
# Surya at a Glance

Surya builds digital products, and helps companies with their digital transformation. Our clients are based in India, USA, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

Surya was founded in 1999 by Mr. D.N. Prahlad (an early employee of Infosys), to create software products. Headquartered in Bangalore, we also have offices in the USA, and France.

We’re currently building [Lidana](https://lidana.ai/), an AI Copilot for QA.

Some of our previous work includes:

- Building web apps and web services on Apple’s iCloud.com.
- Building a wallet platform from scratch for an African bank (similar to PayTM before UPI).
- Building the iOS Design System for Swiggy and Slice.
- Building apps for Chanel.

To learn a bit more about how we operate at Surya, read our [employee handbook](/employee-handbook).

# What We’re Looking For

## The Way You Work

- Relentless drive and perseverance in reaching out to new prospects and following up.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to craft compelling outreach messages and hold engaging conversations.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail in tracking leads and managing follow-ups.
- A growth mindset and willingness to learn from feedback and adapt your approach.
- Team player who collaborates with design, engineering, marketing, sales, and delivery teams to achieve targets.
- High integrity and professionalism in all interactions.

## What is Needed for the Role

At Surya we recruit primarily for traits, not just competence. The traits we look for are:

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Persistence and resilience in the face of rejection
- Learn and adapt quickly
- Have a [Growth mindset](https://www.renaissance.com/edword/growth-mindset/)
- Be a team player
- Bias towards action
- Have and demonstrate integrity at all times

# What You Will Work On

- Identify and research potential clients and key decision makers across target markets.
- Initiate contact with prospects through cold emails, LinkedIn messages, and cold calls.
- Qualify leads and set up meetings for the sales team.
- Maintain accurate records of outreach activities and follow-ups.
- Collaborate with marketing to refine messaging and target lists.
- Provide feedback from the market to help shape our offerings and approach.

# Your Growth at Surya

Surya’s growth is driven by ordinary people who have extraordinary dreams and are bold enough to pursue them. Our leadership team is composed primarily of people who joined Surya as freshers. Through our process of continuous feedback, and regular 1-1 conversations, we believe in upskilling our team, and enabling each of them to grow along paths they find satisfying.

# Recruitment Process

Our recruitment process is outlined below:

## Application

Submit your application through the form linked below. Please ensure you follow instructions exactly. Otherwise, your application will not be considered.

## Interviews

If your application is accepted, we will invite you to our office for an assessment & interviews.

### Interview Guidelines

- No preparation needed beyond being yourself
- We aren’t trying to trick you
- We care about your approach and attitude
- It’s okay to be nervous - take a breath, calm down
- We want you to succeed!

## Internship

If you do not have relevant prior experience, we will require you to complete an internship with us. The internship will last 1-2 months, and will be a paid internship. You will be required to be in our office in Bengaluru full time for the duration of your internship. If you are successful in the internship, you will be extended an offer to join us full time.

## Offer

Candidates who are successful in the interviews will be extended an offer to join us full time as an Inside Sales Executive. This is an in-office role based in Bengaluru. We do not offer remote work for this position.


We are looking for a driven and articulate Inside Sales Executive to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for generating new business opportunities through proactive outreach via email, LinkedIn, cold calls, and other channels. You will play a key role in building our sales pipeline and helping Surya grow its client base across global markets.


Inside Sales Executive


# Surya at a Glance

Surya builds digital products, and helps companies with their digital transformation. Our clients are based in India, USA, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

Surya was founded in 1999 by Mr. D.N. Prahlad (an early employee of Infosys), to create software products. Headquartered in Bangalore, we also have offices in the USA, and France.

We’re currently building [Lidana](https://lidana.ai/), an AI Copilot for QA.

Some of our previous work includes:

- Building web apps and web services on Apple’s iCloud.com.
- Building a wallet platform from scratch for an African bank (similar to PayTM before UPI).
- Building the iOS Design System for Swiggy and Slice.
- Building apps for Chanel.

To learn a bit more about how we operate at Surya, read our [employee handbook](/employee-handbook).

