Senior Software Developer @ GyanDhan

About the company:

GyanDhan is India's first education loan marketplace. We’re on the mission to ensure that financial obstacles never stand in the way of someone’s education dream. By leveraging data science, we provide awesome education loan options to students pursuing higher studies. Launched in Apr 2016, we have already received a phenomenal response with over INR 150 crores in sanctions (as of Sep 2017)! We count Sundaram Finance as an investor. We have been featured in TOI, Eenadu, Malayala Manorama and several startup newsletters such as YourStory, VCCircle etc.

Want to be a part of the fight against inequality in education? Join us!

Job description:

Reporting to the CEO, the senior software developer will be responsible for leading the efforts on product development for GyanDhan.

We are on the lookout for a candidate who will be part of the leadership team at GyanDhan in the future.

The ideal candidate is not afraid to get his hands dirty, and is equally comfortable leading a team of developers when needed.

Responsibilities

 Build a truly online interface that reduces the frictions in the current loan application process

 Focus on customer experience, both for the borrower and the lender side of the platform

 Partner with the decision science lead to ensure seamless integration with data providers and lending partners

Desired profile / qualities

 Full-stack development experience

 Self-starter: Someone who can can handle develop independently

 Passionate about problem solving, ability to see the big picture

 Realizes the value of 80-20

Good to have:

 Prior startup experience / experience in setting up a tech team

 Prior experience at a bank / fin-tech / non-banking financial player in a technical role

 Github projects that we can look at

 Regular participation on Codechef, Topcoder etc. ( If yes, please cite your rank and pass on a link to your profile! )

FYI, our Tech Stack comprises: 
Ruby on Rails, Postgres, AWS, jQuery

ESOPs will be over and above the base salary.