
At Kafqa, we are building the next generation performing arts platform. Our mission is to
transform how India learns, performs & watchers performing arts. Our launch services consist
of technology enabled dance classes in our proprietary studios, production facilities and social
media broadcasting & competitions.
Founder & Team
The founder is Shariq Plasticwala. He is a graduate of IIT Bombay & Stanford GSB. He was part
of the founding team of Amazon India where he played a key role for over 8 years. Among his
roles at Amazon, he was the CEO of Amazon’s first joint venture in India and a Board Member of
Amazon’s payments business. The other members of the founding team consist of senior
executives from Shiamak Davar & Byju’s.
Responsibilities:
-Ensure that the SEO strategy is successfully implemented to generate website traffic, conversion and revenue.
-Ensure all SEO activity is localized to the relevant audience, delivered on time, in budget and supports revenue and business goals.
-Optimize website content and lending pages
-Complete keyword research and audience research to make sure that the content we are developing is driving results
-Stay informed of industry trends and best practices among organic search, search engine algorithms, paid search, online marketplaces and bloggers. Find new innovative ways to promote our core products to new market segments.
Experience:
-Proven experience of 3 to 5 years in SEO
-Good knowledge of standard SEO practices
-Some experience in Ed-tech organization should be plus
-Should have actively worked on SEO campaigns and implemented on --varios on-pafe, off-page
-Strong analytical skills

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- Design, develop, test, and maintain Android applications using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
- Build responsive, reusable, and high-quality UI components using Compose.
- Implement clean architecture principles (MVVM/MVI) and Android best practices.
- Integrate RESTful APIs and third-party services.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, UX/UI Designers, QA Engineers, and Backend Developers.
- Optimize application performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
- Conduct code reviews and mentor junior developers when required.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve application issues.
- Stay updated with the latest Android development trends and technologies.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 1+ years of Android application development experience.
- Strong proficiency in Kotlin.
- Hands-on experience with Jetpack Compose.
- Strong understanding of Android SDK, Android Architecture Components, and Material Design.
- Experience with MVVM architecture and Clean Architecture principles.
- Knowledge of Coroutines, Flow, and asynchronous programming.
- Experience with Dependency Injection frameworks such as Hilt or Dagger.
- Familiarity with REST APIs, JSON parsing, and networking libraries such as Retrofit and OkHttp.
- Experience with local databases such as Room.
- Proficiency in Git and version control practices.
- Understanding of unit testing and UI testing frameworks.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
- Knowledge of Firebase services (Analytics, Crashlytics, Push Notifications).
- Familiarity with modularization and multi-module Android projects.
- Experience publishing applications to Google Play Store.
- Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Understanding of Android performance optimization and security best practices.
Technical Stack
- Kotlin
- Jetpack Compose
- Android SDK
We’re building Vizup, a Shopify app that helps ecommerce brands increase sales using shoppable videos.
We work with Shopify brands, D2C founders, and ecommerce agencies.
This is a hands-on startup role where you’ll work directly with the founder on outbound growth, partnerships, and operations.
You do not need prior experience if you are smart, proactive, and willing to learn fast.
You’ll help build and run our growth engine:
- Research Shopify D2C brands, ecommerce agencies
- Find and qualify potential leads and partners
- Reach out through LinkedIn, email, and other outbound channels
- Help manage cold email campaigns and outbound workflows
- Build relationships with Shopify agencies and freelancers
- Schedule demo calls with interested brands
- Follow up consistently with leads and partners
- Learn how SaaS sales and ecommerce partnerships work in real startups
- Work directly with the founder on growth experiments, demo calls and execution
What We’re Looking For
- Strong communication skills in English & Hindi
- Curious, resourceful, and willing to learn quickly
- Comfortable using AI tools like Codex, Claude etc
- Consistent and reliable with follow-ups and execution
- Interested in startups, ecommerce, Shopify, SaaS, AI, or marketing
- Able to take ownership instead of waiting for instructions all the time
Bonus points if you’ve used tools like:
- LinkedIn Sales Navigator
- Apollo
- Instantly
- Clay
- Notion
- ChatGPT
Prior startup or sales experience is a plus, but not mandatory.
Why Join Us?
