Working At Indiahikes

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What does it mean to work at Indiahikes?

Working at Indiahikes can be extremely rewarding and equally frustrating. At Indiahikes everyone is committed to the vision of the organisation. Here responsibilities are high, work is busy. People love what they do.

Since 2008, Indiahikes has defined the future of trekking. Most trekking trails, like the Roopkund, Rupin Pass, Buran Ghati, Kedarkantha, Kashmir Great Lakes, Tarsar Marsar, Brahmatal, Warwan Valley, Phulara Ridge have been brought out by Indiahikes.

Modern safety systems like the microspikes, pulse oximeters, radios and oxygen on treks have been introduced in Indian trekking by Indiahikes.

Our Green Trails project has revolutionised how trekking trails are preserved in India.

Finally, the Indiahikes Experience has transformed the lives of thousands of trekkers in India. They have gone home with a deeper understanding of their mind, body and spirit.

Today, more than 25,000 trekkers trek with Indiahikes every year. Indiahikes is also India's largest trekking organisation.

In this context look at the roles available at Indiahikes below

What Makes A Career At Indiahikes Worth It

Open Positions

Assistant Trek Leader (ATL) Internship

Would you like to assist Indiahikes trek leaders? Perhaps you wish to be a future trek leader? If so, then the ATL internship is suitable for you.

The duration of ATL internship is 2 months.

All ATL interns must meet the following requirements to be eligible for the internship:

Minimum of 22 years old.
Trek Experience: Good trek experience, preferably Himalayan. Please mention the treks that you have done. If you have trekked with Indiahikes, we prefer that. (Treks like Triund and Kheerganga do not count as experience.)
Work experience in other industries is given preference
Must have excellent English and Hindi communication skills.
Must follow an active fitness regimen. BMI (body mass index) must be between 18.5 and 23.9. You can run 5 km in under 30 minutes (this will be tested when you come for training).
No smoking or drinking habits at all.

As an ATL intern, you will undergo an extensive 30-day training before leading your first group.

ATLs earn a stipend of Rs 20,000 per month during the 2-month internship period.

Indiahikes provides for all your living expenses, including stay and food, while on duty.

Before applying for the assistant trek leader internship, please see these videos about what the job involves.

To apply, follow the instructions below in "How to Apply."

Assistant Experience Coordinator (AEC)

Coordinating the treks of 20,000 trekkers is complex. Coordinating it with the vision, values, and culture that we have is what makes it interesting and challenging.

Our operations span the Himalayas, mostly in remote locations where even mobile signal is difficult.

Assistant Experience Coordinators lend integral support to the Experience Coordination Team at Indiahikes. Assistant Experience Coordinators are called AECs at our office.

But first, you must understand how we view our trekkers. Like us, they are trekkers. We communicate with them in the same way that one trekker communicates with another. They consult with us as senior trekkers, not as an organisation. As an AEC, your role is to assist the Experience Coordination team. Every AEC is given a specific role to play.

You can apply to be an AEC if you do not match the age or work experience criteria for an Experience Coordinator.

Must be a minimum of 22 years old. Male or female.
We prefer it if you have done trekking. If you have trekked with Indiahikes, that's even better!
Work experience is preferred.
Must be willing to work from Bengaluru
Must have excellent English and Hindi communication skills.

This role is full-time and Bengaluru-based.

The salary starts between Rs 3.6 lakh to Rs 5.0 lakh per annum.

To apply, follow the instructions given below in "How to Apply"

Java Developer (Freelance role)

The trekker registration system at Indiahikes is a Java Spring Boot based system. It handles a vast database of over 3 lakh trekkers.

This system ensures that the entire registration process runs smoothly. This involves the seamless interaction of various features with the details of the trekkers.

As the Java expert, your core responsibility involves developing new features, deploying, maintaining, fixing issues, and ensuring minimum downtime for end users.

For this role, you must fulfil the following criteria:

Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot with a good understanding of its ecosystems
Familiarity with different design and architectural patterns
Ability to write clean, readable Java code
Basic know-how of class loading mechanism in Java
Experience in handling external and embedded databases
Write and execute unit tests to ensure the reliability and functionality of code.
Implement security measures to protect applications from potential threats and vulnerabilities.
Document technical specifications, user manuals, and other relevant documentation to ensure effective communication and knowledge transfer.

We are looking for someone with a minimum of 4 years of experience in Java and can put in 15-20 hours of work weekly.

If this is something that interests you, please write to sandhya@indiahikes.com (COO and Co-founder) with details of your work experience in these domains along with why you wish to work with Indiahikes.

Short form Video Producer

At Indiahikes, our content team has a clear vision — to be the last stop for trek information in India. We want trekkers to find reliable, practical, and trustworthy information with us — especially through short-form video, which is often the first touchpoint for today’s trekkers.

We’re looking for a Short Form Video Producer who can turn in-depth trekking knowledge into engaging, useful videos — not for entertainment, but for education. These videos will help trekkers prepare better, make smarter choices, and understand the nuances of high-altitude trekking.

This is not a storytelling or travel-vlogging role. It’s a role rooted in clarity, accuracy, and usefulness. You’ll help trekkers learn — not just watch.

