Senior Software Engineer, Java/Python (Bangalore, Remote option available)
4+ years of experience
Zepto
Why should you look at this role?
Salary 40-55 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 a Individual Contributor role.
Interview Process:
- Round 1. Problem Solving + CS Fundamentals (60 mins)
- DS/Algo Problems (30 mins) - You can expect 1-2 Leetcode easy/medium questions
- CS Fundamentals (30 mins)
- Round 2. Low Level Design (60 mins)
- You would be given a trivial problem and expected to work through the low level design viz class structure, interfaces, db data models etc.
- Round 3. High Level Design (60 mins)
- You will be given a trivial problem, where we would work with you to design the system for the problem statement. We expect the detailed flow of the Functionality
- Extract APIs, if any
- Database choices
- Schema design and Scale the system, if time permits
- You will be given a trivial problem, where we would work with you to design the system for the problem statement. We expect the detailed flow of the Functionality
What You will do Everyday?
- Work very closely with the Tech Leadership and lead end-to-end development.
- Closely collaborate with product, design and business teams to understand product ideas and business needs and help deliver these as a series of ultra fast experiments.
- Architect and implement backend services with high reliability and scalability.
- Contribute to system architecture and database design.
- Set up best practices for development and champion their adoption.
- Write quality documentation and handle conflicts well to build consensus.
- Learn about new technologies and incorporate them.
- Mentor young minds and foster team spirit
Your Superpowers
- 4+ years of experience with Java frameworks like Spring / Dropwizard/Play or Python frameworks like Django/Flask/FastApi and databases like PostgreSQL/MySQL/MongoDB
- Experience in building highly scalable customer-facing applications that involve implementing complex business flows and dealing with an ever-increasing scale
- Extensive experience in object-oriented design skills, knowledge of design patterns, and huge passion and ability to design intuitive module and class-level interfaces.
- Experience in service-oriented architecture design.
- Experience building at least one application from scratch.
- Experience with cache store/message broker like Redis / RabbitMQ/Kafka
- Interest in learning new languages/framework as needed.
- Worked in a startup environment with high levels of ownership and commitment.
- A growth mindset and passionate about building things from the ground up and most importantly, you should be fun to work with.

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1) Familiar with the the Django REST API Framework.
2) Experience with the FAST API framework will be a plus
3) Strong grasp of basic python programming concepts ( We do ask a lot of questions on this on our interviews :) )
4) Experience with databases like MongoDB , Postgres , Elasticsearch , REDIS will be a plus
5) Experience with any ML library will be a plus.
6) Familiarity with using git , writing unit test cases for all code written and CI/CD concepts will be a plus as well.
7) Familiar with basic code patterns like MVC.
8) Grasp on basic data structures.
- Design and Develop: Architect, design, and implement high-performance Java-based backend services and applications.
- Code Quality: Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following industry best practices and coding standards.
- Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers, promoting best practices and fostering a collaborative environment.
- Collaboration: Work closely with frontend developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver robust solutions.
- Performance Optimization: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and scalability issues.
- Testing: Implement comprehensive testing strategies, including unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests.
- Continuous Improvement: Stay current with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices in Java/Golang development, and continuously improve our development processes.
Job Title: Senior Software Engineer - Backend
About the firm:
Sustainability lies at the core of Stantech AI. Our vision is to empower organizations to derive actionable insights—effectuating a smarter way of working. We operate on the premise that each client is unique and as such requires their own idiosyncratic solutions. Putting this principle into practice, we deliver tailor-made solutions to digitalize, optimize, and strategize fundamental processes underpinning client organizations. For more information, please refer to our website: www.stantech.ai
Job Description:
As a Senior Software Engineer at Stantech AI, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining enterprise-grade backend services and APIs that cater to the unique needs of our clients. You will be a key member of our engineering team and will contribute to the success of projects by leveraging your expertise in Python, SQL, and modern DevOps practices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend applications and RESTful APIs using Python FastAPI framework.
- Optimize and maintain relational databases with SQL (data modeling, query optimization, and sharding) to ensure data integrity and scalability.
- Create, configure, and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI for automated build, test, and deployment workflows.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (data scientists, frontend engineers, DevOps) to gather requirements and deliver robust, scalable, and user-friendly solutions.
- Participate in architectural and technical decisions to drive innovation, ensure reliability, and improve system performance.
- Conduct code reviews, enforce best practices, and mentor junior engineers.
- Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve production issues in a timely manner.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices.
- Bonus: Hands-on experience with server-level configuration and infrastructure—setting up load balancers, API gateways, and reverse proxies.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 3 years of professional experience in backend development, with strong expertise in Python and SQL.
- Proven track record building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI.
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies: Docker, Kubernetes.
- Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) best practices, design patterns, and version control (Git).
- Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- Plus: Experience with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
Financial Package:
Competitive salary in line with experience: ₹10–20 Lakhs per annum, contingent on qualifications and experience.
- Immediate joiners with 5 to 10 years of experience.
- Should have team leading experience.
- Should be keen to work as a Developer.
- Java, Spring boot and Design patterns are key areas where they should be excellent.
- Good communication skills is a mandate.
- Should be willing to work on alternate Saturdays (10 AM to 4:30 PM).
- They will have to relocate to Chennai.
- Strong SQL skills, Postgres SQL database knowledge.
- Cloud Experience in deployment (CI/CD)
- Unit Test case
- Angular – good to have
- 2+ years of experience in using Java/J2EE tech stacks
- Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
- Ability to work in a fast paced internet start-up environment.
- Experience in technical mentorship/coaching is highly desirable.
- Understanding of AI/ML algorithms is a plus.
We are looking for 2 - 10 years experienced Ruby on Rails and VueJS developer responsible for building
applications, including anything from complex groups of back-end micro-services to command line utilities and
data processing scripts. Your primary responsibility will be to design and develop these applications, and to
coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Thus, a commitment to
collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and building quality products is essential.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
• Design, develop, and implement new modules and APIs for the BEAM Product
• Plan, build and launch features for our products
• Write unit, functional, and integration tests
• Estimate development tasks and meet deadline
• Collaborate with engineering, QA, and product design team members
• Scale our applications as our user base grows
Mandatory Skills & Experience:
Ability to work & develop in Linux environment
• A solid understanding of Ruby
• 5+ years of web application engineering experience with Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, HTML, CSS,
JavaScript, Responsive Design, Caching
• 1+ years of experience with a front-end framework (Vue.js & GIT)
• Solid 2+ plus years of web dev experience building web UI/UX interactions.
• 5+ years of experience improving the performance of Ruby on Rails applications with Memcached &
background job processing frameworks (Sidekiq, Resque etc.)
• Hands on experience in deploying applications using AWS Infrastructure using Capistrano automated
deployment.
lives of API developers and consumers easier. If you love thinking big and delving deep and
enjoy envisioning truly elegant solutions, this role is definitely for you.
What you will be Doing
- You will abstract away complex data interactions with easy-to-use APIs that will power several
mobile and web applications.
- You will also own, scale, and maintain the computational and storage infrastructure for the
various micro-services and long-running jobs, designed and implemented by you and the team.
- We will look to you to make key decisions on the technology stack, architecture, networking,
and security. We love working with bleeding-edge technology, especially if it improves the
malleability, and simplicity of our deliverables.
What you need
- The ideal Backend Engineers are polyglots who are fluent in HTTP and core CS concepts such
as algorithms, data structures, and programming paradigms, and always pick the right tools for
the right job.
- They have a keen eye for common security vulnerabilities and how to act on them (example:
DDOS attacks, SQL Injection etc.).
- They understand what it takes to work in a startup environment and know when to trade
performance for simplicity.
- They fail fast, learn faster, and execute in time.
- Strong communication skills, get-things-done attitude, and empathy
- Strong sense of ownership, drive and obsessive attention to detail.
- Comfortable with iterative development practices and code reviews
- Previous experience as part of a product-oriented team is a plus
Technical Skillsets:
NodeJS + Javascript, GoLang, Typescript + Nodejs, Clojure/Haskell/F#/Scala
(languages/environments)
Koa, Express, Play (frameworks)
Asynchronous Programming Frameworks (Akka, Nodejs, Tornado)
MongoDB, postgres, Bigtable, Dynamo (databases)
Apache Kafka, NATS, RabbitMQ, ZeroMQ (queues)
FunctionalProgramming, FRP (functional reactive)
microservices, multi-tenant, distributed-systems, distributed-computing, event-sourcing
Good to have Skillsets:
Clojure/Haskell/F#/Scala
Apache Kafka, NATS
FunctionalProgramming, FRP (functional reactive)
event-sourcing
Koa
Why you should consider this role seriously?
