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Lead Software Engineer

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via Seikor
6 - 8 yrs
₹50L - ₹65L / yr
Bengaluru (Bangalore)
Skills
skill iconJava
skill iconPython
skill iconRuby
skill iconRuby on Rails (ROR)
skill iconGo Programming (Golang)
Relational Database (RDBMS)
NOSQL Databases
Messaging

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:

  1. Discussion on past experience and problem discussion based on projects done
  2. Low level design
  3. 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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