Software Engineer Hiring Challenge 2025 - IDFC FIRST Bank

The IDFC FIRST Bank Software Engineer Hiring Challenge 2025 is your chance to tackle real-world business challenges and build innovative, scalable technology solutions. At IDFC FIRST Bank, exceptional engineering talent drives our digital transformation, and this challenge is designed to showcase your problem-solving mindset, technical expertise, and creativity. Top performers unlock exclusive hiring opportunities with IDFC FIRST Bank, along with exciting rewards and recognition. Experience a culture that values innovation, learning, and collaboration, supported by mentors, and a strong engineering ecosystem. Register now to showcase your skills and explore the opportunity to work with one of India’s most technology-driven and future-ready banks. This is your chance to code your career with us and help revolutionize digital banking! Senior Software Engineer Years of experience: 5+ Junior Software Engineer Years of experience: 3 to 5 Challenge Format 2 coding questions (language-agnostic) Vision To build a world-class Bank in India, founded with principles of Ethical, Digital, and Social Good Banking. Scale IDFC FIRST Bank is one of India’s fast-growing private banks, building its UI, UX, and tech stack like a fintech. As of September 30, 2025, the Bank serves 35 million customers, with a customer business of Rs. 5,35,673 crore ($60.4b) comprising customer deposits of ₹2,69,094 crores ($30.3b) and loans & advances of ₹2,66,579 crores ($30.0b). Customer deposits grew 23.4% YoY and loans 19.7% YoY. We reach over 60,000 cities, towns, and villages, operate through 1,041 branches. Scope We are a universal Bank offering complete range of services, including Retail, MSME, Rural, Startups, Corporate Banking, Cash Management, Credit Cards, Wealth Management, Deposits, Government Banking, Working Capital, Trade Finance, and Treasury solutions. Ethical Banking We are committed to doing right even when customers are not watching. We have simplified descriptions, calculations, and legal jargon to avoid confusing customers. Digital Banking The Bank's modern technology stack delivers high-quality services across all channels like mobile, branch, internet banking, call centers and relationship managers. Built on cloud-native, API-led, microservices architecture, supported with data, analytics, AI, and fine aesthetics, we strive to deliver fintech-grade experiences on banking platform. Social Good We work for society. We have impacted over 40 million lives including 3.6 million women entrepreneurs. We have financed over 7.5 million lifestyle improvement loans (for laptops, washing machines, refrigerators etc.), 2.5 lakh electric vehicles, 2.7 lakh WASH loans, 2 million livelihood loans, and 300,000+ SMEs. Customer Friendly Banking We have waived fees on 36 essential savings account services — the first and only bank in India to do so. Governance We adhere to regulatory guidelines in letter and spirit and maintain high levels of corporate governance. Shareholders We are building a diversified universal banking portfolio designed to deliver ROE of 16%+. Employees IDFC FIRST Bank is designed to be a happy place to work, with growth opportunities, meritocracy, and cutting-edge roles. Quick Links Videos Follow IDFC FIRST Bank LinkedIn | X | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube The IDFC FIRST Bank Software Engineer Hiring Challenge 2025 is your chance to tackle real-world business challenges and build innovative, scalable technology solutions. At IDFC FIRST Bank, exceptional engineering talent drives our digital transformation, and this challenge is designed to showcase your problem-solving mindset, technical expertise, and creativity. Top performers unlock exclusive hiring opportunities with IDFC FIRST Bank, along with exciting rewards and recognition. Experience a culture that values innovation, learning, and collaboration, supported by mentors, and a strong engineering ecosystem. Register now to showcase your skills and explore the opportunity to work with one of India’s most technology-driven and future-ready banks. This is your chance to code your career with us and help revolutionize digital banking! Senior Software Engineer Years of experience: 5+ Junior Software Engineer Years of experience: 3 to 5 Challenge Format 2 coding questions (language-agnostic) Vision To build a world-class Bank in India, founded with principles of Ethical, Digital, and Social Good Banking. Scale IDFC FIRST Bank is one of India’s fast-growing private banks, building its UI, UX, and tech stack like a fintech. As of September 30, 2025, the Bank serves 35 million customers, with a customer business of Rs. 5,35,673 crore ($60.4b) comprising customer deposits of ₹2,69,094 crores ($30.3b) and loans & advances of ₹2,66,579 crores ($30.0b). Customer deposits grew 23.4% YoY and loans 19.7% YoY. We reach over 60,000 cities, towns, and villages, operate through 1,041 branches. Scope We are a universal Bank offering complete range of services, including Retail, MSME, Rural, Startups, Corporate Banking, Cash Management, Credit Cards, Wealth Management, Deposits, Government Banking, Working Capital, Trade Finance, and Treasury solutions. Ethical Banking We are committed to doing right even when customers are not watching. We have simplified descriptions, calculations, and legal jargon to avoid confusing customers. Digital Banking The Bank's modern technology stack delivers high-quality services across all channels like mobile, branch, internet banking, call centers and relationship managers. Built on cloud-native, API-led, microservices architecture, supported with data, analytics, AI, and fine aesthetics, we strive to deliver fintech-grade experiences on banking platform. Social Good We work for society. We have impacted over 40 million lives including 3.6 million women entrepreneurs. We have financed over 7.5 million lifestyle improvement loans (for laptops, washing machines, refrigerators etc.), 2.5 lakh electric vehicles, 2.7 lakh WASH loans, 2 million livelihood loans, and 300,000+ SMEs. Customer Friendly Banking We have waived fees on 36 essential savings account services — the first and only bank in India to do so. Governance We adhere to regulatory guidelines in letter and spirit and maintain high levels of corporate governance. Shareholders We are building a diversified universal banking portfolio designed to deliver ROE of 16%+. Employees IDFC FIRST Bank is designed to be a happy place to work, with growth opportunities, meritocracy, and cutting-edge roles. Quick Links Videos Follow IDFC FIRST Bank LinkedIn | X | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube