Head Counsellor

We like to keep our job descriptions super simple, so please spend 3 minutes reading this.

Details about the job. You will ...

• Work very closely with the Head of Engineering and the CEO directly
• Own major parts of our tech stack (Node.js/React.js) and your job will be focused primarily on backend (Node/SQL/MQs etc.), but with some front-end JS work (React) as needed
• Design, code, and deliver top-quality software that performs beautifully at scale
• Take ownership for your job and treat it like it is your baby
• This job is based in Chennai (NOT Remote). But we have a lot of flexibility for when life situations require you to work from home
• We are only a 40 person company (by choice) - so you will get amazing ownership!

A Bit About You.

• Really strong in Javascript especially in Node.js with at least 5 years of experience - if you are genuinely not super strong, please do not apply as you will find our interviews challenging and it might be a waste of your time
• Also has React.js experience so that you can support the front-end work as needed
• A strong Engineer who LIKES building software - not just someone who knows the frameworks and can code
• We don't care about college degrees or if you are self taught - we only care that you're exceptional in your work and can be professional
• Must have strong communication skills
• Must be organized, and deliver their own work within deadlines, professionally
• Strong sense of ownership and take pride in your work.

What Will We Do For You?

• Office next to the beach
• "Sports team with a heart" mentality. Even though we work hard, we take care of our people.
• Free breakfast and snacks every day
• Non-hierarchical work environment
• Macbook Pro, free swag etc. of course!
• Huge potential for career growth - the limiting factor will be just your commitment and ambition.

Must Have -

a. Background working with Startups

b. Good knowledge of Kubernetes & Docker

c. Background working in Azure

What you’ll be doing

• Ensure that our applications and environments are stable, scalable, secure and performing as expected.
• Proactively engage and work in alignment with cross-functional colleagues to understand their requirements, contributing to and providing suitable supporting solutions.
• Develop and introduce systems to aid and facilitate rapid growth including implementation of deployment policies, designing and implementing new procedures, configuration management and planning of patches and for capacity upgrades
• Observability: ensure suitable levels of monitoring and alerting are in place to keep engineers aware of issues.
• Establish runbooks and procedures to keep outages to a minimum. Jump in before users notice that things are off track, then automate it for the future.
• Automate everything so that nothing is ever done manually in production.
• Identify and mitigate reliability and security risks. Make sure we are prepared for peak times,
• DDoS attacks and fat fingers.
• Troubleshoot issues across the whole stack - software, applications and network.
• Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables as part of a self-organizing team.
• Learn and unlearn every day by exchanging knowledge and new insights, conducting constructive code reviews, and participating in retrospectives.

Requirements

• 2+ years extensive experience of Linux server administration include patching, packaging (rpm), performance tuning, networking, user management, and security.
• 2+ years of implementing systems that are highly available, secure, scalable, and self-healingon Azure cloud platform
• Strong understanding of networking, especially in cloud environments along with a good understanding of CICD.
• Prior experience implementing industry standard security best practices, including those recommended by Azure
• Proficiency with Bash, and any high-level scripting language.
• Basic working knowledge of observability stacks like ELK, prometheus, grafana, Signoz etc
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code and Infrastructure Testing, preferably using Pulumi/Terraform.
• Hands-on experience in building and administering VMs and Containers using tools such as Docker/Kubernetes.
• Excellent communication skills, spoken as well as written, with a demonstrated ability to articulate technical problems and projects to all stakeholders.

The role

We are looking for a PR Lead to own and drive a public relations strategy globally for Fynd Commerce and our entire product suite—including Boltic, PixelBin, GlamAR, Copilot, and more. You'll be responsible for driving PR efforts while coordinating with an external agency to execute the strategy.

This role is not just about media coverage—it’s about shaping the narrative, building strong industry relationships, and ensuring Fynd is positioned as a thought leader in commerce, AI, automation, and digital transformation.

What will you do at Fynd?

