Upstox

Sr. Product Designer

<div class="section page-centered" data-qa="job-description"><div><b>The Upstox Story:</b></div><div><br></div><div>Upstox is one of India's leading Fin-Tech companies with a mission to simplify trading &amp; investing to make it easily accessible to the masses. We aim to enable everyone, from new investors to seasoned traders, to invest across multiple categories with our&nbsp;<b>state-of-the-art trade &amp; investment platform</b>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<b>commission-free pricing</b>. We offer numerous asset categories to invest in, like Stocks, Digital Gold, IPOs, Mutual Funds, and more.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>By focusing on our customers’ needs and equipping them with personalized yet powerful tools, we witnessed a steep growth of 800% in our customer base from&nbsp;<b>25 Thousand</b>&nbsp;in 2017 to&nbsp;<b>2 Lakh</b>&nbsp;in 2019. With 1500% growth in 2020, currently, over&nbsp;<b>3 million</b>&nbsp;customers trust us with their investment decisions, thus setting us on the course to become an industry-leader in the country.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Our mission is simple - to break down the complexities of investing and make it more effortless, accessible, affordable, and easy for the masses to adopt. This key principle when infused with intuitive design and leading-edge technology will help us empower every Indian to take control of their investments.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>RKSV Securities was founded by Ravi Kumar and Shrinivas Viswanath in&nbsp;<b>2009&nbsp;</b>and was soon graced by Kavitha Subramanian as the third co-founder in&nbsp;<b>2016</b>. Backed by Ratan Tata, Upstox had raised&nbsp;<b>$4 million&nbsp;</b>in Series A funding in early&nbsp;<b>2016</b>&nbsp;that was led by Kalaari Capital. The&nbsp;<b>Series B</b>&nbsp;funding round scaled multifold and witnessed an investment of&nbsp;<b>$25 million</b>&nbsp;by US-based investment firm - Tiger Global Management in&nbsp;<b>September 2019.</b></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Designation: Software Development Engineer I - iOS</b></div><div><br></div><div><b>Location: Bangalore</b></div><div><br></div><div><b>Ideal candidate:</b></div><div><br></div><div>If you are an iOS developer with a passion for pushing mobile technologies to the limits.&nbsp; You will work with our team of talented engineers to design and build the next generation of our mobile ecosystem. You are comfortable working on our existing codebase, developing new apps and optimizing them for a fast and delightful user experience.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b>Roles &amp; Responsibilities:</b></div><div><br></div><div>- Designing and building advanced mobile features and custom UI.</div><div>- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.</div><div>Optimizing the app for speed, memory, network and battery.</div><div>- Keeping the app stable and secure at all times.</div><div>- Continuously discovering, evaluating, and implementing new technologies to maximize -development efficiency.</div><div>- Unit-testing code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Skills &amp; Experience Required:</b></div><div><br></div><div><b>-&nbsp;</b>Having 1+ yrs of experience</div><div>- You are a software engineer who thinks &amp; speaks in Swift.</div><div>- You have a Bachelors / Masters degree in Computer Science / Engineering or a related subject.</div><div>- You have a solid understanding of the full lifecycle of mobile development, testing, publishing and devops.</div><div>- You have a good knowledge of networks and distributed systems.</div><div>- Your attention to detail is the stuff of legends (Every second, byte and pixel counts).</div><div>- You enjoy working with a small, fast-paced team willing to jump on tasks (planned / out of nowhere / ambiguous), without spilling your coffee.</div><div>- You are equal parts left and right brain - you focus on the tech and logic as much as you are obsessed with the UX and customer delight.</div><div>- You are looking to restore balance to the universe through clean code.</div><div>- You are a flawless multi-tasker, able to smoothly transition between features, bugs, projects and languages.</div><div>- You have complete expertise in the general mobile landscape, design, trends, and emerging technologies.</div><div>- You have experience working with iOS third-party libraries and APIs.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Bonus Points:</b></div><div>- You have experience in Android app development.</div><div>- You have developed apps on Flutter / React Native.</div><div>- You are popular on StackOverflow for answering challenging questions.</div><div>- Your GitHub profile showcases a list of original contributions.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Psst… tips on how you can beat the competition:</b>&nbsp;</div><div>If you can showcase your abilities to:</div><div>·&nbsp; &nbsp; Be self-driven / quick starter</div><div>· &nbsp; &nbsp; Have an ownership mindset</div><div>· &nbsp; &nbsp; Aggressively drive and deliver results</div><div><br></div><div><b>If you fit the above description, we would love to connect with you! APPLY NOW</b></div><div><br></div><div><b>A basic requirement&nbsp;</b>but one that many forget: Make sure you go through&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" class="postings-link" href="http://upstox.com/">our website</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" class="postings-link" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.upstox.pro&amp;hl=en_IN">download our app</a>&nbsp;and give us feedback!</div><div><br></div><div><i>"Upstox is an Equal Opportunity Employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics,&nbsp;disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics"</i></div><div><br></div></div>undefinedundefinedundefined