Role & Responsibilities
As a Backend Engineer , you'll join our engineering team during an exciting growth phase, contributing to a platform that handles complex financial operations for B2B companies. You'll work on building scalable systems that automate billing, usage metering, revenue recognition, and financial reportingdirectly impacting how businesses manage their revenue operations.
This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a dynamic startup environment where requirements evolve quickly and problems need creative solutions. You'll work on diverse technical challenges, from API development to external integrations, while collaborating with senior engineers, product managers, and customer success teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Build core platform features: Develop robust APIs, services, and integrations that power Zenskar's billing automation and revenue recognition capabilities
- Work across the full stack: Contribute to both backend services and frontend interfaces, ensuring seamless user experiences
- Implement critical integrations: Connect Zenskar with external systems including CRMs, data warehouses, ERPs, and payment processors
- Optimize for scale: Build systems that handle complex pricing models, high-volume usage data, and real-time financial calculations
- Drive quality and best practices: Write clean, maintainable code while participating in code reviews and architectural discussions
- Solve complex problems: Debug issues across the stack and work closely with teams to address evolving client needs
The Impact You'll Make
- Power business growth: Your code will directly enable billing and revenue operations for fast-growing B2B companies, helping them scale without operational bottlenecks
- Build critical financial infrastructure: Contribute to systems handling millions in transactions while ensuring accurate, compliant revenue recognition
- Shape product direction: Join during our scaling phase where your contributions immediately impact product evolution and customer success
- Accelerate your expertise: Gain deep knowledge in financial systems, B2B SaaS operations, and enterprise software while working with industry veterans
- Drive the future of B2B commerce: Help create infrastructure powering next-generation pricing models from usage-based to value-based billing
Ideal Candidate
- Strong Backend Engineer Profiles
- Mandatory (Experience 1) Must have 2+ years of hands-on Backend Engineering experience building production-grade systems in a B2B SaaS or product environment
- Mandatory (Experience 2) Must have strong backend development experience using at least one backend framework such as FastAPI / Django (Python), Spring (Java), or Express (Node.js)
- Mandatory (Experience 3) Must have a solid understanding of backend fundamentals, including API development, service-oriented architecture, data structures, algorithms, and clean coding practices
- Mandatory (Experience 4) Must have strong experience working with databases (SQL and/or NoSQL), including efficient data modeling and query optimization
- Mandatory (Experience 5) Must have experience designing, building, and maintaining APIs and backend services, including integrations with external systems (CRMs, payment gateways, ERPs, data platforms, etc.)
- Mandatory (Experience 6) Must have experience working in cloud-based environments (AWS / GCP / Azure) and be familiar with Git-based collaborative development workflows
- Mandatory (Domain) Experience with financial systems, billing platforms, fintech applications, or SaaS revenue-related workflows is highly preferred
- Mandatory (Domain) Experience with financial systems, billing platforms, or fintech applications is highly preferred (fintech background is a strong plus)
- Mandatory (Company) Must have worked in product companies / startups, preferably Series A to Series D
- Preferred (Education) Candidates from Tier - 1 engineering institutes (IITs, BITS are highly preferred)
Perks, Benefits and Work Culture
- Variable: Based on performance
- ESOPs (for full time roles)
Benefits (for Full-time Roles)
- Health insurance
- Generous vacation policy
- Learning and development budget
- Team events and company offsites
- Maternity and Paternity benefits
- Company Laptop
- Friday game nights
Skills: backend,fintech,b2b,revenue