PR Strategy & Execution

• Develop and lead the global PR strategy for Fynd and all product verticals, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Own the end-to-end media relations, press outreach, and storytelling efforts.
• Proactively pitch stories and secure coverage across top-tier publications, industry media, and digital platforms.
• Position Fynd’s leadership, products, and innovations as key voices in retail tech, AI, automation, and SaaS.
• Monitor commerce, AI, and SaaS trends to identify opportunities for thought leadership and media placements.

Media & Industry Relations

• Build and nurture relationships with journalists, editors, analysts, and influencers across tech, retail, SaaS, and AI domains.
• Develop a strong press network to ensure consistent and impactful media coverage.
• Manage media requests, interviews, and speaking opportunities for Fynd’s leadership team.
• Drive executive communications, including keynote speeches, panel discussions, and industry event participation.

Content & Thought Leadership

• Craft press releases, bylined articles, op-eds, and media statements that shape industry perception.
• Collaborate with internal teams to create impactful storytelling around product innovations, partnerships, and market trends.
• Work closely with the content and growth teams to align PR efforts with broader marketing strategies.
• Lead crisis communications and reputation management when necessary.

Corporate & Community Engagement

• Identify and leverage speaking opportunities, awards, and strategic partnerships to amplify Fynd’s brand visibility.
• Engage with online communities, industry forums, and professional networks to position Fynd as an industry leader.
• Support internal communications to keep employees informed and aligned with key brand messaging.

Some Specific requirements:

Must-Have:

• 10+ years of experience in public relations, corporate communications, or media strategy, preferably in SaaS, tech, or retail.
• Strong media relationships with key business, tech, and industry publications.
• Collaboration and management skills when working with an external agency
• Exceptional storytelling skills—ability to craft compelling narratives from complex topics.
• Experience in securing media coverage, managing press releases, and handling crisis communications.
• Understanding of B2B SaaS, AI, automation, and retail-tech ecosystems.

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience working with high-growth startups, enterprise SaaS, or commerce technology companies.
• Background in journalism, media, or content strategy.
• Strong connections within AI, automation, and digital commerce circles.
• Experience with executive communications and thought leadership campaigns.

Responsibilities

·        Design and build advanced applications for the iOS platform.

·        Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.

·        Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.

·        Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs

·        Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

·        Support the whole application lifetime from idea through design, testing, release, and maintenance

·        Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

Skills

·        Proficient with Swift and Cocoa Touch

·        Experience with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, etc.

·        Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning

·        Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services

·        Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines

·        Experience with performance and memory tuning with tools 

·        Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications

·        Knack for benchmarking and optimization

·        Proficient understanding of code versioning tools source tree, git

·        Familiarity with continuous integration

·        Solid grasp of algorithms, memory management, object oriented programming, and MVC Design

Competencies

·        Excellent communication skills

·        Ability to co-ordinate with cross functional teams  

·        Should be a good Team player.

Responsibilities and Duties 

•      Develop high-quality software design and architecture.

•      Achieve the timeline with quality delivery of assigned tasks.

•      Able to do technical analysis and code review.

•      Able to troubleshoot internal & production bugs.

•      Coordinate and support to project co-ordinator/project manager.

•      Development coding standards are achieved. 

•      Work with internal teams to understand and analyse their needs and to ensure that proposed solution caters to same.

•      Adopt new technology in quick time.

•      Implement Unit tests and Functional tests to ascertain highest quality of deliverables.

•      Identify, prioritize and execute tasks in the software development life cycle.

•      Understand business needs and know how to implement needs in the system to meet business needs.

•      Able to create technical documents.

•      Able to lead team members and plan team’s task.

•      Design, develop, modify, implement, and support software components anywhere in the software stack.

•      Work in close partnership with cross-functional teams and management.

Qualifications

•      Having knowledge of .NET C#, .NET Core, Angular JS, Web API, Micro Services, JavaScript, jQuery and Bootstrap.

