Software Development Engineer III

About Rupeek:Rupeek, established in 2015 and headquartered in Bangalore, stands as India's leading asset-backed digital lending fintech platform. Committed to making credit accessible to Indians in a fair and convenient manner, Rupeek pioneers innovative financial products focused on monetising India's $2 trillion gold market. Leveraging state-of-the-art technology and an automated asset-light supply chain, Rupeek is transforming the gold loan disbursal landscape across 40+ cities in India. With a customer base exceeding 5,00,000+, the company's strategic partnerships with top banks and financial institutions underscore its commitment to building gold-backed assets through low-risk, low-touch, and friction-free processes. Rupeek's impressive journey is supported by key investors such as Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, Bertelsmann, and GGV Capital. In Apr 2024, Rupeek turned profitable and raised $25 in equity capital from Manipal Group and Elevation Capital to fund its next phase of growth. Join us in redefining the future of finance through innovation, technology, and a commitment to financial inclusivity. About the RoleAs a Tech Lead (SDE-III), you aren’t just writing code; you are setting the technical direction for your team and owning outcomes end to end. You will drive architecture and design for critical systems, lead execution across squads, and be the engineer the team turns to for hard technical calls.You will raise the engineering bar by mentoring SDE-I and SDE-II engineers, leading design and code reviews, and partnering with the EM and PM to shape the team’s technical roadmap. You will be a force multiplier for the team in a fast-paced, agile environment.Job Title: Tech Lead / Software Development Engineer IIIEducation: B.Tech or Dual Degree (Computer Science/IT preferred)Experience: 6–8 Years of relevant experienceLocation: Bangalore Why work with us?Engineering team consisting of past startup founders, IIT alumni and serial hackathon winnersHigh standard of engineering quality and opportunity to work on a cutting-edge tech stackSolve unique scalability challengesLearn how the Indian lending system works on the insideHigh-impact role at a fast-paced growth companyAs a Tech Lead, you will:Partner with PMs, EMs and vertical leaders to own the technical roadmap and build abstractions for the platform/systemOwn architecture and design for core systems that underpin business and engineering capabilitiesBe the technical point of accountability for deployments, production incidents and performance issues for your team’s servicesPartner with DevOps and Platform teams to shape infrastructure, scalability patterns and operational best practicesSet and continuously raise the bar on engineering practices across design, development, testing and code reviewGrow the team by mentoring SDE-I / SDE-II engineers, driving interview loops, and representing Rupeek’s tech culture externallyDesired Skill :Deep experience designing and operating high-performing, scalable and reliable distributed servicesStrong grasp of service decomposition, API design and modularising monoliths into well-bounded servicesProven track record with concurrency, storage and caching at production scaleMultiplies the team’s productivity by articulating standards, removing blockers and levelling up peersHands-on with performance testing, profiling and debugging memory or latency issues in productionTechnical leadership skills to align engineers across squads and vendor teams toward a shared outcome Profile :6–8 yrs of experience, with 4+ years building and operating high-performance distributed systems in productionFirst principle problem solverKnowledge of best practices in areas like accessibility and securityShould have in-depth knowledge of coding standards and security guidelines for all the technologiesStrong understanding of information security domains and possesses a well-rounded technical backgroundGood to have: Prior experience in the BFSI sector Join our pioneering team at Rupeek Fintech and play a pivotal role in shaping the future landscape of Technology in the Fintech sector!