Accelerate construction-chemical formulation research through rapid experimentation, stakeholder discovery, and product-launch insight.
Company summary
Tejas is a VC-backed, early-stage company crafting vertically integrated building-material brands for India’s top 2%, starting with the $3.5B specialty construction-materials market: tiles and wood adhesives, waterproofing, plywood, and natural stones.
We are backed by Foundamental VC and Matrix Partners (DeVC), alongside B2B leaders including Brijesh Agrawal (IndiaMART), Vasant Sridhar (OfBusiness and Oxyzo), Apurva Chamaria (Google), Yogesh Chaudhary (Jaipur Rugs), and leading Kearney partners. Tejas has launched its first brand, Kamdhenu Adhesive, in partnership with the Kamdhenu Group, one of India’s leading multi-category building-materials conglomerates.
About the role
Crack core construction-chemical formulations in the fastest and smartest possible way. Help Tejas connect with scientists, R&D heads, and PhDs to create a unified formulation engine. You will design test hypotheses and experiments end-to-end, collate results, iterate, and re-execute across research, market intelligence, construction chemicals, and product-launch strategy. Travel to Raipur or Mumbai may be required for up to 15 days each month.
Ideal persona
- Strong chemical fundamentals, a research mindset, and the ability to iterate quickly.
- Root-cause obsessed: a failed batch or customer complaint is a mystery to solve.
- Constantly looking for formulations that can be cheaper, more stable, or more potent.
- Solution-obsessed and able to recognise the story behind experimental patterns.
- Curious about how leading Indian chemical companies structure sales, distribution, and SKU flow.
Beyond the paycheck
- Stipend of ₹50,000–₹70,000 per month.
- Fully sponsored business travel, regular events, sports, and milestone experiences.
- A potential full-time offer with enhanced benefits and long-term ESOP opportunity.
- In-house pool, foosball, PlayStation, office lunches, and monthly outings.
Training and location
- The role is based at our Mumbai HQ.
- Your first two months are a dual-base training and immersion period: 15–20 days in the office and the remainder remote.
- You will move to the Mumbai HQ thereafter.
Founding team
- Sailesh is a two-time founder (ex-YC S21) with more than five years of building-materials experience.
- Saijal (IIT Bombay ’23, Materials Scientist) has Kearney experience, including work with the Nitin Gadkari office on India’s 25-year highways plan.
- Nikhil led strategy for Strong Gold Cement and previously worked in growth at Yojak and AlgoUniversity.
- Shashwat (IIT Delhi ’19, IIM Ahmedabad ’24) is an ex-founder at BharatFD and has product experience at HDFC and ICICI.