smallcase powers investing products used across broker platforms, so its engineering interviews emphasize system design for market-data and order-flow systems that must stay correct during volatile trading hours.
About smallcase
smallcase is a Bengaluru investment platform that lets retail investors buy and manage thematic stock and ETF baskets. It integrates with all major Indian brokers via APIs.
Recruiter screen: background, motivation, and salary expectations (30 min)
Coding round: 1 to 2 medium-hard DSA problems
Technical round: DSA plus code quality and design fundamentals
System design round: market-data or order-flow architecture at scale
Hiring manager and culture round: ownership, fit, and compensation discussion
Coding Round (60 min)
1 to 2 medium-hard DSA problems as a filter.
Technical Round (60 min)
A harder problem plus discussion of code quality, edge cases, and backend fundamentals.
System Design Round (60 min)
Design a market-data or order-flow system. Follow-ups cover bursty read scaling, multi-broker API integration, idempotent orders, and consistency across portfolio rebalances. Name your caches, TTLs, and degradation strategy.
Hiring Manager / Culture Round (45 min)
Past ownership stories, team fit, and a compensation and level discussion.
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