ReliaQuest Associate Software Engineer 2026, Pune (Freshers)
The ReliaQuest Associate Software Engineer role
ReliaQuest, a cybersecurity company, is hiring in Pune. The ReliaQuest Associate Software Engineer role is an entry-level software engineering job for 2026 B.E and B.Tech graduates in Computer Science or Information Technology. It suits freshers and early-career engineers who want to write software while learning how security teams detect and respond to threats.
You join as an associate and work under the guidance of senior engineers. The job covers building and testing software features, writing code that other people can maintain, and automating parts of the security workflow. The sections below explain what the work involves, who is eligible, and how to apply on the official careers page.
What you will work on
As a ReliaQuest Associate Software Engineer, your work is software development inside a cybersecurity company. The posting names three duties:
- Design, develop and test software features under the guidance of senior engineers.
- Write clean, maintainable code and automate security workflows so routine tasks run without manual effort.
- Work with data and APIs to improve how threats are detected and handled.
Automation and threat detection run through these duties. Building and testing features means you write code and then confirm it works before it ships, with a senior engineer reviewing your work. Automating security workflows means replacing repetitive manual steps with code so they run on their own. Working with data and APIs means pulling in the information the software uses to spot threats and respond to them. Because this is an associate role, writing clean, maintainable code and testing your own features matter as much as getting a feature to run.
Who can apply
The eligibility is defined narrowly, so it is easy to check whether you qualify:
- Degree: B.E or B.Tech in Computer Science or Information Technology.
- Batch: 2026 graduates. The role is open to freshers and early-career engineers.
- Experience: entry-level. Freshers are eligible, and prior full-time experience is not required.
The public posting lists only these two branches, so other branches and postgraduate degrees are not covered. It does not name a minimum percentage or a backlog rule, so nothing of that kind is stated here. If your degree is one of the two named, you meet the core requirement.
How to prepare
For the ReliaQuest Associate Software Engineer role, the posting lists a specific set of skills, so you can prepare for those directly. A good understanding of data structures and algorithms is asked for by name. Revise arrays, strings, linked lists, stacks, queues, trees and hashing, and practise the common searching and sorting patterns until you can apply them from memory. Be ready to explain the time and space cost of your solution, which is usually what an interviewer asks about once your code works.
You also need to be proficient in at least one of Java, Python or C++. Pick the language you know best and be ready to write and explain code in it. Know its standard library well enough to reach for the right built-in structure instead of rebuilding it by hand. Since automation is part of the job, being comfortable writing small scripts in your chosen language will help. Problem solving is listed alongside the theory, so work through coding problems end to end and understand why each solution works and where it can be improved.
An interest in cybersecurity and automation is also on the list. You are not expected to arrive as a security expert. The role puts the two together: you write and automate software, and you do it inside a security team. A basic grasp of common threats and how they are detected gives you useful context. Reading about how threat detection and automated response work will help you speak to the domain in your interview.
How to apply
Applications for the ReliaQuest Associate Software Engineer role go through the company's official Workday careers page. The steps are:
- Open the official ReliaQuest careers listing linked below.
- Sign in or create a candidate account on the Workday portal.
- Fill in your details, upload your resume and submit the application.
The public posting does not state a closing date or a salary, so check both on the official page. ReliaQuest does not charge any fee to apply. If anyone asks you for money, a deposit, or a payment for training in exchange for this job, it is a scam and you should not pay.
Apply on the official ReliaQuest careers page.
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