Role Overview
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to lead the design and ownership of complex, high-scale services while driving engineering excellence across teams.
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and own high-scale, distributed services
- Lead the design of event-driven architectures using Kafka
- Define and govern API standards using API Gateway
- Drive service design with focus on scalability, resilience, and performance
- Own technical decisions and service health metrics
- Lead code reviews and enforce engineering best practices
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers
- Collaborate with Product and leadership on roadmap and architecture
- Payment Domain
Required Skills & Experience
- 8+ years of experience building and owning production-grade services
- Deep expertise in Java 11+, Spring Boot, and REST API design
- Strong hands-on experience with Kafka in high-throughput environments
- Proven experience designing and managing APIs via API Gateway
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS services (DynamoDB, EKS, SQS, Lambda, S3)
- Proven experience with high-volume, distributed systems
- Advanced system design, debugging, and performance optimization skills
- Ability to drive complex initiatives independently
Good to Have
- Experience in the Payments or FinTech domain
- Strong experience with CI/CD and release automation
- Knowledge of caching, data modeling, and optimization strategies
