Upstox

Upstox is an Indian fintech company and one of the country’s leading discount stock brokers, headquartered in Mumbai. Founded in 2009 by Ravi Kumar, Kavitha Subramanian, Shrinivas Viswanath, and Raghu Kumar, it operates as a broker-based online trading and investment platform.

Company overview:

• Employees: Around 582 as of mid-2025, though other data sources estimate the broader range at 1,000–5,000
• Funding: Upstox has raised a total of $220M in funding over 6 rounds from investors including Kalaari Capital, Tiger Global Management, and Xceed, with a current valuation of roughly ₹23,800 crore.
• Leadership: Ravi Kumar serves as Co-Founder & CEO; Shrinivas Viswanath is Co-Founder & Head of Technology
• Competitors: Key competitors include Groww, Zerodha, and Angel One in India’s crowded discount broking space.

What Upstox does:
Upstox offers end-to-end trading and investment services via its mobile app and Pro web platform, integrating live market data, advanced charting, algorithmic and order-type features, and zero- or ultra-low-cost brokerage across many segments — including equities, derivatives, futures & options, mutual funds, and IPOs.

Tech-relevant highlights for job seekers:

• Cloud infrastructure – Heavy use of AWS services (EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, CloudFront, SES) for scalable, low-latency application hosting.
• Mobile development – Uses Flutter for building cross-platform native apps on iOS and Android from a single codebase.
• Data & workflow automation – Uses Apache Airflow for workflow orchestration and is noted as a heavy adopter of software frameworks, business intelligence, and database management tools.
• AI focus – The company emphasizes technology as central to its business, from faster order execution to AI-powered insights and improved app performance to deliver a smoother investing experience.
• DevOps – Uses Ansible for automated software provisioning, configuration management, and deployment.