Software Development Engineer II

Know the Company

CoinSwitch
breaks down the complexities in Crypto, empowering the everyday Indian to make informed investment decisions on a simple and trusted platform. When we started up, Crypto was a field reserved for specialists. Today, over 19 million users trust CoinSwitch to learn, purchase and invest in Crypto. That makes us India's largest crypto app.

On CoinSwitch, users can invest in Crypto with a few simple taps, either as a one-time purchase or in regular intervals through an SIP. But simplicity is not a substitute for informed decisions. A CoinSwitch user spends 27 minutes on our app—to learn about Crypto and Web3 through our educational content and understand the market sentiments through CRE8, the Crypto Rupee Index.

But we are just getting started. CoinSwitch not only plans to double down on making Crypto accessible to everyone but is on track to become the one-stop wealth-tech destination for every Indian.

For more information about CoinSwitch, find additional resources here:

About the Role

As a Frontend Developer, you would be responsible for designing, implementing and supporting, reusable and efficient front-end systems that can drive complex mobile applications.

What You Will Do

• Design some of the most complex & cutting-edge software systems/products in the industry which will lead the face of our company.
• Create impact in the ecosystem by building for scale, driving the betterment of the quality of systems and performance by owning the component design system, backend-for-frontend layer and assessing new technologies to build for millions of users.
• Standardize processes and structures to constantly monitor for high quality, reliability, and delivery.
• Identify the gaps and drive the code review & system design review process, especially on the architectural front.
• Set up paths for the central team to adopt new tech stacks for solving business & system problems.
• Represent CoinSwitch frontend team in internal/external technical forums/groups.

What You Should Have:

• 3+ years of experience in developing front-end for large-scale web/app-based consumer-facing products.
• Strong proficiency with JavaScript (ES6)
• Thorough understanding of native and its core principles
• Experience building reusable front-end components
• Experience with popular workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Subject matter expert in systems design and architecture, having broad systems/application-level understanding.
• Strong CS, HTTP & Network fundamentals
• Good understanding of software algorithms and data structures
• Must be hands-on in writing code, unit-tests and should be able to transform design problems into beautiful architectural solutions.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and asynchronous request handling.

Major problem areas:

• Handle and scale for millions of users
• Design for scale, build for the long term keeping in mind upcoming business verticals. Cater for multiple assets while building
• Extendability to run various levels of quick & configuration based experiments based on cohorts like users, behaviour & assets
• Solve for real-time trading for HFT traders (high-frequency traders)
• Solve for various real-time components like rates across systems, graphs, user portfolios & trade volumes
• Set up system reliability & performance monitoring dashboard systems to make sure of fault tolerance & top-class performance of our app & systems involved.

Bonus:

• Experience in high-scale and/or real-time systems is a definite plus.
• Past experience in building and scaling SDUI
• Release setup and management (including CI/CD for apps)
• Firebase analytics

Life at CoinSwitch

We take great pride in what we do, and are committed to our mission. And we have a lot of fun while at it

Here's how we do things at CoinSwitch:

• Customer-first:
  That's the North Star. Everything we do is to make our users' investment experience better and simplified.
• Ownership:
  We don't sport lab coats, but we experiment—a lot. And we take ownership. We even have a catchphrase for this: Think big, fail fast, and build better.
• Data-driven:
  The source of truth. Simple as that.
• Fun:
  PS5, anyone? Or do you prefer Foosball? Or perhaps Carrom? And yes, our HR team has a whole list of activities: Disco nights, offsites, gift boxes, and more

Speaking of lists, the perks and benefits are so extensive, this space isn't enough. Here are a few:

• Parenthood:
  Up to 8 months of Maternity leave and 1 month of Paternity leave
• Gender Reassignment Surgery:
  Be the best version of you We'll support you and reimburse your medical bill.

Disclaimer: We are an equal opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.