SDE III - Data Platform

About the Team

The Data Platform Tech Team at Navi is instrumental in enabling data-driven

decision-making across the organization. We build and manage the core infrastructure

and tools required to collect, store, process, and analyze data at scale. Our platforms

support self-serve capabilities for both batch and real-time data processing. We work

closely with Analytics, Data Science, and Product teams to power a wide range of data

use cases across Navi.

About the Role

As an SDE-3 on the Data Platform team at Navi, you'll design and build large-scale systems powering web events, analytics, and real-time data pipelines. You'll lead backend development, contribute to platform architecture, and solve complex data problems. This is a high-impact IC role with strong cross-functional collaboration and mentorship opportunities.

What We Expect From You

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services, data pipelines, and batch/realtime datasets related to web events and analytics.
• Strong proficiency in at least one of the following languages: Java, Python, Scala.
• Expertise in object-oriented design, design patterns, and data structures.
• Lead the development of new foundational capabilities in support of enabling our users to interact with, analyze, and derive insights from their data.
• Solve complex and challenging problems in the intersection between low latency, high correctness, and full determinism.
• Participate in code reviews, provide mentorship to junior team members, and enforce coding standards.
• Investigate, diagnose, and resolve software defects and issues, ensuring a high level of product quality.
• Contribute to the overall architecture and design of data platform frameworks.
• Strong interpersonal skills, showcasing effective stakeholder management with product and design teams.
• A minimum of 5 years of software development experience.

Must Haves

• Familiarity with modern data lakehouse architectures and related technologies
• (e.g. Spark, Flink, Kafka, Trino).
• Prior experience in on-prem data-platform is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly adapt to new and complex development
• environments, along with strong deep-dive analytical skills.
• Previous success in mentoring and guiding junior engineers.

About Navi

Navi is on a mission to make finance simple, accessible, and affordable for a billion Indians. Guided by a strong customer-first approach, the company is building tech-first solutions that work at scale. Their offerings include a range of financial products and services across Loans, Insurance, Mutual Funds, Digital Gold, and UPI. Founded by Sachin Bansal & Ankit Agarwal in 2018, Navi is one of India's fastest-growing financial services organizations.

Our Culture

At Navi, ambition meets opportunity, and ideas turn into impact quickly. We empower people with high ownership from the start, encouraging them to solve meaningful problems and build with excellence. Teams work in an environment that values speed, collaboration, and craftsmanship, while celebrating learning, growth, and shared wins. The company is guided by The Navi OS—a set of principles that shape how we work and win together. You can explore them at navi.com/our-values to see what drives them every day.

If this feels like you, Navi is the place to grow, thrive and make a real impact.