# What We’re Looking For

## The Way You Work

- An unwavering attention to detail and care towards your work. Suryans double-check PRs they submit for review. Each variable name is thought through in detail, every pixel on screen must be exactly right; attention is paid towards how decisions made today will affect the future.
- An absolute commitment towards doing the best work of your life, while helping others to do the same. We deliver with utmost focus on the job at hand. The team works towards crafting the best products for our users, and customers. Working as a team, Suryans take on problems out of the original scope of their work if this results in a better end product.
- A growth mindset. Suryans are constantly out of their comfort zone, taking on challenges that are new to them. It is expected that you learn quickly and are receptive to feedback.
- Bias towards action. You should be comfortable contributing to the team in any way required, not just in your area of expertise. This includes design reviews, code reviews, planning, 1-1s, etc.

## What is Needed for the Role

At Surya we recruit primarily for traits, not just competence. The traits we look for are:

- Care deeply about what you do
- Absolute commitment to doing the best work of your life
- Learn and adapt quickly
- Have a [Growth mindset](https://www.renaissance.com/edword/growth-mindset/)
- Be a team player
- Bias towards action
- Have and demonstrate integrity at all times

# What You Will Work On

The specific project you work on is decided based on the list of ongoing projects at the time. While what you work on will change over time, we assure you that you’ll work with people who care deeply about their work and deliver with great attention to detail. 

# Your Growth at Surya

Surya’s growth is driven by ordinary people who have extraordinary dreams and are bold enough to pursue them. Our leadership team is composed primarily of people who joined Surya as freshers. Through our process of continuous feedback, and regular 1-1 conversations, we believe in upskilling our team, and enabling each of them to grow along paths they find satisfying.

# Technologies We Work With

## Web Apps

- ReactJS
- Angular
- Flutter
- Python (Django, Flask)
- Java (Play, SpringBoot)

## Web Services

- Kotlin
- Rust
- Java
- Python

## Mobile Apps

- iOS (Swift)
- Android (Kotlin)
- Flutter

## Data Engineering

- Rust
- Python

## DevOps & Cloud

- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
- GitHub Actions

## AI

Generative AI is increasingly a core part of the products we build at Surya. We leverage and integrate with all the major LLM providers.

# Recruitment Process

We recruit freshers primarily through campus placements. At campuses we go to, the recruitment process is outlined below:

## Application

If you have expressed interest in applying to Surya to your college placement department, you will receive an email with a registration link from us. Please register, and follow instructions outlined in the form exactly. Failure to follow instructions exactly will result in your application being disqualified.

## Coding Assessment

Our recruitment process begins with a coding assessment. At a pre-announced time, our team will be at your campus to conduct the coding assessment. You will receive an invitation to a GitHub repository with a few problem statements. You will be required to solve any one of these problems and push your solution to the `main` branch of the repository. The problem statements will be varied in nature, and will focus on different skill sets - pick the one that is best suited to your strengths. Please note that the problems are designed to simulate real world problems, and are not the usual DSA problems you may be used to. For example, you may need to build a Flutter app, or a command line tool, or a web service. If you have not built real world software before, it is not likely you will be able to complete the assessment in the stipulated time frame (typically around 4 hours). You will be able to use a search engine of your choice during the assessment, but usage of AI tools (of any kind, including AI code editors) is not allowed.

## Interviews

If you are successful in the coding assessment, you will be invited for a series of interviews. The interviews are designed to help us identify your strengths.

### Interview Guidelines

- No preparation needed
- We aren’t trying to trick you
- We don’t care if you get the right answer - we care how you get there
- It’s okay to be nervous - take a breath, calm down
- We want you to succeed!

## Internship

Candidates who are successful in the interviews will be offered an internship. The internship will last for 2-4 months, and will be a paid internship. You will be required to be in our office in Bengaluru full time for the duration of your internship. Our internship program is designed to enable you to become productive as a Software Engineer when you join us Full Time.

