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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Description: Design, build and configure applications to meet business process and application
requirements.
- Strong knowhow of data-structures and algorithms.
- Strong core server-side technologies experience (Java/ other)
- Knowledge of Android is a huge plus.
- Strong understanding of OO/ design and good software development practices.
- Strong database skills and good knowhow of databases.
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Skills and Specifications:
Required Skills
- Experience in coding with Java
- Experience in working with Spring Framework
- Experience with basic API protocols
- Experience with developing, debugging and dev testing
- Decent communication skills
Nice to have
- Experience with distributed storage & Database Systems (SQL or
NoSQL, eg MySQL or MongoDB)
- Experience with production quality management, deployment &
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- Experience with Tomcat, Nginx & Linux.
- Experience with Cloud Technologies (AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud
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- Product understanding skills.
Role & Responsibilities:
- Handle multiple products/modules simultaneously, lead the team in development and support
- Lead development teams
- Daily updates to customers and Product Managers/Delivery Managers
- Participate in design discussions
- Design and Architect small modules
- Effort estimations for modules, subsystems or use cases.
- Learn new skills and mentor the new team members
- Champion best practices within the team, including code reviews
Work Experience & Skills:
- B.E/B.Tech or any relevant Masters degree from reputed college.
- Strong 5+ years of experience in Java, J2EE, Spring IOC, Spring Annotations, Spring JDBC, Jquery, Java script, HTML 5 and CSS
- Strong experience in Postgres or any SQL technology
- Experience with working on Tomcat, Apache, JBoss or any similar application server
- Should have 3+ years of experience in leading team.
- Good experience in JSON / RESTful API / Web Services.
- Experience in working on Agile methodology using Scrum and sprints
- Experience in using build tools, Maven, GIT, Bugzilla or similar tools.
- Experience in cloud technologies, Microservices and frameworks such as AWS or GPC, container technologies like Docker is a plus.
- Ability to adapt to new development environments, changing business requirements and learning new systems highly desired
- Experience in Microservices, SpringBoot and Angular is a plus.
- Experience with tuning deployed applications for scalability and performance.
- Good knowledge of deployment and scripting on Linux/Unix servers
- Strong technical documentation skills.
- Good oral and written communication skills
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Responsibilities:
- Develop server-side applications and APIs using the NestJS framework.
- Design and implement efficient and scalable database schemas using PostgreSQL.
- Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate server-side logic with the user interface.
- Write clean and maintainable code following best practices and coding standards.
- Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to improve code quality.
- Optimize application performance and troubleshoot any issues or bugs.
- Work closely with stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Participate in the entire software development lifecycle, including planning, designing, coding, testing, and deployment.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in web development, NestJS, and PostgreSQL.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Proven experience (2-5 years) in server-side application development using NestJS framework.
- Strong knowledge of TypeScript and JavaScript.
- Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases.
- Proficiency in building and consuming RESTful APIs.
- Familiarity with Git version control system.
- Good understanding of software development principles, design patterns, and best practices.
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
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- Experience with other JavaScript frameworks such as Angular or React.
- Knowledge of microservices architecture and containerization (e.g., Docker).
- Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Experience with testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Jasmine).
- Understanding of Agile/Scrum development methodologies.
- 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.
Must have skills : Experience with Core Java, Microservices, Oracle Database and SpringBoot.
Roles & Responsibility :
- Build new decentralized microservices based on decoupled Kafka architecture
- Thorough understanding of fundamentals including OOP, Design Patterns and Data Structures
- Good knowledge of design principles
- Produce clean, efficient code based on specifications
- Recommend and implement improvements
- Has proven ability to work independently or with minimal supervision
- Drive design discussions while also working with architects if a need arises
Required Skills :
- Experience building software applications professionally using Java.
- Strong understanding of troubleshooting methodologies and root cause analysis
Soft skills required :
- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.
- Able to pre-empt, identify and resolve problems that are non-routine or lacking in definition
- Ability to define, implement and work to a schedule
- Good time management skills.
- Attention to detail. Able to work with little or no supervision
- Ability to work with team members across the globe
- Experience with Core Java, Angular and SpringBoot is a plus.
Educational Qualifications : B.E./ ME (CS/EE) / MCA or equivalent higher-level degree
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capture true Virtual Care Opportunities beyond Telehealth. We enable PCP to
provide Proactive and Continuous Care and add new Recurring monthly revenue
streams without any upfront cost. With our unique distribution and business
model, we are seeing fast acceptance and great adaption with our target
customers. We have built unique and Industry's first Integrated
Hardware, Cloud & AI Technologies based Virtual care Platform for PCP
Market. We are US focused Post revenue company with customers in 7 US States
and growing extremely fast.
We want a techie at heart. Someone who is happy and curious to work on all aspects of software development. Reporting directly to the CTO, you will be responsible for feature design, development, and continuously optimizing our tech stack.
We are looking for an experienced software engineer with at least 5 years of experience in a startup or product environment. Ideally you have been involved in all aspects of software development from requirements gathering to design, development, deployment and post-release support. We are looking for all-round technical maturity. Our tech stack is Angular, Spring boot and Django/Python.
Key Skills
Java SpringBoot, PostgreSQL/MySQL, Git
AWS, REST api design, Experience integrating with external APIs
Good applied understanding of Object Oriented Programming
Good database modeling and SQL knowledge.
Anticipate how code will perform under production conditions
Understand the performance characteristics of commonly used data structures (maps, lists etc). (Optional) Experience with UI frameworks like: AngularJS/React is a big plus.
Responsibilities and Duties
Build out features across the stack: backend, API design and integration, database optimization, microservices, plugins, queues etc
Fix bugs and write automated tests
Maintain and upgrade our Tech Stack
Translate requirements to design and write/present articulate software design.
- Deep understanding of technologies and architecture for a scalable and highly available set-up
- Experienced in Java/Golang and related Technologies like Spring/Hibernate
- Strong networking and Operating Systems fundamentals
- Experienced in Streaming technologies like Kafka
- Experience working with SQL and NoSQL Databases
- Experienced in developing the long-term tech strategy for analytics and translate that into an achievable roadmap
write REST API,s and integrate with UI








