Lenskart opens its technology centre in Hyderabad, looks to hire 100+ engineers

• Customers in India now have further access to Lenskart’s world-class eyewear offerings
• Significant innovations to come from the Hyderabad technology center to further improve customer experience on both online and offline front
• With this the brand looks to hire 100+ people in the next 6 months ranging across verticals

At Lenskart, we are inaugurating our new technology centre in Hyderabad, India. Equipped with world-class and state-of-the-art systems and processes, the tech-hub will accelerate Lenskart’s continuing innovation on Omni-channel technology, giving shopping across channels a much seamless experience. To accelerate the on-goings, we are looking to hire 100+ people, across engineering, product & design in the coming 6 months.

With this step, Lenskart is looking forward on stationing high-quality engineering talent in the vertical, focusing to facilitate offline buying experience at home with technologies like augmented reality, computer vision and machine learning. With ‘value pricing’ being the core of Lenskart’s brand proposition, the team is working on building a true headless commerce engine which enhances capability to reach to customers via many new channels and building supply chain tech which is able to guarantee delivery of a make to order product via production facilities.

This investment is a part of Lenskart’s continued and relentless focus on enhancing online shopping experience for consumers in India and enabling Lenskart to effectively solve the vision correction problem. It will also take the brand’s philosophy of delivering on the mission to make fashionable eye wear with great quality — affordable and accessible.

The new Hyderabad tech-hub will provide employment to more than 100 engineers in various teams across product, design and development, quality engineering, front end developers, java developers, android and IOS developers, data science engineers. It will be dedicated towards delivering world class engineering solutions to support Lenskart in expanding its footprint domestically & internationally. It will also expedite building cutting-edge modern innovations which will enhance customer’s buying experience and seamless consumer support system via automated bots for providing post-purchase experience to customers.

Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Ramneek Khurana, Co-founder, Lenskart, said, “We are immensely excited to inaugurate the new tech-centre in Hyderabad. The Hyderabad team will be at the forefront of engineering, new initiatives & innovation. We plan to double our current 150 member technology team with new recruitments in engineering, product, and data science functions, in the next 6 months. We want to make Hyderabad a base for quality and consistent engineering to support the high-growth phase of the company. The team expects to station mature technology leaders & young local talent with 10x thinking that can spearhead this growth with focus, energy, and innovation”.

With the commencement of this venture, Lenskart gears up for their upcoming project of expanding its store & online foot print significantly, also testing out multiple geographies and looks to create lead in augmented reality technology & recommendations by the end of this year. Lenskart has a growing retail and e-commerce presence going deep into existing market in India & Singapore, while opening up new locations in middle-east and the USA

Please click on the below links to read more about the launch:

ET Online, Business World, CNBC TV 18, The Hindu, Outlook India, YourStory, Inc 42, VC Circle, Tech Circle, Inshorts, Telangana Today Online, Adgully, Exchange 4 Media

About Lenskart: Founded in 2010, Lenskart is India’s largest online retailer of premium quality and stylish eyewear, offering over 10,000 different styles to suit all pocket sizes and diverse consumer needs. With a unique click and mortar business, Lenskart is revolutionizing the eyewear industry by offering disruptive services like Free Home Eye check-up, 3D Try On, Free Home Trial, and First Frame Free among others. Through innovative technology and a deep focus on consumer satisfaction, Lenskart has grown more than 200% year on year in the last 2 years, to be among the top 3 optical businesses in India. With a rapidly growing employee strength of more than 1000+, Lenskart is present in over 500+ stores across more than 66 cities in India. The company entered the unicorn club in 2020, after raising INR 1,645 Cr ($231 Mn) from SoftBank Vision Fund II, Lightbulb Ltd as part of its Series G funding round. In the past, it has been funded by three venture capitalists till date, namely IDG Ventures ($4 million in October 2011) and Ronnie Screwvala-led Unilazer Ventures ($10 million in February 2013), and TPG Growth & TR Capital ($22 million in January 2015).

Lenskart is currently hiring for multiple roles in our tech centers at Hyderabad, Bangalore & NCR. In case you find yourself to be a fit and are eager to join us on this exciting growth journey. Please apply from the links below:

1) Frontend Developers: https://lnkd.in/gCfeYyE

2) JAVA Developers: https://lnkd.in/gBevGZz

3) Android: https://lnkd.in/gdXG9C4

4) iOS: https://lnkd.in/gCmAcwK

5) Product Designers: https://lnkd.in/gwu-8je

6) Product Managers: https://lnkd.in/g8-DMtr