Intern Software Development Engineer – Graduate – 2023

Job Description

Batch-2023

Upstox (RKSV Securities India Pvt. Ltd.) is one of India’s leading Discount Broking companies which enables investors and traders to trade in Stock Market and Commodities exchange at a fraction of market price with our state-of-the-art trading platform. One of the fastest growing stock broking companies and first brokers in India to introduce commission-free trading for investors.

Our customers enjoy zero brokerage on equity delivery trades and a flat Rs. 20 per order pricing model on all other segments. 

We are on our way to become the leader in low-cost brokerage and No.1 stock broker in the country. We scaled from a customer database of 25k customers in 2017 to 2 Lakh customers in 2019 to 5 millions customers now in April 2021. The company will continue to be driven by its guiding principle of making trading in stock markets simple and affordable for all. Company’s focus on high-design and leading-edge technology seeks to revolutionise the online trading industry in India, all at disruptive price points. Backed by Ratan Tata, Upstox had raised $4 million in Series A funding in early 2016 that was led by Kalaari Capital. The round also saw participation from health care tech firm GVK Davix Technologies Pvt Ltd. US-based investment firm Tiger Global Management invested $25 million in the company in September 2019 in a Series B funding round.

We have a team of highly skilled technology and finance professionals, and are currently looking for highly motivated field experts to be part of our high-energy team.

Where did it all start:

Our journey started in 2010, when Raghu Kumar (RK), Ravi Kumar (RK) and Shrinivas Viswanath (SV) founded RKSV Securities India Pvt. Ltd., a proprietary trading firm. In 2012, we opened up to the general public by entering the retail brokerage space as a discount-broking firm. The dream was to make stock-market investing affordable and easy for all Indians, while ensuring that we also made profits from the venture. In 2016, we rebranded ourselves as Upstox. Kavitha Subramanian (KS) has now joined the founding team and is propelling Upstox to it’s new heights. The uniquely global-Indian model of Upstox is strongly reflective of the Indian-American antecedents of its co-founders, who bring their knowledge and experience of working in both the Indian and US financial markets.

What is the Job like?

Often we hear that “There has never been a better time to be in technology.” This is where the fun begins for code gurus like you. As a hands-on Software Development Engineer, you’ll work with technical tools to transform a vision of a product into reality. Those who enjoy writing code and are passionate about solving problems and technology will find this position appealing.  

You will be engaged in product engineering at Upstox on a global scale, working with world-class dev teams with the goal of developing game-changing, globally distributed products used by millions of people worldwide.   

Ultimately, it is SDE’s code that transforms concepts into new technologies and services that change the world’s work and lifestyle.

Roles & Responsibilities:

1. By applying sound engineering principles, complex problems can be solved.

2. Getting creative by incorporating new technologies, tools, methods, and processes into your solution.

3. Assesses feedback and applies industry- or internal-best practices to solve technical or cognitive problems.

4. Acquired knowledge in few of tools/technologies like; Java, C#, C++, Javascript, Python, Data structures, Advanced RDBMS, MySQL, etc.

Required Qualification: 

1. Pursuing a bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in engineering, and in the field of computer science

2. An ability to demonstrate knowledge of computing fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms.

3. Should be available for a six month of internship from January 2023