

Proven experience owning architecture and technical decisions for products or large engineering initiatives.

Strong experience with backend and frontend development, with the ability to understand and contribute across the stack.

Strong understanding of engineering quality, testing, security, scalability, and performance.

Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Strong startup experience or demonstrated ability to operate in a startup-like environment.