- Work directly with the founder
- Learn real-world startup growth and outbound systems
- Get hands-on experience in SaaS and ecommerce
- Flexible and high-visibility work environment
- Strong learning opportunity
- Potential full-time opportunity based on performance
Sr. Staff Engineer Role
We are looking for a customer-obsessed, analytical Sr. Staff Engineer to lead the development
and growth of our Tax Compliance product suite. In this role, you’ll shape innovative digital
solutions that simplify and automate tax filing, reconciliation, and compliance workflows for
businesses of all sizes. You will join a fast-growing company where you’ll work in a dynamic and
competitive market, impacting how businesses meet their statutory obligations with speed,
accuracy, and confidence.
As the Sr. Staff Engineer, You’ll work closely with product, DevOps, and data teams to architect
reliable systems, drive engineering excellence, and ensure high availability across our platform.
We’re looking for a technical leader who’s not just an expert in building scalable systems, but also
passionate about mentoring engineers and shaping the future of fintech.
Responsibilities
● Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing engineering team (or operate as a hands-on
technical lead).
● Drive the design and development of scalable backend services using Python/Node.js.
● Experience in Django, FastApi, Task Orchestration Systems.
● Own and evolve our CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, ensuring fast, safe, and reliable
deployments.
● Architect and manage infrastructure using AWS and Terraform with a DevOps-first mindset.
● Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and compliance experts
to deliver features that make tax compliance seamless for our users.
● Set and enforce engineering best practices, code quality standards, and operational
excellence.
● Stay up-to-date with industry trends and advocate for continuous improvement in
engineering processes.
● Experience in fintech, tax, or compliance industries.
● Familiarity with containerization tools like Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes.
● Background in security, observability, or compliance automation.
Requirements
● 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2+ years in a leadership or
principal-level role.
● Deep expertise in Python/Node.js, including API development, performance optimization,
and testing.
● Experience in Event-driven architecture, kafka/rabbitmq like
● Strong experience with AWS services (e.g., ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudWatch).
● Solid understanding of Terraform for infrastructure as code.
● Proficiency with Jenkins or similar CI/CD tooling.
● Comfortable balancing technical leadership with hands-on coding and problem-solving.
● Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
Key Responsibilities:
- Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS.
- Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture.
- Implement a caching layer wherever possible.
- Optimize the API for high performance and scalability.
- Write unit tests for API Testing.
- Automate the code testing and deployment process.
Skills Required:
- At least 2.5 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds.
- Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database.
- Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database.
- Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases.
- Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j.
- Experience developing and deploying REST APIs.
- Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks.
- Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks.
- Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications.
- Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools.
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
- Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms.
- Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences.
- Experience building a large-scale social or location-based app.
Job Brief
We are looking for an analytical, results-driven Senior Hardware and Firmware Engineer who can create complex PCB layout while using the least space possible. The designs should allow for easy development and debugging for the firmware engineers while keeping customer requirements, cost constraints and space constraints in mind. Hardware debugging knowledge and soldering skills are essential for this role.
You would also be required to have a keen eye for developing firmware with a low memory footprint and low power consumption while being robust and resistant to errors. You are expected to achieve these goals using your in-depth understanding of the programming language, compilers, microcontroller architectures and debugging tools. You are expected to keep a look out for upcoming advancements in the industry which will help optimize the product.
Main Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include:
- Would be asked to write efficient, modular and robust firmware which will interface with multiple components like MEMS sensors, battery chargers, secondary microcontrollers etc.
- Writing clean, readable, and modular code
- Would be deeply involved in the schematic design for a product which includes cost-benefit
- analysis of components, component evaluation by designing a proof of concept, suggestions
- in how the components should be connected etc.
- Collaborate with software engineers who would develop companion applications to the
- product
- Creating cost and space optimized layouts for 2/4-layer PCBs
- Collaborating with firmware engineers and supply chain personnel on deciding the
- components to be used on a PCB.
- Collaborate with firmware engineers in designing PCB schematics
- Debugging faulty PCBs using on a hardware level and collaborate with firmware engineers to debug on a firmware level.
- Understanding the manufacturing rules of PCB manufacturers and PCB assembly houses.
Key Requirements
- MSc or PhD in ECE, EEE, EIE or in related fields preferred with a strong technical knowledge and 3-4+ years of experience in designing PCB layouts and developing firmware.
