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Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Swadesh logoSwadeshYC S19
Zero to one
TypeFull-time
SenioritySenior
LocationNew Delhi, Delhi, India · Gurugram, Haryana, India
Engineering

About Us

Swadesh is building India's first digital bank for Indian expats across the world (massive market equivalent to 70% of India's GDP) We’re replacing the broken infrastructure and banking experience for the largest expat population in the world to enable greater capital flow back to India.

Who We Are 👋

We're an interesting team of musicians, former professional cricketers, founders who are passionate about fintech! We understand the pain, the sleepless nights, and the sheer luck that it takes to build better lives for our families abroad.

We have first hand experienced the broken banking and investing experience in India as Non Resident Indians. We care about giving back, and want to do this by building better financial systems to allow us to generate more wealth for all Indians at home and abroad.

What You’ll Do

  • Responsible for setting the product direction, being part of all major architecture decisions, and building the backend infrastructure, internal ledger etc.
  • Iterating directly with founders to scope product and features to build the best solution.
  • Setting up and maintaining engineering processes as the company scales.
  • Hiring, cultivating, and mentoring new engineers (and other team members) as they join the team.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 4-7+ years of experience as an individual contributor with a modern programming language like Java, Python, Go, etc.
  • Have a strong demonstrated ability to ship high-quality products, both at work and outside of work. We love engineers that build side-projects or contribute to open-source repos

Nice to Haves

  • Previous founding or startup experience
  • Experience working at a fintech company or on a financial product related team.

Relevant archetypes

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Company info

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Swadesh

We setup Immigrants with a free US Bank Account, Credit Card, SIM…

YC S19
Founded2020
HQNew Delhi, India
Size1–10 employees
IndustryFinancial Services
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ThesisTermsPrivacy
Funding
  • Funding round · Jan 1, 2023

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