Own products and features end-to-end, from problem definition and architecture to launch and iteration.
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.
Role summary
Own products and features end-to-end: problem definition, architecture, implementation, launch, and iteration. Work across frontend and backend based on product needs, not job title. Build 0→1 systems with autonomy.
You know who you are
You bring deep expertise across the full product journey.
- Start with the customer and work backward.
- Shape the right product solution.
- Prototype and design rapidly.
- Build, launch, and scale products.
- Drive go-to-market, adoption, and measurable impact.
You will be a good fit if you bring
- Product sense: you ask “why” before “how”.
- 2–5 years of experience building software.
- Deep expertise in one domain and breadth across others.
You will not be a good fit if you
- Need detailed specs before you can start.
- Prefer narrow specialization over broad ownership.
- Struggle to operate in ambiguity.
- Optimise for elegant code over customer outcomes.
- Depend on two-week sprint cycles to make progress.
Skills
- Frontend: React, Zustand, RTK, Redux, Tailwind, and shadcn.
- Backend languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, or Golang.
- CI/CD: Docker, GitHub Actions, Terraform (optional), and AWS.
- Databases: Redis, Postgres, and MongoDB.
- Optional mobile: Kotlin, React Native, or Swift.
- Optional AI: RAG, AI SDK, LangChain, LangGraph, Graph RAG, LLM fine-tuning, and evals.
Ideal persona
- Fast learner: able to pick up new languages and frameworks quickly.
- Good architectural intuition: able to plan modules that work well with the broader system.
- Product mindset: ready to speak with end users and solve their actual problems.
- Good with DSA and algorithms: understands complexity analysis, standard algorithms, and the practical algorithms behind tools such as database indexing.
Things you’ll be building here
- Helix: a 10× alpha-fold system for material discovery, exploring how simulations and candidate generation can reduce a 2–5 year discovery cycle to 3–6 months.
- Jarvis Robots: robots for everyday chores, supported as part of our builders’ curiosity and learning.
- Games and arcade machines: interactive experiences for events and experience centres, such as earthquake simulators and water rooms.
- AI Social Media Agent: an idea-to-content workflow combining humans and AI, empowering 10,000 contractors to become star-rated influencers.
- Sherlock Holmes Hiring Agent: a system that explores richer signals from interviews to help Tejas hire quickly.
Beyond the paycheck
- Access to the latest AI coding tools and exposure to LLM-based applications.
- Implement state-of-the-art internal tooling.
- Three domestic and one international business trip for learning and fun.
- Adventure sports for milestones, including trekking, scuba diving, and skydiving.
- Autonomy to switch workstreams and get hands dirty with vibrant departments.
- No bullshit, no hierarchy: faster decisions, fewer meetings, and more fun.
Training and location
- The role is based at our Navi Mumbai HQ.
- Your first two months are a training and immersion period, working from our Raipur or Nagpur office as you tour India 2.0.
- From October 2026, you will implement that learning from our Navi Mumbai HQ.
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.