NXTWAVE
Placement Success Lead
Academy, Intensive, NIAT

Location
Hyderabad (In-Office)
Employment Type
Full time
Work Schedule
6 days a week, 9:30 AM – 6:30 PM, with 1st & 3rd Saturday off
Openings
5 (1 - Academy, 1 - Intensive, 3 - NIAT)

About NxtWave
NxtWave is one of India's fastest-growing ed-tech startups, reshaping the tech education landscape by bridging the gap between industry needs and student readiness. With prestigious recognitions such as Technology Pioneer 2024 by the World Economic Forum and Forbes India 30 Under 30, NxtWave's impact continues to grow rapidly across India.
About the Role
Every year, NxtWave prepares thousands of students to become software engineers — but preparation only counts if it converts into an actual offer. Somewhere between "assessment-qualified" and "hired" is a gap that no curriculum update alone can close: the right student needs to be matched to the right opportunity, coached through a hiring process that shifts every quarter, and given a real shot when it's on the line. That gap is yours to close.




You'll own placement outcomes for one product/program end-to-end — not as a support function to the Placement Partnership team (CRMs), but as the person deciding who gets shortlisted, how they're prepped, why they got rejected, and what needs to change next. The hiring opportunities you work with, and the curriculum your students come from, are Software Engineering roles — SDE, full stack, backend, and beyond. You'll need to actually understand the code your students are being tested on, not just the process around it.
Hiring itself is changing fast in the AI era — interview formats, assignments, and skill bars are all shifting under AI's influence. You'll need to notice that shift before it shows up in your placement numbers, and use AI yourself to keep your team ahead of it rather than reacting to it.
Key Responsibilities
Candidate Shortlisting: Own the shortlisting process for your program/product — matching students to so

📌 Placement Success Lead (Hyderabad)
🏢 NxtWave
📍 Hyderabad