Job Description

The CoinDCX Journey: Building the Future of Finance
At CoinDCX, our mission is clear - to make crypto and blockchain accessible to every Indian and enable them to participate in the future of finance.
As India's first crypto unicorn valued at $2.45B, we are reshaping the financial ecosystem by building safe, transparent, and scalable products that power adoption at scale.
We believe that change starts together. It begins with bold ideas, relentless execution and people who want to build what's next.
If you're driven by purpose and thrive in environments where your work defines the next chapter of an industry, you'll feel right at home here.
About the Role
We are hiring an SDE-1 Data Engineer (Individual Contributor) to execute high-quality data engineering work across ingestion pipelines, data quality, monitoring, curated datasets, and heavy third-party/vendor integrations.
This role is pure execution: writing code, fixing issues, adding validations, and ensuring reliable, timely data delivery.
You will work hands-on with Spark, Databricks, Python, Kafka, AWS (S3/EC2/Lambda) and internal CDC + ingestion frameworks.
What You'll Do
1. Build & Enhance Data Pipelines (Internal + External Ingestion)

• Develop ingestion pipelines for internal data (CDC, service DBs).
• Build and maintain ingestion from external vendors & third parties including: Custody providers, Trading partners (TPE), Banking partners, External APIs (REST-based integrations)
• Handle pagination, rate limits, incremental loads, retries, and backoffs.
• Implement Spark-based transformations on Databricks.

2. Implement Data Quality Checks

• Add schema validations, field-level checks, null/boundary checks.
• Maintain ?99% data quality for assigned datasets.
• Quickly identify & fix data mismatches caused by source/vendor changes.

3. Monitoring, Alerts & Observability

• Configure alerts for: Freshness, Latency, Data quality, Pipeline failures
• Add logs and metrics to improve troubleshooting.
• Ensure MTTR

4 hours for failures.
4. Vendor & Third-Party Data Reliability

• Monitor vendor API health, schema changes, and data drift.
• Add defensive coding, retries, and fallback logic for unstable third-party feeds.
• Ensure

15 min data lag for assigned vendor connectors (where applicable). * Keep documentation updated for all vendor integrations.
5. Curated Datasets Execution

• Build/modify curated datasets under guidance.
• Ensure 0 metric mismatches and correct business logic.
• Maintain documentation for dataset transformations.

6. Engineering Discipline & On-Time Delivery

• Maintain

80% test coverage and 0 PR hygiene rejections. * Execute tasks with 95%+ on-time delivery.

• Provide crisp updates with minimal follow-ups.

You'll Excel in This Role If You
Must-Have

• Python + SQL proficiency
• Basic to intermediate Spark/PySpark knowledge
• Experience with ETL / ingestion pipelines
• Understanding of APIs (GET/POST, tokens, pagination)
• Strong debugging skills
• Fast execution and high ownership

Good-to-Have

• Databricks experience
• Kafka basics
• Financial/transaction data exposure
• AWS fundamentals
• Experience integrating with third-party APIs

You'll Know You're Winning When

• 3-5 pipelines owned independently with ?99.9% uptime
• External vendor integrations functioning reliably (

15 min freshness) * ?99% DQ on all assigned datasets

• Full alerting coverage on all owned pipelines
• MTTR consistently

4 hours * 1-2 curated datasets delivered without metric errors

• 95%+ tasks delivered on-time,

10% rollovers * Ability to independently debug Spark jobs, API integrations, schema mismatches, and ingestion failures
Why This Role Matters & What's In It For You

• Very hands-on; you're writing production code daily
• Exposure to real financial system data flows
• Opportunity to learn vendor integrations, ingestion frameworks, Spark optimization
• Direct impact on company-wide data reliability
• Fast skill growth with clear path to SDE-2

Hiring Process
Here's what your journey with us looks like: * Application Review - We assess for skills, alignment, and intent

• Recruiter Connect - A short conversation to understand you better
• Functional Round(s) - Deep dive into your approach, craft, and problem-solving
• Culture & Values Discussion - A conversation to understand our ways of working and how you thrive best

Where We Work
We believe the best ideas emerge when people build together. Collaboration, speed and trust come alive when teams share the same space.
With this belief, we operate as a work-from-office organisation. This role is based out of our (Bengaluru) office, where energy, alignment and innovation move in real time.
Perks That Empower You
We believe great people deserve great experiences.

• Design Your Own Benefits: Flexible perks to match your lifestyle
• Unlimited Wellness Leaves: Rest and recharge as you need
• Mental Wellness Support: Access to therapy and wellness resources
• Learning Sessions: Bi-weekly learning and growth opportunities

Ready to Build What's Next?
If you're looking for a role that gives you direct access to high-stakes decisions, deep impact and a chance to build the future of finance, this is it.
Join CoinDCX and help us make crypto accessible to every Indian, together.

Skills Required