People & Ops Generalist

You will be Karta's first People and Ops hire, reporting directly to the founders. You will own everything that keeps the team running: hiring, onboarding, payroll, compliance, policies, and day-to-day operations. There is no existing HR function to inherit. You will set up the processes yourself, decide which tools and vendors we use, and scale them as the team grows.

The core responsibilities for the job include the following:

Hiring:

• Run end-to-end hiring for engineering and business roles: sourcing, screening, scheduling, offers, and closing.
• Build and manage our pipeline, job boards, referral program, and recruiter partners.

Onboarding and employee lifecycle:

• Own onboarding and offboarding: offer letters, appointment letters, documentation, background checks, and exit formalities.
• Maintain employee records and run the performance review cycle with the founders. Payroll and compliance
• Run monthly payroll with our payroll provider and CA, including TDS, PF, ESI, and professional tax.

People and Ops Generalist Karta:

• Keep us compliant with Indian labor law: shop and establishment registration, gratuity, leave, and the POSH Act (including setting up the Internal Committee).
• Administer our ESOP plan: grant letters, vesting tracking, and employee communication.

Policies and culture

• Write and maintain the employee handbook and core policies (leave, expenses, WFH, code of conduct).
• Set up benefits such as group health insurance and handle employee queries.

Operations:

• Manage office, IT assets, vendors, and subscriptions.
• Support the founders on operational work as needed, such as investor due diligence document requests.

Requirements:

• 3-6 years in HR, People Ops, or HR + admin roles, with at least 2 years at an early-stage startup.
• Hands-on experience running tech hiring end-to-end.
• Working knowledge of Indian payroll and labor compliance (PF, ESI, PT, gratuity, POSH).
• Comfort building processes from scratch, with no playbook to follow.
• High ownership and discretion with sensitive information.

Nice to have:

• Experience administering an ESOP plan.
• Experience with HRMS and payroll tools such as Keka, Razorpay Payroll, or Zoho People.
• Prior work at a fintech or B2B SaaS company.