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8+ years backend engineering experience in production systems
Proven experience architecting large-scale distributed systems (high throughput, low latency, high availability)
Deep expertise in system design including scalability, fault tolerance, and performance optimization
Experience leading cross-team technical initiatives in complex systems
Strong understanding of security, privacy, compliance, and secure coding practices
Position: Lead Backend Engineer
Location: Remote
Experience: 10+ Years
Budget: 1.7 LPM
Employment Type: [Contract]
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- 10+ years of proven backend engineering experience.
- Strong proficiency in Python.
- Expertise in SQL (Postgres) and database optimization.
- Hands-on experience with OpenAI APIs.
- Strong command of FastAPI and microservices architecture.
- Solid knowledge of debugging, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with Agentic Systems or ability to quickly adopt them.
- Exposure to modern CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
We are hiring a SAP BTP CAPM Consultant with a minimum of 6 years of experience in building applications using SAP’s Cloud Application Programming Model (CAPM). Strong hands-on experience with Node.js or Java in BTP, OData services, and deployment in Cloud Foundry is required. Experience with SAP HANA DB and BAS (Business Application Studio) is preferred.
- Strong knowledge of Ruby on rails framework.
- Strong Knowledge of coding languages, like PERL, Python and Ruby.
- Good knowledge of Relation and NoSQL databases. like MySQL, Postgres, NoSQL etc.
- Knowledge of Microservices development and AWS concept will be an added advantage.
- Ready to adopt new technologies and implement them in project.
Requirements and Qualifications :
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
- 3-5 years of experience with Ruby and the Rails framework
- 3-5 years of experience with Git and Github
- 3-5 years of experience with SQL backends, preferably MongoDB, PostGre SQL
- Familiarity with testing tools such as Rspec
- Knowledge of Docker and docker-based deployment
- Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
- Team player
- Good time-management skills
Lead Software Engineer (Bangalore, Remote option available) 6+ years of experience
Zepto (www.zeptonow.com)
Why should you look at this role?
Salary 50-65 lakh per annum
Paid leave
Sick leave
Provident Fund
What Else?
- High growth startup in quick commerce space (10 min delivery)
- Given our very high hiring bar, we offer a very competitive salary and substantial equity to create everlasting wealth for our early believers as the company grows.
- Work on real world logistics problems & benefit from the rocket ship Zepto is!
Tech Team: 40-50 (200+ in few months)
About the Employer
Zepto is a fast-growing startup that delivers products in 10 minutes through an optimised network of dark stores that we're building across the country!
Just 6 months after launching, we've raised $160 million from marquee
investors in Silicon Valley and India. Our investors include Y Combinator, Nexus Venture Partners, and many more! We’ve built out one of the best startup teams in India, with Senior Executives from Uber, Flipkart, Dream11, PhonePe, Goldman Sachs, Pepperfry, and institutions like Stanford, INSEAD, IITs, and IIMs.
The magic of Zepto is our ability to consistently deliver 2,500+ products in 10 minutes flat. It's the core of what we do, and the reason why we’ve been able to grow so fast with phenomenal customer love. Our mission is simple: to make 10-minute delivery the new normal.
Funding:
Funding Zepto has raised a total of $160M in funding over 3 rounds.
Their latest funding was raised on Dec 20, 2021 from a Series C round.
Employer Reviews:
“High Ownership, Lots of Learning, Broad Roles, Accessible Leaders”
"Alot of benefits like ZeptoJoy coupon, internet bill reimbursement and cab reimbursement is also taken care of. Overtime is paid."
Reporting structure:
Software Engineer -> Sr Software Engineer -> Lead -> EM -> AD / Director / VP -> Head of Engineering -> CTO
This role would be by and large an Individual Contributor role.
Interview Process:
- Discussion on past experience and problem discussion based on projects done
- Low level design
- High level design
(One of the rounds will test scenario management via case study since it’s a managerial role)
What You will do Everyday?
- Work very closely with the Tech Leadership and lead end-to-end development.
- Write maintainable/scalable/efficient code.
- Design and architect technical solutions for the business problems of a very large e-commerce portal.
- Work in cross-functional team, collaborating with peers during entire SDLC.
- Follow coding standards, unit-testing, code reviews etc.
- Follow release cycles and commitment to deadlines.
Your Superpowers
- 6+ years of experience in building large scale applications or products.
- A “Bring It On” attitude; bias for action; self-driven, end-to-end ownership; entrepreneurial approach; focus on operational excellence; ability to work with ambiguity.
- Strong in problem solving skills, data structures and algorithms.
- Very good understanding of one or more of RDBMS/NoSQL/Messaging/ Caching technologies.
- Excellent understanding of and coding skills in following technologies: Java
- B Tech/BE in Computer Science or equivalent from a reputed institution.
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Job Description: (Mandate Skills)
- Exceptional architecture and design skills using Object Oriented Programming concepts and Design patterns
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills
- Hands on Java Engineer, with experience building consumer facing or enterprise applications using Java stack
- Ability to manage small teams (2-4 members) using agile development process
Do You Know? (Skills good to have)
- Exposure to building service oriented distributed systems
- In building systems that process big data in a distributed environment, either in real time streaming or offline
- In messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ, kinesis, etc.
- In real time computation tools like Storm / Spark or Hadoop based tools.
- In Data warehousing technologies like Redshift, BigQuery, etc.
You will be expected to design, develop and maintain large-scale complex backend web
applications.
You will be expected to rapidly learn and apply relevant new technologies.
You will be having a high level of interaction with business and product stakeholders.
You will be working on the entire web application stack, which includes:
o Web server hosting
o RESTful communication
o Message brokering
o Backend application layer, which includes the service and domain layers
o Data layer for persistence or caching
You will be participating in an agile software development cycle, which includes:
o Design
o Development
o Code Review
o Unit and Integration Testing
o Release
As a senior developer, you will be expected to contribute to design, code review, refactoring, and
project management.
You will be exposed to the following technologies:
o Web application frameworks: Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Java Play, Vert.x, AIOHTTP, AWS
Lambda
o Languages: Ruby, Java, Kotlin, Javascript, Python
o Data stores: PostgreSQL, Aerospike, Redis, Amazon Redshift
o Communication: HTTP, Amazon SQS, Sidekiq, Amazon SNS
o Server Management: Amazon ECS, Docker
Product Overview
You will be contributing to products concerning both customers and partner drivers.
Product sectors include:
o Growth: You’ll build tools to help boost user growth on the platform including our industry
best driver on-boarding, training and certification system, referral system, and lead
management models.
o Lifecycle Management: Build tools to help users engage with the platform better, which
includes rewards and recognition module, subscription service, account management tools,
partner and customer wallets and payout modules, and churn detection systems among
others.
o Transaction Experience: You’ll help deliver the most delightful booking experience to our
customers and drivers. As part of this team, you’ll be responsible for our core booking
system, pricing and payment systems, location tracking and filtering services, fraud
prevention systems, and in-app ticketing and support among others.
o Fulfilment: As part of the fulfilment team, you’ll work on systems which ensure high degree
of ride fulfilment on the platform. Tools including allocation methodologies and system,
dynamic pricing, dynamic partner routing, and partner re-activation tools among others.
o Enterprise Solutions: You’ll help Porter’s enterprise customers achieve delivery excellence.
You’ll build tools for contract management, fleet management, fleet and route optimisation
tools, alerting and monitoring tools, and analytics suite among others.











