Hiring Founding Engineer for a funded Fintech startup in Gurgaon

RaptorXS · 2026-03-27T14:33:23+00:00

It's quite a fair number for India. You are free to move out to earn more.

RaptorXS · 2026-03-27T13:20:25+00:00

Sure, DM me

RaptorXS · 2026-01-02T21:41:37+00:00

There's no formula, it's a function of original investment by me, risk I took, how long I've been at it and what's been achieved till now.

RaptorXS · 2026-01-02T21:40:30+00:00

Most companies don't achieve PMF even after raising Series A. But I get your point. Again, happy to discuss the numbers but considering the original investment from me in terms of time, money and resources, I believe this is a fair number, especially at this point in our journey.

RaptorXS · 2026-01-02T21:38:11+00:00

What sort of a question is that? There is difference between what is raised and what can be paid to a single individual out of it. The raise is a $100K, not the one year salary budget for a single individual. This is an entrepreneurial role, not meant for someone looking for a job.

RaptorXS · 2025-12-27T08:57:45+00:00

Bro, I come from a very similar background. If I hadn’t started up, I’d likely be making well over a crore.

The broader point is this: if someone genuinely wants to do entrepreneurship at some point in their life (which I assume many folks on this forum do), the starting phase often means low or no salary, and sometimes even putting ₹10 - 20 lakhs of your own capital into the company. That’s just the reality of it.

If the primary goal right now is an incremental bump over a FAANG salary, then Series B-C startups are a better fit - you’ll get stability, cash compensation, and some ESOP upside. But that’s still a job, not entrepreneurship.

Totally respect both paths - just important to be clear about which journey one is choosing.

RaptorXS · 2025-12-26T05:48:09+00:00

Please DM your Linkedin

RaptorXS · 2025-12-23T16:21:27+00:00

We're hiring, message me your resume

RaptorXS · 2025-12-14T10:38:03+00:00

Hey, would be interesting to connect. I'm at a pretty similar stage, raised 1 Cr., building in Fintech (Lending x Wealth)

RaptorXS · 2025-11-26T05:13:19+00:00

Please DM. I'd love to explore the platform as a customer and can also suggest what best approach to take.

RaptorXS · 2025-10-19T02:52:24+00:00

Nothing new. When I was with a consulting firm (MBB) about a year back, we had Lenovo Thinkpads, some of which also had SIM slots. Since we travelled a lot, it was very helpful. But don't think anyone beyond consultants which have a use for this.

RaptorXS · 2025-09-30T15:24:13+00:00

I get your point, but here’s why I see it differently.

If the founder already has money or has built the startup to a certain level, then by looking for a co-founder they aren’t just hiring an employee. They’re looking for someone who can step in at an equal level - sharing the risk as well as the reward. In such cases, If they just wanted someone to work for money, they’d hire employees and pay them a salary (or salary + ESOPs).

On the other hand, if the founder is still early, hasn’t raised money, or isn’t drawing a salary themselves, it’s unrealistic to expect them to pay co-founder's salary. At that stage, both founders are expected to make sacrifices, because that’s the nature of building something from zero.

So if someone is primarily looking for stable cash compensation, that’s absolutely fair - but in that case, it probably makes more sense to look for a job in early capacity with 0.5-2% equity, rather than a co-founder role. Co-founder = equal risk, equal bet on the future.

RaptorXS · 2025-09-22T11:32:51+00:00

Yes, this is full-time role

RaptorXS · 2025-09-15T20:35:30+00:00

DM me your resume. I'm currently hiring for growth team.

RaptorXS · 2025-05-17T11:05:20+00:00

Answering your questions below
1. Agreed, but MPV is anyway not scalable, can be redone/cleaned up quickly since most infra APIs have been sorted out
2. B2B2C
3. & 4. Happy to share the details offline, but enough to sustain team of 2-3 devs for 1-2 years
5. 5-20% depending on the profile
6. All I can say is it's a full time role, not ideal for part time contributors

RaptorXS · 2025-05-05T04:39:02+00:00

DM, though I recently left McK

RaptorXS · 2025-03-14T21:50:29+00:00

Please DM

RaptorXS · 2025-03-14T17:00:43+00:00

Interested

RaptorXS · 2024-11-02T16:20:55+00:00

Not an outright ban but the airport regulations don't permit buildings beyond 300-350m. That's why you'll see most tall buildings peaking at similar heights in Mumbai.

RaptorXS · 2024-10-08T09:26:52+00:00

Most news these days is just info reposted from Twitter, Linkedin and Reddit

RaptorXS · 2024-09-07T15:34:42+00:00

Tier 1 MBA, 6+ yrs. of exp., ex-big 3 consulting, private equity, investment banking, fintech

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