The People Behind the Work

Engineers Who Still
Write Code.
Leaders Who Don't Hide.

We don't have a leadership team that manages — we have one that builds alongside you. Every senior person at Dashmier is still technical, still curious, and still accountable to project outcomes.

The Founder
MK
Manu Kumar
Founder & Lead Engineer
B.E. Computer Science
Salem, Tamil Nadu
Quantum Lab Lead
In His Own Words

"I never wanted to build the biggest IT company. I wanted to build the most trusted one."

I grew up watching small businesses in Salem struggle with technology that barely worked — accounting software that crashed, websites nobody could find, inventory systems held together with spreadsheets and hope. These were real people, doing honest work. They deserved better tools.

Engineering college taught me how to code. Trying to help those businesses taught me how to build things that actually matter to people. The problem wasn't technical ability — it was access. The good builders were all working for large companies that priced out anyone without a big budget.

I started Dashmier to fix that gap. Not to become a giant agency, but to prove that quality and fairness are not in conflict. Every project we take on is a chance to show that a business in Salem can get the same standard of work as a company in any major city.

Day-to-Day Focus
Architecture reviews on every major project
Leading Dashmier Quantum Lab
Senior hiring and technical culture
Enterprise client relationships
Tamil poetry & literature
Quantum education curriculum

The People Who Run the Day-to-Day

Each lead owns a domain — and genuinely loves it. No generalists. No "strategic overseer" titles. People who do the actual work.

AK
Since 2020
Ananya Kumar
Head of Engineering

Joined as second engineer in 2020. Has reviewed the architecture of every system we've shipped since. Believes bad naming conventions are a cardinal sin.

ArchitectureCode qualityMentoring
VS
Since 2021
Vikram Suresh
Head of Design

Self-taught designer who learned Figma by redesigning websites he hated. Runs a Friday design critique session the whole team dreads and loves equally.

Product designDesign systemsUX research
PM
Since 2022
Preethi Murali
Head of AI & Data

Masters in ML from IIT Madras. Joined to build AI things people actually use, not just publish papers. Built our first chatbot deployment in 4 days.

Machine learningLLM integrationsData pipelines
RP
Since 2021
Rajan Pillai
Head of Delivery

10 years in project management. Famous for: "If you can't explain project status in two sentences, you don't understand your project status."

Project deliveryClient commsAgile
KS
Since 2022
Kavitha Selvam
Head of Growth

Grew up watching her father's small business fail partly from bad marketing. Now helps businesses find what actually works. Allergic to vanity metrics.

SEOGoogle AdsContent
SN
Since 2023
Suresh Narayanan
Head of Cloud & DevOps

Was maintaining a 15-year-old on-premise server when he had a crisis of faith and joined Dashmier. Has since migrated 50+ clients to cloud infrastructure.

AWS/GCP/AzureKubernetesCI/CD

40+ People Who Take Their Work Personally

Beyond leadership, Dashmier is 40+ engineers, designers, data scientists, and strategists — most from Tamil Nadu, several from across India, and a few international Quantum Lab contributors.

We hire differently. Technical skills matter, but we care more about people who read beyond their field, who ask "why" before "how", and who are uncomfortable shipping something they don't believe in.

Engineering 22 engineers
Full-stack, mobile, backend. Average 6 years experience.
Design 6 designers
UI/UX, product, motion. Every designer can write front-end code.
AI & Data 7 specialists
ML engineers, data scientists, and BI developers.
Growth 5 people
SEO, paid media, content, and analytics. All performance-focused.
What our team looks like
Engineers with side projects 88%
Read outside their field weekly 74%
Contributed to open source 61%
From Tamil Nadu 72%
First-generation professionals 58%
Join the Team

We're always looking for engineers, designers, and technical writers who care deeply about quality and want to build things that matter to real people.

See Open Roles

Real Engineers.
Real Accountability.

The senior people you meet in the sales conversation are the same people who sign off on your code. That's rare. We make it a rule.