SDE II - Backend

The Upstox Story:

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, IPOs, Mutual Funds, and more.

Upstox, co-founded by Ravi Kumar, Kavitha Subramanian, and Shrini Viswanath, is India's leading wealth-tech platform, empowering 1.3+ crore customers to achieve their financial goals. Backed by Ratan Tata, our mission is to enable every Indian to invest right, trade right, and build wealth confidently.

We offer simplified trading and investing through our mobile app and desktop platforms, catering to various user preferences with two distinct modes:

- Upstox Pro: Aimed at active traders, offering advanced trading features in Equities, Futures, Options, Currencies, and Commodities.

- Upstox for Investors: Designed for beginners, providing easy access to Stocks, Mutual Funds, IPOs, Gold, and Fixed Income products (T-Bills, G-Secs, SDLs, Fixed Deposits, NCDs), alongside Insurance and more.

Our journey began with a focus on trading excellence in Equities and Futures & Options (F&O) trading. In 2023, we expanded our offerings, introducing a mode solely for investors and a revamped Mutual Fund product. Today, we have evolved into a comprehensive wealth platform, offering a wide range of products and services to help our customers achieve their financial goals.

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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design & Development: Architect, design, and implement high-performance, low-latency applications using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture.

• Microservices Architecture: Build, deploy, and maintain microservices that are scalable and fault-tolerant. Ensure proper communication between services using message brokers (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ) or REST APIs.

• Database Management: Design efficient database schemas, optimize queries, and interact with both MySQL and MongoDB for different use cases.

• Cloud & Containerization: Work with cloud-based deployments, primarily using Kubernetes and Docker, to ensure that services are robust, scalable, and easy to deploy/manage.

• CI/CD Pipelines: Implement and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines to streamline development and deployment processes.

• System Performance: Identify bottlenecks, optimize system performance, and troubleshoot complex issues in production environments.

• Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, QA engineers, and other developers to deliver new features and improve the system's architecture.

• Best Practices: Follow best practices in software design, testing (unit and integration), and system security.

• Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, API specifications, and operational runbooks.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 3-5 years of professional experience in backend software development, with a focus on Java.

• Strong experience with Spring Boot and its ecosystem (Spring Data, Spring Security, etc.).

• Proven experience in building and maintaining microservices architectures.

• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.

• Proficiency in working with both SQL (e.g., MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB).

• Solid understanding of system design, distributed computing, and scalability challenges.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.

• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI) and version control systems (e.g., Git).

• Knowledge of message queues or streaming platforms like Kafka or RabbitMQ.

• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and performance tuning skills.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with ElasticSearch or other search engines.

• Understanding of event-driven architectures.

• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).

• Prior experience in Test-Driven Development (TDD) or Behavior-Driven • Development (BDD).

Educational Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Psst… tips on how you can beat the competition: 

If you can showcase your abilities to:

·    Be self-driven / quick starter

·     Have an ownership mindset

·     Aggressively drive and deliver results

If you fit the above description, we would love to connect with you! APPLY NOW

A basic requirement but one that many forget: Make sure you go through our website, download our app and give us feedback!

"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"