About Fam (previously FamPay)

Fam is India's first payments app for everyone above 11. FamApp helps make online and offline payments through UPI and FamCard. We are on a mission to raise a new, financially aware generation, and drive 250 million+ young users in India to kickstart their financial journey super early in their life.

We're reimagining how the next generation experiences fintech—going beyond payments to build a lifestyle brand that blends money, identity, and everyday experiences into one seamless, intuitive journey.

Founded in 2019 by IIT Roorkee alumni, Fam is backed by some of the most respected investors around the world like Elevation Capital, Y-Combinator, Peak XV (Sequoia Capital) India, Venture Highway, Global Founder's Capital and the likes of Kunal Shah, Amrish Rao as angel investors.

About the role:-

We are looking for a Data Engineer II (SDE-2) to join our data team. The ideal candidate will be a play a key role to develop of high performant and scalable Data Lake-house, moving us toward a world of sub-minute data latency and unified batch/streaming compute. This is an engineering-heavy role where you will manage complex CDC flows, optimize distributed query engines and leverage AI to accelerate our development lifecycle.

Must Have Requirements-

Experience: 3–5 years in Data Engineering, specifically with distributed systems and cloud-native architectures

Coding: Expert-level Python/PySpark and SQL. Familiarity with Go/Java/Scala is a plus

Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with AWS (S3, EKS, MSK) and Infrastructure-as-Code

Orchestration: Experience with Airflow or Temporal for complex workflow management

AI-Native: Proficiency in using AI tools (Claude, Codex, Copilot) to write, test, and document code efficiently

Systems Thinking: Ability to explain the trade-offs between different storage formats and processing frameworks

Tech Execution : Drive key tech initiatives by preparing TRD and actively involve in design reviews

Domain Modelling - Should be hands on in designing Domain models for OLAP like Fact, Dimension, Cumulative , types of SCD's and OBT pattern tables

Self Starter - Lead the team technically and bring in new ideas to contribute to the growth of the charter

Stakeholder Interaction - Interact with the Product & Key Stakeholders & help them by adding value to the business workflow with data & analytics

Good to have -

Real-time CDC: Ownership of high-throughput ingestion from RDBMS to Lakehouse using Debezium, PeerDB

Lakehouse Architecture: Designing and optimizing table formats (Iceberg, Delta, Hudi) for both performance and storage efficiency

Unified Compute: Developing robust ETL/ELT frameworks in PySpark and Flink (handling both batch and streaming workloads)

Infrastructure & Ops: Managing data workloads on AWS (EMR, EKS, MSK, S3) and automating everything via Gitlab/Github Actions

Query & BI: Tuning Trino or Clickhouse to power real-time dashboards in Metabase, Superset, and PowerBI

Our Tech Stack-

Ingestion & CDC: OLake and PeerDB for near real-time sync from production systems into Alchemy; Debezium/Kafka for CDC-heavy use cases, with support for Kafka and S3-based sources

Lakehouse / Storage: Alchemy on Apache Iceberg with S3 as the data lake storage layer and AWS Glue Catalog for metadata; exposure to Delta/Hudi is a plus

Processing & Compute: PySpark on EMR/EKS for batch and streaming workloads; Flink and Spark Structured Streaming fundamentals for low-latency pipelines

Streaming Platform: MSK / Kafka for event-driven ingestion, CDC propagation, replay, backfills, and operational monitoring through Kafka UI

Query & Serving Layer: Trino over Alchemy/Iceberg for lakehouse analytics, ClickHouse for high-throughput operational and real-time dashboards, and BigQuery exposure where applicable

Workflow Orchestration: Airflow for scheduled data pipelines, DQ/reconciliation DAGs, backfills, and SLA-driven jobs; Temporal for durable workflow execution in ingestion services

Data Quality & Governance: DQ checks, freshness/SLA monitoring, source-to-lake reconciliation, deduplication, schema evolution handling, and cataloging/lineage through OpenMetadata

Infrastructure & DevOps: AWS (S3, EKS, EMR, MSK), Kubernetes, Terraform/IaC, GitLab/GitHub Actions, observability via Grafana/CloudWatch, and production runbook discipline

BI & Analytics: Metabase, Superset, Tableau, and PowerBI for business dashboards; strong ability to model curated marts, fact/dimension tables, SCDs, and OBT patterns for stakeholder-facing analytics

Perks That Go Beyond the Paycheck

• Relocation assistance to make your move seamless.

• Free office meals (lunch & dinner).

• Generous leave policy, including birthday leave, period leave, paternity and maternity support, and more.

• Salary advance and loan policies for any financial help.

• Quarterly rewards and recognition programs, and a referral program with great incentives.

• Access the latest gadgets and tools.

• Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family, mental health support.

• Tax benefits with options like food coupons, phone allowances, car/device leasing.

• Retirement perks like PF contribution, leave encashment and gratuity.

Here's all the tea on FamApp

FamApp focuses on financial inclusion of the next generation by providing UPI & card payments to everyone above 11 years old. Our flagship Spending Account, FamX, seamlessly integrates UPI and card payments, enabling users to manage, save, and learn about their finances effortlessly.

Revolutionizing Payments and FinTech

FamApp has enabled 10 million+ users to make UPI and card payments across India, removing the inconvenience of carrying cash everywhere. Users get to customise their FamX card with doodles, which lets them add a personal touch to their payments.

Trusted by leading investors

We're proud to be supported by renowned investors like Elevation Capital, Y-Combinator, Peak XV (formerly Sequoia Capital India), Venture Highway, Global Founder's Capital, and esteemed angels Kunal Shah and Amrish Rao.

Join Our Dynamic Team

At Fam, our people-first approach is reflected in our generous leave policies, flexible work schedules, comprehensive health benefits, and free mental health sessions. We don't mean to brag, but we promise you'll be surrounded by some of the most fun, talented and passionate people in the startup space.

Want to see what makes life at Fam so awesome Check out our shenanigans at @lifeatfam

PS - We're looking for someone with an AI-native mindset, who actively leverages AI in their day-to-day work, as we encourage and embed it across every level at Fam.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Data Engineer (SDE 2)