Build software that matters.
Scaan is a small, deliberate team building indigenous defence platforms for the Indian Defence Forces and the Government of India. We hire engineers, operators, and the people who connect them.
The reasons people stay are the reasons they came.
Defence-tech careers in India have historically meant choosing between meaningful work and modern engineering culture. We're trying to be the answer that doesn't make you pick.
Mission Impact
Your code runs where it matters.
Scaan platforms ship into operational environments — not into a sandbox. The work has consequences, and that's the point.
Veterans Alongside Engineers
Domain expertise in the room.
Veterans of the three services work alongside engineers on every product. The feedback loop between operational reality and code is short.
Long Horizon
Decade-long deployments, no abandonware.
We engineer for software lifespans measured in decades. Career growth here means real ownership of long-horizon systems — not feature-shop turnover.
Mumbai · Pune
Indian-located, defence-tech.
Offices in Mumbai (HQ) and Pune (engineering / R&D). Remote-friendly within India where the role allows, but the work happens close to the customers.
We're growing across these areas.
We hire across the areas below. Specific job descriptions are scoped to active openings — write to us with what you'd want to build and we'll route you to the right team.
01Engineering — Geospatial / C2
Multi-domain planning, terrain analysis, fused operational pictures. Closest to OneCommand.
Senior · Staff
02Engineering — AI / ML
Sovereign foundation models, on-prem inference, retrieval, fine-tuning. Closest to INDEA.
Senior · Staff · Research
03Engineering — Cybersecurity
Threat modelling, hardened SDLC, supply chain, secure deployment for classified environments.
Senior · Staff
04Engineering — Mobile / Offline-First
Field-hardened mobile experiences across UNITI, ATMA, OneCommand. Offline-first, deterministic sync.
Senior · Mid
05Product · Defence Domain
Defence-domain product managers translating operational needs into platform direction. Veterans encouraged.
Senior · Lead
06Customer Engagement
On-site customer engagement during pilots, deployments, and long-horizon support. Strong defence-domain background required.
Senior
· Specific openings rotate. Don't see a fit? Write anyway.
A deliberate route for service leavers and reservists.
Scaan was founded on the premise that domain expertise should be in the room. We actively hire serving-leavers and reservists into product, customer engagement, and engineering — with structured onboarding for those transitioning from service into software.
- 01Structured transition programme for engineers coming from service
- 02In-house mentorship from veterans already on the team
- 03Roles across product, customer engagement, and operational engineering
- 04Clearance pathways for engineers working on classified deployments
No portal, no recruiters — write to us directly.
Send a CV and a short note on what you'd want to build to careers@scaan.ai. If we don't have an open role that fits, we'll say so — but we read every application.