Software Development Engineer-2

Software Development Engineer-2 Location: Bangalore, India (HSR Layout, Sector-2)Work Mode: Hybrid, 2 days / week in office (Wed & Saturday) and other 4 Days (Work from Home)Experience: 2+ YearsCTC: 14 LPA (11 LPA Fixed + 3 LPA Performance Bonus)About Kalvium:Kalvium ( ) is an education company that runs a B.Tech in Computer Science program in association with universities. It exists to give high-potential students the environment, tools, and guidance to become ethical, joyful, professional software engineers — regardless of where they come from. Kalvium is about building 10x engineers — not just in skill, but in values, discipline, mindset, and joy.About This Role:Kalvium is seeking dynamic and talented individuals to join our team which is transforming higher education. As a SDE II, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our product and student experience by collaborating with cross-functional teams and driving the execution of key initiatives/features. This role offers the opportunity to grow tremendously within the organisation and make a meaningful impact on the education landscape.Responsibilities:Design, develop, test, and deploy new features for Kalvium's core platform to enhance the student experience.You will architect and extend projects, by building scalable and reusable components and libraries for future useCollaborate with Product and Design teams to understand user requirements and create impactful features.Optimising components for maximum performance across cloud computers and a vast array of web-capable devices and browsersEnsure best practices in code quality, conduct regular code review and contribute to team knowledge sharing.Optimize performance and troubleshoot issues to ensure platform stability.Manage a team of 2-3 interns and mentor them to be good engineers / contributors.Skills & Requirements:You are an entrepreneurial and get-things-done type of an engineer, who can take charge, and build the application and experiences towards it. You have >2 years of experience in the industry as a software engineer.Good understanding of Database schema, design, optimization, scalabilityExperience in developing modern web applications using for the frontend and JAVA/Ruby/Golang/NodeJs/Python and frameworks like Springboot/Rails/Django/Express for the backendGood knowledge of MySQL or any other SQL databasesGood knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL DatabaseGood knowledge of Redis, its data types, and its use casesGood knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test FrameworksGood knowledge of Containers, CI/CD pipeline, and automating deployments and testing.Good documentation experience on functional and/or technical aspects of the projectBonus if you have: Experience with AWS, Prior Open-source contributions, and Experience building responsive designs.Perks & Benefits:Competitive salary, along with equity in an early-stage high-growth startup.Challenging role designed to significantly enhance professional profile and skills.You will work closely with the founders and founding team who are serial entrepreneurs.Be part of an impactful movement to transform higher education for the betterInteresting folks, good old-fashioned office banter and wacky celebrationsAn Ideal candidate:Aligned to owning, building and shipping quality products.Would have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.Would believe that the current education system needs to do better in skilling students and be passionate about it.Already lives in Bengaluru or is willing to relocate to Bengaluru.Kalvium's core values:We obsess about student experience and outcomes above all.We respect and trust each other. We disagree with candor and courtesy.We improve things regularly, rather than chase perfection.We embrace extreme ownership, championing outcomes not just tasks.We learn continuously and seek discovery.If you resonated with the description and answered 'Oh, that's so me' while reading along, this role is an ideal fit for you.