Job Cuts Everywhere, But Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal Is Hiring for ‘Temple’, What Is This Mysterious Startup?

Amidst intense job cuts globally by tech companies, online food services giant Zomato's CEO Deepinder Goyal has announced a hiring plan for his startup, Temple. Techies are in demand for Temple, but the job offer comes with criteria! They should also be athletes and maintain a certain body fat limit. To understand the description of the jobs, one needs to first know what Temple is. Remember a few weeks ago when Deepinder Goyal wore a small device at the side of his forehead during a podcast and went viral? That is Temple!

Temple Is Hiring!

In his social media post, Goyal said, "At Temple, we are building the ultimate wearable for elite performance athletes. A device that measures what no other wearable in the world measures, with a level of precision that doesn't exist yet."

"To build it, we need people who are obsessive about both the craft and the category. Engineers who are also athletes. People who will wear what they build, and hate it until it's perfect," said Goyal.

Temple Hiring Roles:

According to Goyal, candidates should have experience in the following roles:

1. Analog Systems Engineers, Electronics Design Engineers
2. Embedded Systems Engineers - low-level HW bring-up, embedded signal and image processing, embedded AI
3. Design and Validation Engineers - sensors, actuators, battery, antenna, optics
4. CMF Engineers, Adhesive Materials Engineers
5. Sensor Algorithms Engineers - estimation theory, sensor fusion
6. Deep Learning Engineers - ML model development for physiological metrics
7. Computational Neuroscientists
8. BCI Engineers - real-time EEG/EMG acquisition and processing
9. Neural Decoding Researchers - brain activity to semantic mapping
10. Computer Vision Engineers - facial microexpression, subvocal muscle detection
11. Neuroimaging ML Engineers - multimodal sensor fusion
12. Last but not the least, product managers who work through Figma without needing a designer to hold their hand.

Furthermore, a very crucial condition that Goyal adds for the candidates is that if you are a male candidate, you should have body fat less than 16% and if you are a female candidate, then you should have body fat less than 26%. Only these candidates can apply along with the above-mentioned expertise.

He said, "Important: we are building for people who push their bodies to the edge. We want to be those people, not just serve them. So only people who take fitness seriously and have body fat

This announcement comes two days after Goyal released the teaser of Temple device through his social media platforms.

What Is Temple?

Temple was launched in August 2024, as an experimental wearable project that focuses on brain health tracking and elite performances of athletes. The device is developed to understand and test ideas through continuous, real-time monitoring of blood flow in the brain.

Simply put, Temple is meant to monitor Cerebral Blood Flow (CBF), which means to evaluate how much is circulating in your brain.

What Do Doctors & Experts Think About Temple?

In January 2026, Dr. Kunal Bahrani, Chairman-Director of Neurology and Brain Research Expert had shed some light on the working of Temple.

From a research standpoint, Bahrani said, this is genuinely exciting. Continuous, non-invasive monitoring of cerebral circulation could help us understand fatigue, stress, ageing, and neurological patterns far better than we do today.

"As a neurologist, I find that part fascinating. But I also feel it's important to pause and look at the human side of this innovation," Bahrain had said last month.

However, Bahrain had also cautioned that technology should reduce uncertainty not amplify it. He said, "We are already seeing a rise in health anxiety driven by over-monitoring," adding, "So yes, devices like this are valuable, especially for research, population studies, and clinical insights."

Another key expert in medical field, Pharma Innovation Leader and Biotech Growth Strategist has replied to Bahrani's post that "Innovation in neurotech is crucial, real-time brain metrics could revolutionize early detection of cognitive decline and neurological disorders. But the caution is equally vital. In healthcare, we're seeing 'quantification anxiety' grow faster than solutions. For biotech companies, the real opportunity isn't just the device; it's responsible data literacy. Empower users with context, not numbers. That's sustainable innovation."