Careers

Fourteen years of receipts · Three practices · One operating principle

Build with a team that ships.

Creative Mantra has been shipping since 2011 — 250+ deliveries, 120+ live products, 45+ documented case studies across UI/UX, software, management systems and AI/ML. If you want fewer meetings, more shipped features and the keyboard in front of you, this might be the right place.

TEAM SIZE
13 · three practices
HEADQUARTERS
Mumbai · UTC+5:30
ROLES OPEN
3
MODE
Remote-friendly
Why here

You THINK, We BUILD.

The pitch is straightforward: ship real work for real clients, beside people who care more about the craft than the title. Every engagement is anchored by a dedicated relations officer, scoped from a one-page brief, and quoted as a fee letter inside four working days. No offshore hand-offs, no account-manager layers between you and the person writing the code.

Creative Mantra is a fluid tech company. Your skillset evolves with the practice — from Next.js, Payload and React Native today to Gemini, Claude and MedGemma tomorrow. We invest in your growth because clients stay with us when we stay ahead of the curve.

Founded in Mumbai in 2011. Clients across India, Turkey, Germany, the UK, the US and Australia. ~92% of them come back for a second engagement — that is the metric that tells us we are doing it right.

Who fits

Four things we hire for.

01

Ships, then talks.

We hire people who move a repo forward before they move a slide deck forward. A working PR beats a flawless brief every time.

02

Client First instinct.

You think about the person who signed the fee letter before you think about the framework. Our 92% return rate is a hiring signal, not a marketing line.

03

Generalist, then specialist.

An engineer who reads the design file. A designer who edits copy. The lines between the three practices are a tool, not a fence.

04

Receipts, always.

Every case study we ship documents scope, plan, delivery, lessons and outcome. You'll write your share of them and be proud of them.

Working here

The actual deal.

Listed honestly, no "and more!" at the bottom. If it is not on this page, it is not a benefit.

+ COMP

Top-of-market salary

Reviewed every six months. No equity-as-pay tricks. Fourteen years of profitable engagements means we can pay in cash.

+ HOLIDAYS

Paid time off

Paid holidays, festival holidays, and year-end closure — so you can step away without guilt.

+ BONUS

Year-end bonus

A real year-end bonus when the year lands right — not a line item buried in fine print.

+ TECH

Modern stack

Next.js, Payload, React Native, Magento, Django, Gemini, Claude, MedGemma. The problems are hard because the products are, not because the stack is ancient.

+ LEARNING

Room to grow

A fluid tech company by design — we invest in your skills so clients stay ahead of the curve, not behind it.

+ FLEX

Flexible timing

Flexible hours that fit real life — as long as commitments are clear and the work ships.

+ PACE

Honest timelines

Every engagement is scoped from a one-page brief and quoted as a fee letter inside four working days. No hero-week theatre.

+ LOCATION

Mumbai HQ · remote-friendly

Headquartered in Mumbai with clients across three continents. Remote-friendly for the right role.

Hiring Process

Five steps. A single week. No surprises.

01

Application

You email careers@creative-mantra.com with a short note and one thing you have shipped. Every application is read by a human. You hear back within five business days, even if it is no.

Day 0
02

Intro call

30 minutes with a founder. We talk about what you've shipped and what you want to ship next. No leetcode, no trick questions.

Day 1
03

Craft conversation

A deeper conversation aligned to the practice you would join — engineering, AI/ML or client relations. We leave time for your questions about the case studies.

Day 2
04

Work trial

A real, scoped slice of a real project so you see how Creative Mantra works and we see your craft. Paid at market day-rate; length depends on the scope we agree.

Day 3–7
05

Offer

Numbers on the table when we're aligned. We don't negotiate against ourselves — the first number is the real one, reviewed every six months.

Day 8

If Creative Mantra sounds like your next four years, let's talk.

Email careers@creative-mantra.com with a short note and one thing you have shipped. A founder replies within five business days, even if it is no.