Senior Backend(sde 2) Job in Leap Finance Inc

What is Leap?

We are building this and this and this

In short, we are building the platform to drive global careers for millennials from emerging

economies

We work at the exciting intersection of the 2 hottest trends around - edtech & fintech!

And we love that we succeed as a business while powering the dreams of talented students!

Founder Profile:

Arnav Kumar is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur. Leap is his second company and he has raised

more than $77M in capital for his startups.In his last role, he was a VC investor with SAIF

Partners (Now Elevation Capital), which is an early investor in Paytm, Meesho, Urban

company, Unacademy, and many other unicorns.

He thinks and tweets about Product, Business Models, and Company Building, here

Vaibhav Singh is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur. He spent his first 6 years at DeutscheBank,

across Singapore & Sydney to manage a $3Bn flow book. He has built 2 fintech startups

before, as a founding member of CapitalFloat and Incred, both pioneering businesses valued

>$500Mn.

The Leap team has a fine balance of industry experience (Edtech, fintech, study abroad) and

technical skills (engineering, product, design)

The best candidates will check all OR many of these boxes :

2-4 years of experience in an engineering role

Essential skills required are Java, Springboot, MySQL, PostgreSQL & Kotlin Backend

Technologies.

Good to have experience in Node.js, Nest.js

Experience with an early-stage start-up

Why is this a great opportunity for the right candidate :

Experienced founding team

Right to win - The founding team knows the business & its secrets inside out. We are

starting with a significant head start and a precise plan of action

Barriers to entry - This is a specialized play with natural barriers to entry, allowing for

significant value creation for all equity holders

Backed by marquee global investors

Exposure to all aspects of company building - exposure to investors, fund-raising,

decision making, building the team & culture

All of the above perks of joining a high potential company very early, along with a

competitive market salary.

Let s Chat !

We are now building our leadership team and would love to chat with you

This is a great time to join the rocketship and participate in the upside -

You will have super interesting & challenging problems to solve

In a super fast-paced environment that will challenge you

With enough resources to play offense

And mentorship from the founding team