- We have an audacious vision of helping companies fight counterfeiting and managing their
supply chain more efficiently
- We have built a product and solved problems for some of the largest brands in the country and
tested platform at scale (With our tags present in over 50 Million products already). We have
plans to grow 10x in the next 1 year
- Ownership of key problems. Fast-paced environment
- We are a well-balanced team of experienced entrepreneurs and are backed by top investors
across India and the Silicon Valley (Venture Highway, Startup Buddy etc.)
- Competitive market salary
- Opportunity to work directly with the CEO, COO, CTO of the company
- A chance to interact with top-notch executives from multiple industries
- Open vacation policy (and we really mean it!)
- Open Pantry
- As a team, we love to travel :). An off-site every quarter
Qualifications
- 4+ years of software development experience in Java 8. Knowledge of Java 9.
- Experience in developing micro services in Spring Boot or Node.js. Experience in security, transaction, Idempotency, log tracing, distributed caching, monitoring and containerization requirements of Micro services. Experience in developing High Cohesion & Loosely Coupled Micro Services
- Should have excellent acumen in Data Structures, Algorithms, problem-solving and Logical/Analytical skills. Thorough understanding of OOPS concepts, Design principles and implementation of different type of Design patterns.
- Sound understanding of concepts like Exceptional handling, Serialization/Deserialization and Immutability concepts, etc. Good fundamental knowledge in Enums, Collections, Annotations, Generics, Autoboxing, etc.
- Experience with Multithreading, Concurrent Package and Concurrent APIs
- Basic understanding of Java Memory Management (JMM) including garbage collections concepts.
- Experience in RDBMS or NO SQL databases and writing SQL queries (Joins, group by, aggregate functions, etc.)
- Hands-on experience with JMS. Hands-on experience in creating RESTful webservices and consuming webservices. Hands-on experience with Spring.
- Hands-on experience with any of the logging frameworks (SLF4J/LogBack/Log4j)
- Experience of writing Junit test cases using Mockito / Powermock frameworks. Should have practical experience with Maven/Gradle and knowledge of version control systems like Git/SVN etc.
- Good communication skills and ability to work with global teams to define and deliver on projects. Sound understanding/experience in software development process, test-driven development.
- 4+ years of software development experience in Java 8. Knowledge of Java9.
- Experience in developing micro services in Spring Boot or Node.js. Experience in security, transaction, Idempotency, log tracing, distributed caching, monitoring and containerization requirements of Micro services. Experience in developing High Cohesion & Loosely Coupled Micro Services
- Should have excellent acumen in Data Structures, Algorithms, problem-solving and Logical/Analytical skills. Thorough understanding of OOPS concepts, Design principles and implementation of different type of Design patterns.
- Sound understanding of concepts like Exceptional handling, Serialization/Deserialization and Immutability concepts, etc. Good fundamental knowledge in Enums, Collections, Annotations, Generics, Autoboxing, etc.
- Experience with Multithreading, Concurrent Package and Concurrent APIs
- Basic understanding of Java Memory Management (JMM) including garbage collections concepts.
- Experience in RDBMS or NO SQL databases and writing SQL queries (Joins, group by, aggregate functions, etc.)
- Hands-on experience with JMS. Hands-on experience in creating RESTful webservices and consuming webservices. Hands-on experience with Spring.
- Hands-on experience with any of the logging frameworks (SLF4J/LogBack/Log4j)
- Experience of writing Junit test cases using Mockito / Powermock frameworks. Should have practical experience with Maven/Gradle and knowledge of version control systems like Git/SVN etc.
- Good communication skills and ability to work with global teams to define and deliver on projects. Sound understanding/experience in software development process, test-driven development.
Additional Information
- Gender-Neutral Policy
- 18 paid holidays throughout the year for NCR/BLR (22 For Mumbai)
- Generous parental leave and new parent transition program
- Flexible work arrangements
- Employee Assistance Programs to help you in wellness and well being
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Expert knowledge of computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms,
and software design.
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Strong understanding of end-to-end architectures and development frameworks; knowledge
across tiers in a multi-tier cloud environment including load balancers, web servers, application
containers, data stores, and distributed caches.
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Minimum 6 years of experience with deep technical knowledge and hands on skills in Java.
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Has worked extensively on caching technologies such as Redis, memcache.
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Should be strong with Data Strcutures, Algorithms & OOPs concepts.
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Worked on NoSQL databases such as MongoDb.
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Designed and developed highly scalable multi-threaded large scale distributed systems.
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Well versed with services and micro-services architecture.
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Usage of containers, virtual machine systems, cloud computing.
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