- Ability to transform research articles into the working solutions to solve real-world problems.
- Should have a strong foundation in analog and digital electronics
- Should have designed 4-layer PCBs which has been manufactured
- Familiar with using KiCAD or Altium Designer
- Familiar with using components like MOSFETs, diodes, voltage regulators etc.
- Experience in designing PCBs involving BGA fanouts
- Proficient in using soldering equipment like soldering irons and hot air gun.
- Should have worked with an ARM Cortex M series device like STM32, nRF52 etc
- Familiar with basic data structures like linked lists, queues, trees etc.
- Should be able to compile and link source code with static libraries without using an IDE
- Basic knowledge of microcontrollers peripherals like UART, I2C, SPI, ADC etc.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for effectively communicating with the
- team and ability to presenting information to varied technical and non-technical audience.
Must be able to produce solutions independently in an organized manner and be able to - work in a team when required.
Preferred Skills (Not Mandatory)
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Experience in antenna design
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Worked with communications protocols like BLE/WiFi
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Worked with equipment like logic analyzers, oscilloscopes etc
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Experience in handling 3D printers
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Familiar with Python
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Worked with equipment like logic analyzers, oscilloscopes etc.
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Worked on microcontrollers from Dialog Semiconductors, Nordic Semiconductors,
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STMicroelectronics, Espressif etc.
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Worked on projects involving DSP, AI/ML
Experience in developing web applications using at least one industry-standard framework for e.g., React, Angular, Vue.
Proficiency in one of these server-side technologies and frameworks for e.g. Python, Node JS, Next JS or Express JS.
Experience in building RESTful web services.
Experience in working with databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL or Amazon RDS.
Implementing various development, testing, automation tools, and server infrastructure.
Troubleshooting techniques and fixing the code bugs.
Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.
Excellent verbal communication skills.
Good problem-solving skills.
Attention to detail.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for managing all aspects of the inside sales department and business generation process.
- Build a robust inside sales team that exceeds sales goals.
- Ensure that sales pipeline remains to the optimum with qualified leads & prospects.
- Source sales opportunities through email campaigns, social media and inbound lead management.
- Conducting webinars, online product demos and presentations with prospects.
- Look for opening up opportunities for product trials and POC’s
- Negotiation and final closure of the intended sale.
- Collect and decipher the key understanding of the client's requirements and how our various solutions can be implemented in the existing process flow to enhance and improve the same.
- Team with new and potential channel partners and distribution channels in different markets.
- Report on Sales metrics including Conversion Ratios
- Research accounts, identify key players and generate interest
- Analyse competitive prices of products and features available in the market
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills - fluency in verbal and written English is an absolute must.
- Proven work experience as an Inside sales manager.
- Excellent interpersonal and team management skills.
- Both Offshore & Onshore experience.
- Passionate to learn more about Virtualization, Cloud, IT Infrastructure and new trends.
- Strong experience with corporate sales and dealing with corporates that require IT solutioning and products (SAAS products, Cloud Services, Technology solutioning).
- Strong experience working with channel partners and resellers.
- Having an established track record of deal wins across various geographic regions and who can identify new targets and regions to grow the company’s sales footprint.
- Proficient in handling Digital marketing tools to help with SEO, SMM and DMM.
- In-depth understanding of the sales administration process.
- Experience in handling tools like GCP, AWS, PPC, Azure, EDM, Webinars, Blogs, etc. will be an added advantage.
Looking for a passionate, self-driven creative Sr. UX Designer to join our team and lead experience design efforts across Mobile, Web, Smart TV, and Print media
Mandatory Skillset:
• Experience in Enterprise Application Experience Design
• Expertise in wireframe and prototype tools
• Extensive experience with mobile-first design.
• A solid grasp of user-centered design (UCD), planning and conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis, usability and accessibility concerns.
• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients.
• Be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with teams and other stakeholders via a distributed model, to regularly deliver design solutions for approval
Good to have: • Certification in Human Factors or Interaction Design
Education: B.Des, M.Des, BFA, MFA, Design background from any Top tier design institute will be plus point
Experience: 5 to 10 years









