We are looking for a high-calibre Staff / Principal Engineer with a strong background in Java, system architecture, and applied AI to drive the next generation of our payment infrastructure. This high-impact role requires deep expertise in distributed systems, backend architecture, and AI-driven product development. You will work closely with leadership, influence engineering strategy, and mentor high-performing teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and architecture of highly scalable, distributed backend systems.
- Drive end-to-end system design for complex fintech and payment use cases.
- Build and evolve a high-performance Java-based microservices architecture.
- Lead AI/ML-driven initiatives (fraud detection, risk scoring, automation, or intelligent workflows).
- Own technical decision-making, including system trade-offs, scalability, and performance.
- Collaborate with product, business, and data teams to define next-gen platform capabilities.
- Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across teams.
- Ensure high availability, security, and compliance in financial systems.
- Contribute to long-term engineering vision and roadmap.
Requirements
- B. Tech from IITs/NITs/IIITs (Any Tier 1) (mandatory).
- 6+ years of strong backend engineering experience in Java.
- Proven experience in architecting and scaling distributed systems.
- Strong expertise in system design (HLD and LLD).
- Hands-on experience with microservices architecture.
- Deep understanding of concurrency, fault tolerance, and performance optimisation.
- Experience with event-driven architecture (Kafka or similar).
AI And Advanced Engineering
- Experience in building or leading AI/ML-based projects or systems.
- Exposure to real-world AI applications (fraud detection, recommendations, automation, etc. )
- Ability to integrate AI capabilities into backend platforms.
Tech Stack
- Java with Spring Boot.
- Distributed systems and microservices.
- Databases: SQL (Postgres/MySQL) + NoSQL (Cassandra/Redis).
- Messaging: Kafka or equivalent.
- Cloud: AWS or similar.
Preferred Experience
- Background in fintech/payments / high-scale platforms.
- Prior experience in Staff / Principal / Architect roles.
- Experience building platform-level systems.
This job was posted by Ekta Kotian from Card91.
