Product Engineer

About Rupeek

Rupeek, established in 2015 and headquartered in Bangalore, stands as India's leading asset-backed digital lending fintech platform. Committed to making credit accessible to Indians in a fair and convenient manner, Rupeek pioneers innovative financial products focused on monetizing India's $2 trillion gold market. Leveraging state-of-the-art technology and an automated asset-light supply chain, Rupeek is transforming the gold loan disbursal landscape across 40+ cities in India. With a customer base exceeding 5,00,000+, the company's strategic partnerships with top banks and financial institutions underscore its commitment to building gold-backed assets through low-risk, low-touch, and friction-free processes.

Rupeek's impressive journey is supported by key investors such as Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, Bertelsmann, and GGV Capital. In Apr 2024, Rupeek turned profitable and raised $25M in equity capital from Manipal Group and Elevation Capital to fund its next phase of growth. Join us in redefining the future of finance through innovation, technology, and a commitment to financial inclusivity.

About the Role:

At Rupeek, We are looking for a highly motivated Product Engineer to own and optimize our digital customer onboarding journey. This role sits at the intersection of product, engineering, and user experience.

You will be responsible for improving the end-to-end onboarding lifecycle from application initiation to loan approval and management with a strong focus on reducing friction, improving conversion rates, and enhancing customer experience.

This is a hands-on role. You are expected to ship code, analyze data, experiment with flows, and work closely with engineering and product stakeholders to drive measurable outcomes.

Job Title: Product Engineer

Duration: 1+ years of relevant experience

Location: Kochi

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the complete digital customer onboarding funnel.
• Analyze drop-offs and optimize loan application conversion rates.
• Improve KYC, document upload, and verification workflows.
• Design, build, and iterate on onboarding features with hands-on coding.
• Run A/B experiments and measure impact using product analytics.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, design, operations, and compliance teams.
• Drive UI/UX improvements to reduce friction and improve clarity.
• Translate business and compliance requirements into scalable product solutions.

Skills & Qualifications:

• 01 year of relevant experience (candidates with a B.Tech or M.Tech/Masters degree are preferred; prior product internship or early-stage startup experience preferred).
• Strong hands-on coding experience (mandatory).
• Ability and inclination to meet clients and engage with them to understand tech requirements
• Ability to build and ship end-to-end features.
• Understanding of frontend and backend fundamentals.
• Familiarity with product experimentation and analytics.
• Strong analytical thinking and data-driven decision-making mindset.
• Comfortable working in cross-functional teams.
• High ownership and bias for action.

Preferred / Bonus Skills:

• Experience working on fintech or lending products.
• Knowledge of KYC flows, compliance processes, and document verification.
• Familiarity with A/B testing frameworks.
• Experience with product analytics tools.

Work Model:

• Based in Kochi.
• Required to report to the Bangalore office once every two weeks.

Why You Will Gain:

• End-to-end ownership of a high-impact customer journey.
• Exposure to fintech lending systems and compliance-driven product design.
• Hands-on experience in experimentation, conversion optimization, and product analytics.
• Close collaboration with product, engineering, and business leadership.
• Opportunity to directly influence customer experience at scale.