SDE - 2

Groww; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Groww is seeking a backend engineer to join the Mutual Funds team, building and maintaining systems that serve millions of active users. You will own scalable infrastructure powering fund operations, transactions, and customer data workflows.

Candidates should have 2–3 years of hands-on backend experience, a strong foundation in data structures and system design, and familiarity with databases, caching, and asynchronous processing.

Qualifications

• 2 to 3 years of hands-on backend engineering experience.
• Experience with scalable systems designed for millions of requests.
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and system design principles.
• Experience with databases, caching layers, and asynchronous processing.
• Problem-solving mindset and comfort with ambiguous, open-ended technical problems.

Responsibilities

• Build backend systems that handle large-scale financial transactions and customer interactions.
• Own scalable infrastructure powering fund operations, transactions, and data workflows.
• Solve performance, reliability, and data consistency challenges at high volume.
• Design database schemas, APIs, and microservices that grow with user demand.
• Collaborate with frontend, data, and product teams to deliver customer-facing features.

Skills

Backend engineering

Systems design

Data structures

Algorithms

Databases

Asynchronous processing

Job description

Batch: 2022/2023/2024.

About the role

• Work as a backend engineer within the Mutual Funds team, designing and implementing systems that serve millions of active users
• Take ownership of scalable infrastructure that powers fund operations, transactions, and customer data workflows
• Solve complex technical challenges around performance, reliability, and data consistency at high volume

What you'll work on

• Building robust backend systems that handle large-scale financial transactions and customer interactions
• Writing code that operates under high load while maintaining low latency and fault tolerance
• Designing database schemas, APIs, and microservices that grow with user demand
• Debugging production issues and optimizing existing systems for better performance
• Collaborating with frontend, data, and product teams to deliver customer-facing features

What we’re looking for

• 2 to 3 years of hands‑on backend engineering experience
• Proven ability to work on systems designed for scale and handle millions of requests
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and system design principles
• Experience with databases, caching layers, and asynchronous processing
• Problem-solving mindset and comfort with ambiguous, open-ended technical problems