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Posted by Kanika Chauhan
2 - 10 yrs
₹12L - ₹15L / yr
Bengaluru (Bangalore)
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API
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skill iconAmazon Web Services (AWS)
What’s Ditto? 
Ditto is a new offering from Finshots. We want to help millennials make better financial decisions. And we are starting with Insurance. 

With Ditto, you don’t just compare insurance. You understand it. Narrow down choices. Avoid pitfalls and make better decisions. 
Finshots is one of the leading financial newsletters with over 500K subscribers. 

What do we do at Ditto? 
● We explain health insurance and term(life) insurance in a language you can understand. 
● We are an insurtech company primarily selling Health and Term Life Insurance policies. 

Who’s backing us?
● We are funded by Zerodha- India’s largest stockbroker 

Roles and Responsibilities :
● Architect and build end to end backend services. 
● Integrate services from various stakeholders - Insurers, payment gateways. 
● Build for high observability, high performance and remove bottlenecks within the application. 
● Building reusable code and libraries for future use. 
● Should be comfortable with writing tests, targeting 100% coverage. 
● Should be comfortable managing database migrations, scripting, setup and Administration. 

Experience and Skills 
● For this role we expect you to have 2+ years of experience in Backend development. 
● Proficiency in Python (2+ years) 
● Proven experience in building scalable backend systems (security, middleware, caching, APIs) 
● Hands-on experience with Low level & high-level software design 
● Must have relevant experience with Django or Flask or similar web app frameworks. 
● Knowledge of writing restful APIs. 
● Developer experience with AWS or any major cloud provider is a plus. 
● Strong sense of ownership and leadership quality 

Perks
● Comprehensive Health Insurance 
● Compensation as per industry standards 

Our Interview Process: 
We would like to help you minimize your time and efforts. 
There are 4 rounds & we will be working towards completing all the rounds within a maximum of 2 weeks. 

Please find the schedule here: 
1. Introductory Call 
2. Assignment Round 
3. Live Coding Round 
4. Final Managerial / Technical Round

Job Location:
JP Nagar Bangalore, India
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About Ditto by Finshots

Founded :
2018
Type :
Product
Size :
20-100
Stage :
Raised funding

About

What's Ditto?

Ditto is a new offering from Finshots. We want to help millennials make better financial decisions. And we are starting with Insurance. With Ditto, you don't just compare insurance. You understand it. Narrow down choices. Avoid pitfalls and make better decisions. 

 

Finshots is one of the leading financial newsletters with over 500K subscribers.

 

What do we do at Ditto?

  • We help people buy insurance. 
  • We explain health and life insurance in a language users understand 
  • We curate and offer personalized recommendation

Who's backing us?

  • We are funded by Zerodha- India's largest stockbroker
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