Our Story:
Zepto is one of the fastest growing startups in India today. Just 6 months  after launching, we've raised $160 million from marquee investors in Silicon  Valley and India.

Our Founders, Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra, dropped out of Stanford  University to build Zepto in India. Together, they’ve created an incredibly  strong team, with Senior Executives from Uber, Flipkart, Dream11,  Pepperfry, and Pharmeasy.

The magic of Zepto is our ability to consistently deliver 3,000+ 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.

Engineering @ Zepto:
Building for scale, rapid iterative development, and customer-centric product  thinking at each step define every day for a Zepto engineer. If building  technology that impacts millions, brainstorming with some of the best minds  in the country, executing at lightning speed, product-driven thinking, and  owning your work from start to finish excites you, then Zepto is the right place  for you.

Primary Responsibilities:
As a Lead Backend Developer, you will work very closely with the Tech Leadership and lead end-to-end development. We’re looking for people who can
Write maintainable/scalable/efficient code.
Has profeciency in at least one of Python, Java
Design and architect technical solutions for the business problems  of a very large e-commerce portal.
Work in cross-functional team, collaborating with peers during entire SDLC.
Follow coding standards, unit-testing, code reviews etc. 
Follow release cycles and commitment to deadlines.

What Are We Looking For?
6+ years of experience in building large scale applications or  products.
A “Bring It On” attitude; bias for action; self-driven, end-to-end  ownership; entrepreneurial approach; focus on operational excellence; ability to work with  ambiguity.
Strong in problem solving skills, data structures and algorithms. 
Very good understanding of one or more of RDBMS/NoSQL/ Messaging/ Caching technologies.
Excellent understanding of and coding skills in following  technologies: Java
B.Tech/BE in Computer Science or equivalent from a reputed  institution.

Why Join Us?
Zepto is on a blitzscaling path unlike any other startup today. 
The opportunity to join India’s next Unicorn is rare. 
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.

Round	Type	Description
1	DS/Algo	This round will be based on Problem Solving and DS/Algo
2	LLD	This round will be based on LLD
3	HLD	This round will be based HLD
4	Discussion Round	This will be an optional round with the Hiring Manager

Lead Software Engineer

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Perks and Benefits at Zepto

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