About SalaryBox
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.
Website : https://www.salarybox.in/
LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/salaryboxapp
About the Role
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.
RequirementsWhat 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.
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.
Skills Required
- 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 data structures and algorithms, object-oriented programming, databases, APIs, distributed systems, system design, and software engineering fundamentals
- Hands-on experience building and shipping production-grade applications
- Experience owning architecture and technical decisions for products or large engineering initiatives
- Strong experience with backend and frontend development 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
What We Do
SalaryBox is solution that makes employee management effortless. Our product offers a range of features, from time and attendance tracking to employee payments, and much more. We help small businesses manage their payroll by eliminating the hassle of manual, paper-based processes With our service, you'll always know what you owe employees when payments are due, and who's been paid. With our automated system, you can have your payroll processed in seconds, right from the palm of your hands. Our customers enjoy peace of mind knowing their company is following all regulations. Founded in 2020 , we have raised capital from top-tier investors including Y Combinator , DoorDash Inc.’s Gokul Rajaram, former Tinder and Spotify executive Sriram Krishnan and former Facebook executive Anand Chandraskeran. Our values are rooted in Customer Empathy & a relentless obsession with Product Innovation. Our passion to build an extremely useful and usable product has helped us grow significantly within a small span of time. Get on board with our platform today to see how it can help you and your company grow! Available on both Android and iOS.