•      Critical thinker and creative mindset and the ability to approach a problem creatively.

•      Ability to provide in-depth evaluation and analysis of unique complex technological issues. •      A meticulous approach to work.

•      A team player but can work independently too.

•      Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

•      Multi-tasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks.

•      Database knowledge spanning across SQL, PL/SQL, MSSQL Server, Performance tuning and RDBMS is preferred.

•      Proven track record of successful and timely project delivery.

•      Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

•      Demonstrated ability to lead others. 

In a mobile-first world, there is always an inevitable risk posed by cyber security concerns, which is addressed by our client through API-based solutions. They focus on securing mobile-first enterprises against new age cyber fraud. Their aim is to reduce risk and accelerate the growth of all mobile transactions.

• Devising campaigns and strategies to increase end-consumer sign-up
• Being guardian for the Conversion rate optimization (CRO) for the entire merchant funnel - Landing page, Signup, Onboarding, Referral and Engagement
• Handling all merchant lifecycle communication to optimize merchant funnels via emails, sms, push notifications and more
• Working closely with Product team to create viral loops across the merchant and consumer lifecycle to drive sustainable product-led growth
• Working on content for various use cases and mediums - blogs, video scripts, ads copies, landing pages, social media copies, etc.
• Enabling sales and business teams with lead generation - sales kits, testimonials, case-studies to better the conversion funnel
• Improving merchant sign-ups to keep the top-line ticking - community building, webinars, event organization etc. to increase brand awareness

What you need to have:

• At least 3+ years experience working in D2C/ SaaS/ Payments space with focus on building strategies around growth, conversions, engagement and retention either in a product marketing/ growth marketing role
• Ability to build a trackable and transparent leads pipeline for sales teams to hunt
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with analytics and event tracking tools (Mixpanel, Google Analytics)
• Experience with marketing automation tools or CRMs
• Experience with HubSpot would be a bonus    

• Develop Proof-of-Concept and prototype applications using new technologies and frameworks. In addition to collaborating with internal teams and clients to create innovative solutions.
• Help establish GUI best practices and JavaScript frameworks for web development.
• Provide context and guidance for integration and implementation of Front-End Interfaces
• Translate wireframes, comps, and functional requirements into functional HTML/ CSS / Javascript.
• Develop standards-compliant mark-up and code for web sites and applications
• Develop JavaScript using standard Frameworks (jQuery, etc.)
• Develop small to medium size custom JavaScript libraries for reuse across the application
• Provide technology and implementation expertise to the domain, projects, or client
• Maintain leading-edge knowledge in emerging technologies and frameworks
• Participate in knowledge sharing and lessons learned sessions from project experiences

Role Description - 

- Workindia is a 100% Product Company [Not Product-Enabled]. With PMF Stage completed 2 years ago, Company has seen rapid scale to become the largest Blue Gray Collar Recruitment Company in India today.

- With scale, Company focuses on one, expansion of existing business initiatives and two, addition of new business initiatives on an ongoing basis. 

- Role of the candidate is to head the digital marketing Team

Eligibility - 

1. Academic background: Engineering Only. Non-Engineers are not eligible to apply for this role. 

2. Work Experience: Minimum 4 years of experience required. 

3. Candidate should have good analytical skills, effective leadership and communication skills. 

4. Candidate should have experience in using marketing data tools and marketing analytics. 

5. Candidate Should have been involved in deciding team size, team structure, have experience of budget allocation to the various marketing channels, independent thinking on strategy vs. only execution.

Just to inform you; the company has excellent work environment and work culture.

Qualifications - 

BE / B tech/ MBA only requested to apply. Good institutes will be given preference.

If interested, kindly share your updated CV along with the following details:

1. Total experience:

2. Current CTC

3. Expected CTC 

4. Notice Period

5. Contact Number:

6. Email ID

7. Qualification:

Contact Person:

Shubha Gupta
HR Manager