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BRE QA and Process Manager
Kotak Mahindra Bank · Mumbai · 6–8 yrs
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This job is for a BRE QA and process manager at Kotak Mahindra Bank, requiring 6-8 years of experience, with no salary disclosed.
What You Should Know
- •Core banking systems (Finacle, Flexcube, TCS BaNCS) and what "core" means architecturally
- •API Banking / Open Banking - the Account Aggregator framework and consent architecture
- •High-availability requirements for banking systems (99.9%+ uptime, disaster recovery)
- •Batch vs real-time processing - EOD batch jobs vs UPI's real-time rails
- •Compliance standards relevant to fintech engineering, e.g. PCI-DSS
Interview Questions
- 1.What are the unique engineering challenges of building for banking vs a typical consumer app?
- 2.How would you design a system to handle a core banking batch job that must complete before branches open?
- 3.What is the Account Aggregator framework and how does consent flow work?
- 4.How do you ensure zero data loss in a payments system during a service outage?
- 5.Walk me through your experience with any core banking platform (Finacle/Flexcube/BaNCS), if any.
- 6.How do you manage a team through a target miss without it becoming a blame exercise?
Scenario-Based Questions
- 1.A core banking batch job is running late and branches open in 2 hours. What's your escalation and mitigation plan?
- 2.You need to ship an API change that a partner bank depends on, without breaking their integration. How do you approach it?
- 3.Production incident: UPI success rate drops 15% during peak hours. Walk through your on-call response.
Interview Tips
- •Banking tech interviews weigh reliability and compliance as heavily as raw coding ability - bring an example of handling a production incident.
- •If the JD names a specific core banking platform, don't overstate familiarity you don't have - describe transferable experience instead.
- •Be ready to discuss build-vs-buy trade-offs for banking infrastructure - increasingly common in fintech interviews.
- •Expect at least one people-management question (a target miss, a difficult team member, cross-functional conflict) - have a real example ready.
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BRE QA and Process Manager at Kotak Mahindra Bank