r/RemoteDevelopersIndia

Hi everyone,

I’m a 3rd year BTech (AIML) student and I need some advice.

I got an opportunity for a remote data science internship under an individual (not a company, US-based). The details are:

• Duration: 2 months
• Stipend: ₹25k/month
• Commitment: ~40 hours/week
• No official company, more like freelance work

My situation:

• I haven’t done any internship yet
• I have ~3 months of summer break
• After this, my placement season starts, so I also need time for DSA, revision, and project prep

My main concern is:

• Will this kind of freelance work (under an individual) be credible for on-campus placements?
• Or is it better to skip this and focus on building strong projects + DSA prep?

I don’t want to waste time on something that won’t add much value during placements.

Would really appreciate honest advice from people who’ve been in a similar situation.

I recently moved back to India after working in the US and have been working here for the past ~4 months. This is my first time experiencing the Indian work ecosystem as an adult, and I’m finding the contractor setup a bit confusing.

In the US, even as a contractor, there are clearer pathways for things like health insurance, credit building, and financial planning. In India, it feels like a lot of essential things are tightly coupled with full-time employment — health insurance, maternity benefits, loan approvals, and even general financial credibility.

As someone currently working (and also exploring contractor roles), I’m trying to understand:

• Why is so much of this system dependent on traditional full-time employment?
• How do contractors/freelancers manage health insurance and long-term financial planning here?
• Is it significantly harder to get loans or build credit history as a contractor in India?
• For those who’ve chosen this path long-term, what strategies have helped make it stable?

Would really appreciate hearing from people who’ve navigated this, especially if you’ve experienced both India and abroad.

Here's what I need built:

- Modern, mobile-friendly design

- Pages: Home, About, Products (all categories), Infrastructure, Contact, Enquiry

- Working enquiry/contact form with email alerts

- WhatsApp chat button

- Basic SEO setup (meta tags, Google Analytics, Search Console)

- SSL (HTTPS), fast loading

- WordPress preferred so we can update it ourselves

- Full handover — domain, hosting, admin access — all in our hands

- Quick training on how to edit content ourselves post-launch

Not looking for a monthly retainer or anything fancy — just a clean, professional site we can own and manage.

Please DM with your portfolio + rough quote. Based in Pune preferred but open to remote with good references.

Thanks!

# Junior Technical Product Manager

**Company:** GoManzanas

**Location:** Remote

**Working Hours:** Must have overlap with 10pm - 4am Vietnam time (ICT/UTC+7)

## About the Role

We're looking for a Junior Technical Product Manager to bridge the gap between our technical and product teams. You'll be the connective tissue between Engineering, QA, Product, and Marketing, making sure ideas become shipped features that feel great to use.

Our products are UX-first, so you need a strong eye for how things should look and feel, not just how they work under the hood. You'll take ownership of driving tasks from concept through delivery across multiple teams, and you'll need to do it independently.

## What You'll Do

- Translate product goals into clear, actionable work for engineering and QA

- Own the flow of features from planning through release across Engineering, QA, Product, and Marketing

- Advocate for the user experience in every decision, flagging UX issues before they ship

- Communicate status, blockers, and tradeoffs clearly across teams

- Get up to speed quickly on technical concepts and articulate them to non-technical stakeholders

- Help triage bugs and prioritize backlogs

- Coordinate with remote teammates across multiple time zones

## What We're Looking For

**Required:**

- Excellent written and spoken English

- Strong UX sensibility and genuine interest in how products feel to use

- Ability to quickly understand technical work at a high level without needing to write the code

- Self-directed and comfortable driving work independently on a remote team

- Experience working in professional/corporate environments

- Available during our primary overlap hours (10pm - 4am ICT)

- Development experience capable of constructing precise instructions to develop/modify products with the help of AI Agents

**Big Pluses:**

- Management or team lead experience

- Familiarity with git and GitHub workflows (PRs, issues, branches)

- Experience with AI coding tools or agentic workflows

- Background coordinating across multiple departments (engineering, QA, marketing)

## About GoManzanas

We're a remote team building products across education and productivity. We move fast, communicate openly, and care deeply about the end user experience. If you're someone who can think on your feet, communicate clearly, and keep things moving without being micromanaged, you'll fit right in.

## Salary
Up to 1000$ per month. DM me with the word 'interested' for more details about the position.

Dm me One project to start with and I’ll present multiple thereafter

Don’t text if you can’t provide reports, strategic plan, breakdown of your rates, can’t work in US times