Designation: SDE - 2
Location: Mumbai/Bangalore
About the company:
Upstox is one of India's leading Fin-Tech companies with a mission to simplify trading
investing to make it easily accessible to the masses. We aim to enable everyone, from new
investors to seasoned traders, to invest across multiple categories with our state-of-the-art
trade & investment platform and commission-free pricing. We offer numerous asset
categories to invest in, like Stocks, Digital Gold, IPOs, Mutual Funds, and more.
By focusing on our customers’ needs and equipping them with personalized yet powerful
tools, we witnessed a steep growth of 800% in our customer base from 25 Thousand in
2017 to 2 Lakh in 2019. With 1500% growth in 2020, currently, over 4 million customers
trust us with their investment decisions, thus setting us on the course to become an
industry leader in the country.
Our mission is simple - to break down the complexities of investing and make it more
effortless, accessible, affordable, and easy for the masses to adopt. This key principle when infused with intuitive design and leading-edge technology will help us empower every Indian to take control of their investments.
RKSV Securities was founded by Ravi Kumar and Shrinivas Viswanath in 2009 and was soon graced by Kavitha Subramanian as the third co-founder in 2016. Backed by Ratan Tata, Upstox had raised $4 million in Series A funding in early 2016 that was led by Kalaari Capital.The Series B funding round scaled multifold and witnessed an investment of $25 million by a US-based investment firm - Tiger Global Management in September 2019.
About the Team:
We have a team of highly skilled technology and finance professionals and are currently
looking for highly motivated field experts to be part of our high-energy team. We are
looking for a Backend developer to join our team.
Roles & Responsibilities:
1. Designing, coding and production support of the feature.
2. Designing user interactions on web pages. Developing back-end website applications.
3. Creating servers and databases for functionality.
4. Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.
5. Ensuring responsiveness of applications. Working alongside graphic designers for web
design features.
6. Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.
7. Designing and developing APIs meeting both technical and consumer needs.
8. Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.
Requirements:
1. Degree in Computer Science.
2. 3-6 years of experience as a Backend Engineer.
3. Proficiency with Java, Spring FrameworkFamiliarity with database technology such as
MySQL, Oracle, and MongoDB.
4. Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks such as React, and Angular 2.
5. Excellent verbal communication skills.
6. Good problem-solving skills.
7. Attention to detail.
Upstox is an Equal Opportunity Employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration
for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or
expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or
other characteristics.