Backend Engineer (SDE 1)

Kredivo Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Kredivo Group is seeking candidates for a software-focused interview track in Bengaluru. The process emphasizes programming basics, data structures, and database design, with questions on time/space complexity and testing strategies.

Applicants should have 1-3 years of hands-on development experience in any language, with clear communication and the ability to express opinions effectively.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years hands-on experience in designing, developing, testing, and deploying small to mid-scale applications.
• Clear and concise in communication; able to express thoughts/opinions clearly.
• Experience with Python or Go is a plus.
• Familiarity with Kafka, AWS and relational/non-relational databases is beneficial.

Skills

Python

Go

Data Structures

Time Complexity

Space Complexity

Kafka

AWS

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Cassandra

Unit Testing

Integration Testing

Tools

Kafka

AWS

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Oracle

MongoDB

Cassandra

Job description

• Programming language related questions - Python/Go experience is good to have.
• Questions around our tech-stack - Kafka/AWS/MySQL/etc.
• Data Structures:
• Questions related to data structures and algorithms - typically in a time-based interview format, to assess critical thinking around:
• Reading/clarifying the problem statement.
• Considering edge-cases.
• Dividing the problem into sub-problems - with smaller, better testable functions.
• Variable/function naming conventions.
• Time complexity - Should be able to explain the time-complexity. But, as our scale doesn’t always need very optimised code, we don’t need the most optimal algorithm.
• Space complexity - Should be able to explain space-complexity.
• Database Schema Design:
• This is helpful to understand lower-level design skills, as well as database management and optimisation techniques.
• Familiarity with relational database management systems (RDBMS) such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle, and experience in designing and implementing normalised database schemas is good to have.
• Additionally, knowledge of non-relational database systems such as MongoDB or Cassandra is a plus.
• Experience in data modelling, normalisation, denormalisation, indexing, and query optimisation is also a plus.
• Testing and Debugging:
• Questions related to unit testing, integration testing, and debugging techniques.

About The Job

• Programming Basics:
• Programming language related questions - Python/Go experience is good to have.
• Questions around our tech-stack - Kafka/AWS/MySQL/etc.
• Data Structures:
• Questions related to data structures and algorithms - typically in a time-based interview format, to assess critical thinking around:
• Reading/clarifying the problem statement.
• Considering edge-cases.
• Dividing the problem into sub-problems - with smaller, better testable functions.
• Variable/function naming conventions.
• Time complexity - Should be able to explain the time-complexity. But, as our scale doesn’t always need very optimised code, we don’t need the most optimal algorithm.
• Space complexity - Should be able to explain space-complexity.
• Database Schema Design:
• This is helpful to understand lower-level design skills, as well as database management and optimisation techniques.
• Familiarity with relational database management systems (RDBMS) such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle, and experience in designing and implementing normalised database schemas is good to have.
• Additionally, knowledge of non-relational database systems such as MongoDB or Cassandra is a plus.
• Experience in data modelling, normalisation, denormalisation, indexing, and query optimisation is also a plus.
• Testing and Debugging:
• Questions related to unit testing, integration testing, and debugging techniques.

About You

• 1-3 years of hands-on experience in designing, developing, testing, and deploying small to mid-scale applications in any language or stack. 2+ years of recent and active software development experience
• Should be clear and concise in communication
• Should be able to express their thoughts/opinions clearly.