Technical Writer

A BIT ABOUT US:

Appknox is one of the top Mobile Application security companies recognized by Gartner and G2. A profitable B2B SaaS startup headquartered in Singapore & working from Bengaluru.

The primary goal of Appknox is to help businesses and mobile developers secure their mobile applications with a focus on delivery speed and high-quality security audits.

Appknox has helped secure mobile apps at Fortune 500 companies with major brands spread across regions like India, South-East Asia, Middle-East, US, and expanding rapidly. We have secured 300+ Enterprises globally.

We are a 65+ incredibly passionate team working to make an impact and helping some of the biggest companies globally. We work in a highly collaborative, very fast-paced work environment. If you have what it takes to be part of the team, we are excited and let’s speak further.

Role Overview:

Appknox is expanding its Middle-East & South Africa team and is looking for a high performing Sales Development Representative based in India to build a qualified outbound pipeline across key markets (KSA, UAE, Kenya, South Africa, etc).

This role is focused on outbound led pipeline creation for mid market and enterprise customers in regulated industries such as BFSI, fintech, telecom, SaaS, and digital platforms. You will work closely with the regional sales team to open new logos, penetrate target accounts, and convert early conversations into revenue ready opportunities.

This is a hands-on role for someone who has experience selling into MEA markets, understands longer enterprise buying cycles, and is comfortable prospecting into senior security and engineering stakeholders while working with the dedicated aligned hours.

Key Responsibilities:

Pipeline Generation

• Own outbound pipeline creation across assigned MEA markets 
• Prospect into defined ICPs including CISOs, Heads of Application Security, DevSecOps leaders, Security Architects, and Engineering Directors responsible for application and mobile security
• Execute multi channel/threaded outreach using cold calling, personalized email, LinkedIn, and account based prospecting

Qualification and Handover

• Qualify leads against criteria including use case, urgency, stakeholder alignment, buying process, and budget readiness using structured qualification frameworks such as MEDDPICC or similar.
• Partner closely with the regional sales team to ensure clean, context rich opportunity handover to encourage faster progression

Market Specific Outreach

• Tailor outreach and messaging based on country, industry, and regulatory context including and sector specific compliance needs
• Continuously refine messaging based on conversion data and market feedback

Collaboration

• Work closely with Marketing and other SDRs to follow up on campaigns and improve lead quality
• Share insights from prospect conversations to improve ICP definition, messaging, and targeting

Execution and Reporting

• Maintain high CRM hygiene with accurate activity and pipeline tracking
• Consistently meet or exceed weekly and monthly activity, meetings booked, and pipeline/conversion targets
• Sample quarterly targets/Performance Expectations
• Generate 8–12 qualified meetings per month
• Build outbound pipeline of USD 300-350k QoQ across named target accounts

Requirements:

Experience

• 3-5 years of experience in B2B SaaS sales development or a similar outbound role
• Prior experience selling into MEA markets from India is required
• Experience in cybersecurity, developer tools, or enterprise SaaS is strongly preferred

Track Record

• Proven ability to consistently meet or exceed outbound pipeline or qualified meetings targets
• Demonstrated success working closely with Account Executives on opportunity creation

Prospecting Skills

• Strong cold calling, email outreach, and social selling skills
• Comfortable engaging senior technical, security, and engineering stakeholders

Communication

• Excellent spoken and written English. 
• Proficiency in additional languages is mandatory. Arabic language familiarity is a strong plus for engaging prospects across Middle East markets 
• Exposure to regional business communication styles and buying behavior is important

Organization and Ownership

• Strong time management and prioritization skills
• Ability to work independently with high ownership in a remote setup

Tools and Technology

• Hands on experience with CRM systems such as Hubspot, Salesforce or equivalent
• Familiarity with sales engagement tools, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and prospecting data platforms is a plus
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Growth Path- High performing SDRs will have the opportunity to progress into Senior SDR or Account Executive roles as the Middle-East business scales.

Interview Process:

• Round 0: Profile Evaluation – HR
• Round 1: Interview with MEA Lead
• Round 2: Assignment
• Round 3: Interview with Chief Strategy Officer 
• Round 4: HR Discussion / Final HR Round

Compensation:

• Competitive base salary plus performance-based commission tied to pipeline and revenue generated.

Why Join Us?

• Global Impact & Innovation: Be part of a cutting-edge cybersecurity company that serves Fortune 500 clients and enterprises across industries. You’ll work on innovative security solutions and gain exposure to global sales strategies.
• Learning & Growth: Access continuous development opportunities – on-the-job training, professional courses, and mentorship. Appknox invests in your career: as one employee shares, the company has contributed “immensely to my personal and professional growth”.
• Flexible Culture: Enjoy a flexible schedule and hybrid work model. Appknox trusts you to manage your work – “flexible schedule empowers us to work at our best”. We also emphasize work-life balance; employees appreciate our “healthy work-life balance… and flexible and positive work culture”.
• Competitive Compensation: A rewarding package with base salary, performance-based commissions/bonuses, and equity options.
• Benefits & Wellbeing: Comprehensive medical insurance for you and your family, participation in a Corporate Pension Scheme (Corporate-NPS) for future security, and wellness perks like gym memberships and mental health support.
• Collaborative Team: Join a diverse, cross-functional team of cybersecurity experts, marketers, and sales pros. You’ll report to the Director of Global Sales and collaborate with colleagues worldwide. We uphold honesty, customer-centricity, and open communication in everything we do.

Ready to secure the future of mobile apps? If you’re a driven SDR with a passion for sales and technology, we want you on our team. Apply today to help Appknox continue making mobile apps a safer place for businesses and users around the globe.

TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIRED:-

• Technical Competencies: HTML5, CSS, JS, jQuery, Angular JS, Ajax, JSON, SOAP, REST, cross browser compatibility, Responsive web design (RWD), version control, Web service integration.
• Deep knowledge of NodeJS, Angular2+ Version and MondoDB.
• Candidate should be proficient in both front-end and back-end development, including solution stacks like MEAN, and server-side technologies like Node.js.

JOB DESCRIPTION:-

Full Stack Developers are responsible for developing and designing front end web architecture, ensuring the responsiveness of applications and working alongside graphic designers for web design features, among other duties.

 He/She will be required to see out a project from conception to final product, requiring good organizational skills and attention to detail.

We are on a mission to enable businesses to build agile and accountable technology teams that can deliver results in a secure and scalable way. You will be working in one such technology team for our clients across the world.

• Collaborate with front-end and back-end developers and designers to build website following client requirements

• Create clear, simple, and reusable code

• Develop all server-side logic, including data storage to optimize website performance

• Identify programming bottlenecks and bugs and find fixes

• Test, update and validate web applications to be used on different web browsers

• Execute automated testing platforms and system tests

• BSc/BE/BTech in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

• At least 2+ years of experience with JavaScript and Node.js

• Hands-on expertise in REST, MySQL/PostgreSQL, WebSocket, MongoDB, Redis, etc.

• Familiarity with Docker and AWS infrastructure

• Understanding of data security principles

• Proficiency in JavaScript, web stacks, libraries, and frameworks

• Strong analytical and problem-solving aptitude skills

• Experience in leading a software team and managing software delivery project.
• Strong experience in Python development in a full stack environment is a requirement, including , Flask
• Strong Hands-on with VueJS/Vuex, JavaScript, React, Angular · Experience with SQLAchemy or similar ORM frameworks
• Experience working with mapping APIs (e.g., Google Maps, Mapbox) · Experience using Elasticsearch and docker environment is a plus
• Strong knowledge of SQL, comfortable working with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL databases
• Understands concepts of Data Modeling
• Experience with REST.
• Experience with Git, GitFlow, code review process
• Good understand with basic UI and UX principles
• Must enjoy problem solving and have excellent communication skills

We are hiring a Recruitment Executive who can take care of hiring and team building.

Job Roles and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with managers to identify staffing needs.
• Determine selection criteria.
• Source potential candidates through online channels (e.g. Job portals , Social media platforms, Professional networks).
• Plan interview and selection procedures, including screening calls, assessments and in-person interviews.
• Assess candidate information, including resumes and contact details, using our Applicant Tracking System.
• Design job descriptions and interview questions that reflect each position's requirements.
• Lead employer branding initiatives and manage a team of Recruitment executives.
• Forecast monthly, quarterly and annual hiring needs by department.
• Foster long-term relationships with past applicants and potential candidates.

Requirements:

• Must have experience in Non IT and leadership roles hiring, preferably for startups.
• Proven work experience (minimum 3+ years) as a Recruitment Specialist or similar role.
• Experience in volume/bulk hiring for Sales roles.
• Familiarity with social media, resume databases and professional networks.
• Hands-on experience with full-cycle recruiting using various interview techniques and evaluation methods.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• A keen understanding of the differences between various roles within organisations.
• B-Tech or MBA in Human Resources Management.

About Company

• Vision : Bikayi helps small to medium sized businesses go online and scale their businesses. Bikayi merchants are selling various things from groceries to apparels and electronic items.
• Scale : We are very close to grossing a GMV of 1B dollars on an annual basis. Probably one of your neighbourhood shops is using Bikayi to sell online.
• Fuel : Monetizing the product from early days we have a solid business model and our revenue numbers are growing at a healthy pace. Apart from this we are funded by top investors in the world like Sequoia capital and Ycombinator.
• People : We have a culture which gives you a lot of challenges to solve and at the same time get high rewards.

Fun facts

• 42,59,407 Indians started their online selling journey with Bikayi this year, That is greater than the combined population of Maldives and Monaco
• We witnessed a GMV growth of 5400% and revenue growth of 1100% last year.
• Band Chainsmokers have also invested in Bikayi 🎵

Responsibilities

• Guide the team : Help the junior engineers to unblock them and guide them on best design practices. Help in code reviewing on a regular basis.
• Responsible for code delivery : Pushing deploys on a constant basis. When working in a growth stage company, this part can be challenging as the speed of requirements is high. You will need to make sure you are able to push code on a regular basis.
• Design & Architecture : You need to have technical expertise in the company's tech stack and in general the frontend or backend infrastructures.
• Prepare thorough technical documentation which can be used as a reference by other engineers.
• Own your product : You will be responsible for the success / failure of your team and the product. You will need to work with cross functional teams, understand their requirements and make sure that everybody is on the same page.

Requirements

• Past experience of working for tier 1 / vc funded companies.
• 3+ years of commercial work experience in the relevant domains.
• Continuous past experience of delivering products at a steady pace.
• Experience in the following would be preferred.
• Node Js for Backend Engineers
• React Js for Frontend Engineers

Company Perks

• Macbook
• Flexible hours
• Book reading / personal development stipend
• ESOP pool also available
• Health insurance benefits
• Fully stacked snack kitchen and gaming room
• Free front row tickets to The Chainsmokers concerts in India \m/

NOTE - SALARY IS NEGOTIABLE 

• Company Profile - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FYi4TuTx2_Kx-mWrOCNiaLK5JtWlJI-5/view?usp=sharing