## Full Time Employment

Candidates who successfully complete their internship will be extended an offer to join us full time, as a Software Engineer. You will be required to be in our office in Bengaluru full time. Note that this is an in-office role - we do not offer remote work for this role.


We are looking for enthusiastic and talented Software Engineers to join our team. As a Software Engineer at Surya, you will work on building digital products across cutting edge technology stacks. You will work with a team of world class engineers, and learn from them while contributing to the team. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high quality applications.


Software Engineer - Fresher


# Surya at a Glance

Surya builds digital products, and helps companies with their digital transformation. Our clients are based in India, USA, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

Surya was founded in 1999 by Mr. D.N. Prahlad (an early employee of Infosys), to create software products. Headquartered in Bangalore, we also have offices in the USA, and France.

Some of our previous work includes:

- Building web apps and web services on Apple’s iCloud.com.
- Building a wallet platform from scratch for an African bank (similar to PayTM before UPI).
- Building the iOS Design System for Swiggy and Slice.
- Building apps for Chanel.

To learn a bit more about how we operate at Surya, read our [employee handbook](/employee-handbook).

# What We’re Looking For

## The Way You Work

- An unwavering attention to detail and care towards your work. Suryans double-check PRs they submit for review. Each variable name is thought through in detail, every pixel on screen must be exactly right; attention is paid towards how decisions made today will affect the future.
- An absolute commitment towards doing the best work of your life, while helping others to do the same. We deliver with utmost focus on the job at hand. The team works towards crafting the best products for our users, and customers. Working as a team, Suryans take on problems out of the original scope of their work if this results in a better end product.
- A growth mindset. Suryans are constantly out of their comfort zone, taking on challenges that are new to them. It is expected that you learn quickly and are receptive to feedback.
- Bias towards action. You should be comfortable contributing to the team in any way required, not just in your area of expertise. This includes design reviews, code reviews, planning, 1-1s, etc.

## What is Needed for the Role

- Strong command of Java & the JVM ecosystem.
- Strong command of relational databases such as PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, etc.
- Strong command of HTTP, and networking, including non-blocking I/O 
- Extensive experience with at least one modern JVM based web framework (Spring Boot, Play Framework, etc.)
- Experience with Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, and cloud native concepts
- Experience setting up and maintaining CI/CD for projects
- Strong command in Angular, HTML, CSS, and JS for building responsive, user-friendly interfaces. Experience with React is a bonus, but not necessary
- A good grip on Git & GitHub


# What You Will Work On

You will be working on a project for a French customer. In doing so, you will work with people who care deeply about their work and deliver with great attention to detail.

# Your Growth at Surya

Surya’s growth is driven by ordinary people who have extraordinary dreams and are bold enough to pursue them. Our leadership team is composed primarily of people who joined Surya as freshers. Through our process of continuous feedback, and regular 1-1 conversations, we believe in upskilling our team, and enabling each of them to grow along paths they find satisfying.

# Your Level of Experience

At Surya we do not evaluate people based on the number of years of experience they have. Instead, we look for skills that have been gained, regardless of how long it has taken a person to gain those skills. 

However, as a point of reference, historically, Surya has successfully recruited candidates for this role with 2-4 years of prior experience. 

# Application Process

The application process will require you to include the following:
- A short (less than 2 minutes) recorded video of yourself mentioning the date of application, and an introduction about yourself and your work experience.
- Your resume, along with references to any public work (websites, repositories, open source contributions, apps, etc.) that you have worked on or contributed to (even if you worked on the back end, or tooling on the project).
To apply, please fill the following [form](https://forms.gle/7MkCMxDqVzGPGWha7).

# Evaluation Process 

The evaluation process starts with a short phone conversation.

After that, you will be required to attend 1-3 interviews in person at our offices in Bangalore.

Please note that the evaluation process may take up to 6 hours.


We are looking for an enthusiastic and talented Software Engineer to join our team. As a Software Engineer at Surya, you will work on building digital products across cutting edge technology stacks. You will work with a team of world class engineers, and learn from them while contributing to the team. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high quality applications.


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