SDE 3 - 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.

Inside Navi

Sachin Bansal & Ankit Agarwal

Our Culture

Ambition. Perseverance. Self-awareness. Ownership. Integrity.

Why You'll Thrive at Navi

• You’re impact-driven :

  You take ownership, build boldly, and care about making a real difference.

• You strive for excellence :

  Good isn’t good enough. You bring focus, precision, and a passion for quality.

• You embrace change :

  You adapt quickly, move fast, and always put the customer first.