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Tech Lead - Software Development Engineer ( Backend)

8-10 years

Bangalore / Bengaluru

1 vacancy

Tech Lead - Software Development Engineer ( Backend)

Flipkart

posted 8hr ago

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Flexible timing

Job Description

About the role

You will own a functional area - from product conception to its delivery to customers. You are expected to design and code independently in multiple tech components related to your functional area. You must also develop a deep understanding of non-functional requirements, such as reliability and availability, scale, horizontal scalability, etc., over time and make tech stack decisions accordingly. You are expected to actively mentor junior engineers. You own the codebase quality.

We are looking for seasoned engineers who are quality conscious, product thinkers, business cognizant and smart not mere coders. Engineers get to significantly amplify the impact of their work or creations with the scale that Flipkart operates at. The same scale also demands the engineers to produce super-efficient solutions.

What youll do:

Thought Leader for Tech and Domain
Own Functional area from product conceptualization to realization working with product teams.
Drive Technical roadmap focusing more on platformization, generic components and own tech metrics like
product reliability, performance and availability.
Tech Design and solution for well defined systems without supervision.
Go to person within the team on the domain and the related concepts.
Good understanding of partner eco-systems and interfaces.
Familiar with academic research, industry trends and standards.

Lead By Example
Leads across teams with cross functional stakeholders
Mentor and guide team members on everything from structured problem solving to development of best
practices.
Has a strong impact in Senior Engineers hiring and improves hiring culture within team
Accountable for Onboarding team members

Be a Champion
Breaks down into components, identifies dependencies, understands priorities, plans for iterations and
feature creeps, provides accurate estimates that feed into the larger plan.
Communicates with stakeholders in an effective and timely fashion. Capable of unblocking self and other
teams whenever necessary.
Finishes deliverables on time, ensures functional correctness and completeness. Contributes to
non-functional aspects without supervision.
Accountable for quality of deliverables and artifacts in adherence to defined processes for the entire team.
Estimates cost of resources (including tech and non-tech resources)

What youll need:
B.E or B.Tech or equivalent with at least 8-years relevant experience
Deep expertise with any or combination programming languages: Java, C++, C#, Ruby, PHP, any objected
oriented high level proprietary or open source language with strong programming constructs. Substantial
experience in building complex and scalable solutions
Strong object oriented design skills, ability to apply design patterns, and an uncanny ability to design intuitive
module and class-level interfaces.

Skills Required:
System Design, People Leadership


Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

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What people at Flipkart are saying

4.0
 Rating based on 15 Software Development Engineer reviews

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People are eager to learn and they have great technology knowledge.

Dislikes

Very slow promotions,lesser compensation compared to today's market and hectic work life balance during oncalls and Big Billion Days.

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Software Development Engineer salary at Flipkart

reported by 189 employees with 1-5 years exp.
₹11 L/yr - ₹35 L/yr
66% more than the average Software Development Engineer Salary in India
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What Flipkart employees are saying about work life

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67%
34%
51%
93%
Flexible timing
Monday to Friday
No travel
Day Shift
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Flipkart Benefits

Health Insurance
Job Training
Free Food
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Cafeteria
Soft Skill Training +6 more
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