JAVA Architect - Payment Domain

Saarthee; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 3,800,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Above industry remuneration

Renewal and Pilot Project bonuses

Business development compensation

Firm building and branding growth

Mentoring and learning emphasis

Job summary

Saarthee is seeking a Java Architect with deep expertise in the Payments Domain to define, architect, and scale distributed, high-volume systems. This role balances strategic technical leadership with hands-on problem-solving and collaboration, ensuring the delivery of secure, scalable, and future-right payment platforms.

Your role includes owning end-to-end architecture, driving technical standards, mentoring engineers, and evaluating emerging tools to enhance performance and developer

Qualifications

• 10–12 years backend engineering experience.
• Expertise in Java (11+), Spring Boot, REST APIs and AWS Cloud.
• Strong Payments domain knowledge with high-volume distributed systems.
• Experience in system design, scaling, performance optimization and security.
• Hands-on with Microservices, NoSQL, RDBMS and caching techniques.
• Proficient with cloud platforms, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.
• Knowledge of Go or Python preferred.
• Strong problem-solving, debugging and communication skills.
• Familiar with Agile methods (SAFe, Scrum).

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture and design for high-scale distributed services in payments.
• Drive technical vision, best practices, and architectural standards across teams.
• Stay hands-on with prototyping, debugging, and complex problem-solving.
• Collaborate with Product, QA and Engineering Managers.
• Conduct architecture and code reviews for quality and maintainability.
• Mentor engineers across levels and foster growth.
• Evaluate tools and technologies to boost productivity and performance.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Payments domain

Microservices

REST APIs

AWS Cloud

Docker/Kubernetes

CI/CD

Terraform/Ansible/Jenkins

Go/Python

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

Job description

Saarthee is a Global Strategy, Analytics, Technology and AI consulting company, where our passion for helping others fuels our approach and our products and solutions. We are a onestop shop for all things data and analytics. Unlike other analytics consulting firms that are technology or platform specific, Saarthee's holistic and tool agnostic approach is unique in the marketplace. Our Consulting Value Chain framework meets our customers where they are in their data journey. Our diverse and global team work with one objective in mind: Our Customers' Success. At Saarthee, we are passionate about guiding organizations towards insights fueled success. That's why we call ourselves Saarthee-inspired by the Sanskrit word 'Saarthi', which means charioteer, trusted guide, or companion. Cofounded in 2015 by Mrinal Prasad and Shikha Miglani, Saarthee already encompasses all the components of Data Analytics consulting. Saarthee is based out of Philadelphia, USA with office in UK and India

Position Summary

We are seeking a Java Architect with deep expertise in the Payments Domain to define, architect, and scale distributed, high-volume systems. This role balances strategic technical leadership with hands-on problem-solving and collaboration, ensuring the delivery of secure, scalable, and future-right payment platforms.

Your Role Responsibilities And Duties-

• Own end-to-end architecture and design for high-scale, distributed services in the payments ecosystem.
• Drive technical vision, best practices, and architectural standards across teams.
• Stay hands-on with prototyping, debugging, and complex problem-solving.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, QA, and Engineering Managers.
• Conduct architecture and code reviews to ensure quality and maintainability.
• Mentor engineers across levels, fostering innovation and growth.
• Evaluate emerging tools, frameworks, and technologies to enhance developer productivity and system performance.

Required Skills And Qualifications

• 10-12 years of backend engineering experience.
• Expertise in Java (11+), Spring Boot, REST APIs, and AWS Cloud.
• Strong proficiency in Payments Domain with proven experience in high-volume, distributed systems.
• Experience in system design, scaling, performance optimization, and security.
• Hands-on with Microservices, NoSQL databases, RDBMS, and caching techniques.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins).
• Knowledge of at least one additional programming language (Go, Python preferred).
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies (SAFe, Scrum).

What We Offer

• Bootstrapped and financially stable with high pre-money evaluation.
• Above industry renumerations.
• Additional compensation tied to Renewal and Pilot Project Execution.
• Additional lucrative business development compensation.
• Firm building opportunities that offer stage for holistic professional development, growth, and branding.
• Empathetic, excellence and result driven organization. Believes in mentoring and growing a team with constant emphasis on learning.