As a Software Engineer at Quince, you'll be responsible for designing and building scalable infrastructure and build applications to solve some very interesting problems in the logistics and finance tech space.
Responsibilities:
- Design and architect solutions on the cloud for various business problems with workflow efficiency and scale in mind.
- Be on the forefront with the business team to learn, understand, identify and translate function requirements into technical opportunities.
- End-to-end ownership - from scoping the requirements to the final delivery of the solution with keen eye to details and quality.
- Build and improve logistics components for this innovative M2C supply-chain model.
- Build and maintain scalable ETL data pipelines.
Requirements:
- Bachelors/Masters/PhD in Computer Science or closely related subject.
- 1-5 years of experience in building software solutions.
- Good at data structures and their practical applications.
- Proficiency in Kotlin, Java, Python.
- Experience in deploying and maintaining applications on cloud platforms (Ex: AWS, Google cloud).
- Proficiency with SQL and databases - relational and/or nosql (Snowflakes, AWS RedShift, etc).
- Experience with messaging middleware such as Kafka is good to have.

About Quince
About
Quince is transforming the global supply-chain via a manufacturer-to-consumer (M2C) retail model, in which factories produce inventory on demand and ship their goods directly to consumers' doorsteps, cutting out financial and environmental waste. It's an exciting retail concept that promises to democratize luxury essentials by offering them at unbelievable prices. Quince already has partnered with 45 world-renowned factories based in China, Italy, India, Vietnam, Peru, Hong Kong, Portugal, and Turkey.
Since our launch, we have driven exponential growth - we're on track to do 20x the volume of July 2020 having doubled our sales every month since then with a 25 million run rate in 2020 and 200 million run rate forecasted by the end of 2021
We recently got featured in TechCrunch - https: //techcrunch. com/2020/10/12/Quince-launches-out-of-beta-with-new-manufacturer-to-customer-model/
Funding Status:
Raised $14,500,000 in seed round funded by Founders Fund (Peter Thiel's fund), 8VC, and Basis Set Ventures.
Business Vision:
- Be the everyday lowest price provider in the premium quality segment.
- Be the market leader in the manufacturer-to-consumer (M2C) model for the premium quality segment partnering with renowned factories in the world manufacturing the finest goods in an ethical manner.
- Be the most efficient and cost-effective cross-border logistics aggregator and service provider with the unique capability of understanding and modeling customs and export requirements, and taxes in all major countries of origin.
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- Technical Leadership: Conduct design and code reviews, enforce best practices, and mentor junior engineers to raise the team’s technical bar.
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Skills:
- Strong problem-solving ability, with experience handling complex technical challenges.
- Ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor junior engineers.
- Excellent communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and articulate trade-offs.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and able to operate independently while aligning with team goals.
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Job Description:
• Experience in Python (Only Backend), Data structures, Oops, Algorithms, Django, NumPy etc.
• Notice/Joining of not more than 30 days.
• Only Premium Institute- Tier 1 and Tier 2.
• Hybrid Mode of working.
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• Good understanding of parsing XML’s and handling files using Python.
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• Agile Development Methodologies.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
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Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
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We’re a small team looking for passionate, execution-focused, self-starters to help us build the next generation eCommerce platform and equal the playing field for all. Our success depends on building teams who can challenge each other's assumptions with fresh perspectives. To that end, we don’t just accept differences – we celebrate them. If that sounds exciting to you, let’s talk!
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What you will do?
Create technical plans of projects assigned to you.
Come up with well-structured solutions to ambiguous problems and implement them.
Ship high-quality, well-tested, secure, and maintainable backend code.
Provide technical direction on our various products and upcoming projects.
Champion reliability and quality by using best practices in software engineering and modular design.
Ensure all components are scalable, maintainable, and have in-built metrics instrumentation and monitoring
Deliver an exceptional user experience to our customers. Put the customer first and have quality in mind.
Own the full release cycle from development to deployment
What you will need?
3+ Years of experience as a software engineer working on backend applications.
Advanced knowledge of Python (preferably, the Django framework) and relational databases.
Experience with agile, test-driven development, continuous integration, and automated testing.
Experience with building, modifying, and extending API endpoints (REST or GraphQL) for data retrieval and persistence.
Experience with the full software development life cycle, including requirements collection, design, implementation, testing, and operational support.
Excellent verbal and written communication, teamwork, decision making and influencing skills.
Experience with scrum or other agile software development methodology.
Hustle. Thrives in an evolving, fast paced, ambiguous work environment
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Experience working in the eCommerce domain.
Experience with AWS technologies like Elastic Beanstalk, Amplify, etc.
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- Architect new and optimize existing software codebases and systems used to crawl, launch, run, and monitor the Anakin family of app crawlers
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- Configure and optimize the automated testing and deployment systems used to maintain over 1000+ crawlers across the company
- Analyze data and bugs that require in-depth investigations
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- Broad understanding of the landscape of software engineering design patterns and principles
- Ability to work quickly and accurately in a highly stressful environment during removing bugs in run-time within minutes
- Excellent communicator, both written and verbal
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- Must be available to work extended hours and weekends when needed to meet critical deadlines
- Must have an aversion to politics and BS. Should let his/her work speak for him/her.
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Job Role – Technical Lead – Back End
Work Location - Bengaluru
Job Description –
Requirements
• 5+ years of experience in product companies
• Experience in software development and coding in multiple languages
• Experience in both front-end and back-end development with mastery in back-
end.
• Excellent knowledge of software and application design and architecture
• Understanding of software quality assurance principles
• Managed at least 4-5 engineers in their experience.
• High quality organisational and leadership skills
• Outstanding communication and presentation abilities
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