What you’ll do:

Create high-quality short-form videos (15–90 seconds) that educate trekkers — from tips, gear guides, and fitness prep to high-altitude safety
Work closely with the Indiahikes content team, Trek Leaders, and mountain teams to identify valuable topics
Collaborate with others to source footage — including guiding trek leaders on what to shoot on the slopes
Edit videos using mobile or desktop tools like CapCut, InShot, or Adobe Premiere Pro
Track the performance of videos across platforms like Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts, and iterate for impact
Occasionally travel to trek slopes to shoot — but not as the core part of the job

You’ll thrive in this role if you:

Have 1–2 years of experience creating short-form video content — especially in the educational or explainer space
Have a good sense of content structure, clear visual communication, and audio quality
Are more focused on the quality of information than aesthetics or storytelling
Are comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative content environment
Are excited to learn deeply about trekking and work with domain experts to communicate that knowledge
Are based in Bangalore and open to working from our office

Bonus if you:

Have experience simplifying technical concepts into accessible video formats
Have shot in outdoor conditions or worked with remote teams to guide footage collection
Have been trekking yourself or have a personal interest in the outdoors

At Indiahikes, you’ll be shaping how trekkers across India learn and grow — one video at a time. If you’re looking to build a meaningful content career in the outdoors space (without being glued to a tent), this is the role for you.

Location: Bangalore (Full-time, in-office role)
Experience: 1–3 years
Salary: Starts at 5 lakhs per annum, but could be higher if you have relevant work experience.

How to Apply

We're extremely careful about who we select as a part of team Indiahikes. Through the selection process, we want to make sure you are the 'right fit'.

For all positions email

Sandhya Chandrasekharayya: sandhya@indiahikes.com
CC: Arjun Majumdar: arjun@indiahikes.com

Subject: Working with Indiahikes — (name of position)

Sandhya Chandrasekharayya, is the COO and Co-founder at Indiahikes. Arjun Majumdar is the CEO and Founder of Indiahikes

What to include in your email application

Your latest resume (Even if you don’t have a background in trekking, your past work experience matters to us)
Write a paragraph about 'why you wish to work at Indiahikes'. A passion for trek and travel is important, but must not be the only reason for you to apply.
Write another paragraph about your skills and talents that make you suitable for the role.
If you have any trek experience, mention it in the email.
Any specific write up or inclusions as mentioned in the role description

What is the recruitment process at Indiahikes?

We receive a large number of applications. If you are shortlisted, we will write back within seven days, usually quicker. If you do not hear from us within seven days, in all probability, your application has been rejected. You can, of course, remind us again by email if you feel you are the right fit for Indiahikes.

The below recruitment process applies to all roles other than the Trek Leader and Asst. Trek Leader roles:

STEP 1: The first step is a form that you fill out so that we get to know your skills better. Here, you may be asked to complete a test assignment as well. If your portfolio speaks for itself, you may be taken directly to the next step. On the other hand, if we see that you're using AI to complete the assignments, it is grounds for us to reject your application immediately.

STEP 2: The next step is where we conduct your personal interview with a senior member of Indiahikes. Our objective is to see whether you make a good culture fit at Indiahikes. Our culture and values are sacrosanct to us, and it matters to us that you align with them. If required, there will be two such rounds of a personal interview. These will be conducted online, unless you live close to our office.

STEP 3: The final round is our most interesting and unusual one, where we invite you to our office for a two-day visit. This is a chance for you to get to know Indiahikes better and for us to get to know you better. During these two days, you get to speak to several team members at Indiahikes, work on small assignments, be part of our meetings and lunchtime, and observe the work culture here. It will help you arrive at a decision about whether you would like to grow professionally at Indiahikes. It will also give us insight into whether you would fit into the culture here.

Note: If selected for the 2-day visit, you are expected to bear the cost of your travel. In case you're coming from another city, we are happy to offer you accommodation at our guesthouse (at our expense) upon prior request.

Further, we usually call only the applicants we are strongly considering to our office. In most cases, your take-home salary will be revealed to you at this stage so that you can decide whether to confirm your 2-day visit or not.

STEP 4: After your 2-day visit, we will get back to you within a couple of days about our final verdict.

As you can see, it is a slightly long and serious recruitment process, but we are very particular about who works at IndiaHikes. This is a big way in which we have been able to build an organisation with a deep value system that reaches every last person working here.

The Core Values that make us who we are

These are values that anybody working here is expected to imbibe.

You are Humble

Humility is the biggest trait we look for in our team members. Even if an applicant is highly skilled, or experience but not humble, we do not take them. You’ll find this as a virtue among all team members at Indiahikes — whether it’s our founders, our Trek Leaders or our local staff members. A humble person makes for an ideal team member. They are open to feedback, easily teachable, curious and eager to learn.They are able to grow and nurture the organisation

Humility is practiced everyday at Indiahikes. Those who are not humble are not encouraged to be at Indiahikes.

You are Fit

We expect trekkers to be fit for our treks. It holds true for all of us at Indiahikes as well. If we are unfit, then we have little right to ask trekkers to be fit on our treks. To us, fitness is a way of life. This means everyone has a fitness routine, everyone is always ready to go on a Himalayan trek.

If you are unfit and do not have a fitness routine, you cannot work at Indiahikes.

You are a Sustainability Champion

At Indiahikes we have taken the responsibility of bringing in systems that make trekking more sustainable. We are here to leave our mountains better. We do this through our Green Trails project. And for this, the best place to begin is at home. So, everyone at Indiahikes is a sustainability champion. We buy little or no packaged goods, we use no disposables. We compost our waste. We lead minimalist lives. This extends to everyone working here.

If you do not lead a sustainable life, you cannot be with us at Indiahikes.

You show Care

To show care for our trekkers is to put the needs and interests of our trekkers before our own. It means sacrificing ourselves on behalf of our trekkers. Caring means using our time, skills, and talents to help our trekkers.

To show care is giving beyond what is required. Nobody asks you to do it. Showing care is one of our biggest differentiators at work. It has helped Indiahikes be where it is today. If you do not show care, eventually you will be a misfit at Indiahikes.