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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- Experience with AWS/Azure or cloud platforms.
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- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
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ROLE TITLE
Integration Developer
ROLE LOCATION(S)
Bangalore/Hyderabad/Chennai/Coimbatore/Noida/Kolkata/Pune/Indore
ROLE SUMMARY
The Integration Developer is a key member of the operations team, responsible for ensuring the smooth integration and functioning of various systems and software within the organization. This role involves technical support, system troubleshooting, performance monitoring, and assisting with the implementation of integration solutions.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
· Design, develop, and maintain integration solutions using Spring Framework, Apache Camel, and other integration patterns such as RESTful APIs, SOAP services, file-based FTP/SFTP, and OAuth authentication.
· Collaborate with architects and cross-functional teams to design integration solutions that are scalable, secure, and aligned with business requirements.
· Resolve complex integration issues, performance bottlenecks, and data discrepancies across multiple systems. Support Production issues and fixes.
· Document integration processes, technical designs, APIs, and workflows to ensure clarity and ease of use.
· Participate in on-call rotation to provide 24/7 support for critical production issues.
· Develop source code / version control management experience in a collaborative work environment.
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS
· 5+ years of experience in Java development with strong expertise in Spring Framework and Apache Camel for building enterprise-grade integrations.
· Proficient with Azure DevOps (ADO) for version control, CI/CD pipeline implementation, and project management.
· Hands-on experience with RESTful APIs, SOAP services, and file-based integrations using FTP and SFTP protocols.
· Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills for resolving complex integration and system issues.
· Experience in Azure Services, including Azure Service Bus, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Apps, and ideally Azure API Management (APIM) is a plus.
· Good understanding of containerization and cloud-native development, with experience in using Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure AKS.
· Experience with OAuth for secure authentication and authorization in integration solutions.
· Strong experience level using GitHub Source Control application.
· Strong background in SQL databases (e.g., T-SQL, Stored Procedures) and working with data in an integration context.
· Skilled with Azure DevOps (ADO) for version control, CI/CD pipeline implementation, and project management.
· Experience in Azure Services, including Azure Service Bus, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Apps, and ideally Azure API Management (APIM) is a plus.
GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS
· Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail.
· Effective communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
· Experience working in a fast paced, production support environment with a focus on incident management and resolution.
· Experience in the insurance domain is considered a plus.
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Help your engineers grow their skills and experience
- Conduct code reviews, and make technical contributions to product architecture as well as get involved in solving bugs and delivering small features
- Hold regular 1:1's with all members of the team, give regular and clear feedback around the individual's performance
- Foster technical decision-making on the team, but make final decisions when necessary
- Provide oversight and leadership to a team of developers to ensure timely execution of team and project deliverables
- Maintain up-to-date skills in software development technologies and a broad understanding of the business, business needs, and how applications/assets drive and support the business
REQUIREMENTS:
- 6+ years of experience in software development and 1+ in team management.
- In-depth technical experience in at least one of the core languages, frameworks, or technologies used in backend development.
- Ability to mentor junior software developers, as well as to collaborate with all stakeholders.
- Extensive experience in developing, deploying, and integrating software solutions.
- Proficiency in documenting processes and monitoring performance metrics.
- Knowledge of best practices related to design principles, API development and software architecture.
- Ability to keep up with software industry trends and innovation.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
What you'll do?
● Develop on server-side cloud software using a serverless approach (AWS).
● Work hands-on on bringing to life IoT and Edge architectures and applications
● Work with teams on delivering key features and performance targets.
Who You Are?
● Passionate individual who loves to develop scalable backend
● Strong programming capabilities
● Understanding of cloud architecture and protocols.
● Clear thought process, believe in simplifying rather than complicating
● Argue and fight over opinions. Believe in always choosing the best
You Should Have
● Experience on NoSQL Databases and designing REST API.
● Strong fundamentals of Data structure and algorithm.
● Done related projects during graduation/post-graduation.
● Experience on AWS, AWS Lambda, AWS IoT Core, AWS Cloud Watch is a big plus.
Proficiency in Python
- 5 years of experience as Java/Jee Developer, Springboot
- Good knowledge of OOPS concepts.
- Experience in Java8, JSP, Spring Core, Spring MVC, Spring Rest & Spring JPA Repository
- Experience in Hibernate, relational databases and sql.
- Experience in Rest API development.
- Experience in implementation of Jasper Reports
- Familiar with Git & Maven
• Strong technical experience with Java 8 and above
• Sound understanding of Database concepts & experienced with MySQL.
• Strong technical experience with JavaScript/Ajax/jQuery
• Good knowledge of Angular 2+ version.
• Good knowledge of REST APIs and Spring Boot.
• Awareness with any of version control systems like Git/SVN/TFS/VSS etc
• Awareness and exposure of AWS architecture components such as S3, SQS, Lambda, EKS etc
Good to Have:
• Knowledge of Docker and Containerization.
• Working in Agile env will be plus.
• Understanding of Code Optimization techniques, Code coverage tool and code analysis tool.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD process.
• Experience of onshore/offshore team collaborations.
• Makes a valuable contribution to team objectives, displays trust and mutual understanding, accepts constructive feedback, and handles confrontation constructively
- Designing, coding, and debugging software using J2EE, Spring boot,Microservices ,AWS .
- Work closely with Solution architects to understand the architecture
design and implement software designs accordingly. - Improving the performance of existing software.
- Providing training to other engineers and code review.
- Maintaining and upgrading existing software.
- Recommending new technologies that can help increase productivity.
- Supervising and overseeing the technical aspects of projects.
- Investigating software-related complaints and making necessary adjustments to ensure optimal software performance.
- Regularly attending team meetings to discuss projects, brainstorm ideas, and put forward solutions to any issues.
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Responsibilities
- Developing new software based on the client or organization requirement.
- Working on the Change Requests raised by clients.
- Understanding the business requirement of client and provide software solution to solve the business requirement.
- Analyzing the existing software/solution/code and enhance it as per requirement.
- Debugging/ Analyzing existing software/ services and carry out changes as per
- Co-ordination with the onsite team and provide solution to the problems/ enhancements/bugs etc. reported.
- Working with field engineers, need to visit customers if the problem is more serious.
- Support Deploying, testing of new releases/bugs/issues in new patches and support
- client in testing if required.
- Support on-site team or clients during production release/ DR / System upgrade etc.
Skill-Set Requirement
- Excellent knowledge and in hand experience of working on JAVA, HIBERNATE and SPRING.
- Good knowledge of Any Database (Oracle/SQL/MYSQL etc.) DDL &DML queries.
- Knowledge of the software life cycle.
- Strong knowledge of the OOPs concepts.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Good communication skill.
- Prior knowledge of Linux operation system is welcomed/preferred.











