Lead Developer – Payments Platform

Ab Electrolux; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work hours

Discounts on Electrolux products

Family-friendly benefits

Extensive learning opportunities

Job summary

Ab Electrolux is looking for an experienced Lead Developer to join their backend engineering team in Bangalore. This hands-on role involves technical leadership in developing high-volume payment-related services supporting sustainable consumer products.

The ideal candidate should possess strong backend engineering skills, with proficiency in Kotlin, payments systems, and databases like MongoDB and PostgreSQL. A hybrid work environment and flexible hours are offered.

Qualifications

• Around 10 years of software development experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in payments or ecommerce backend systems.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kotlin.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of payment-related backend services.
• Guide and mentor other developers through design discussions and code reviews.
• Work hands-on with Kotlin, Ktor, and MongoDB.

Skills

Kotlin

Payments domain knowledge

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Asynchronous/reactive programming

Tools

Ktor

Kafka

Job description

Job Description

All about the role:

We are looking for an experienced Lead Developer to join our backend engineering team in Bangalore.

This is a hands-on development role with technical leadership responsibilities. You will work on a modern, high-volume payments platform supporting sales of sustainable consumer products in Europe and North America. The role is ideal for someone with strong backend engineering experience, solid payments domain knowledge and a desire to take ownership of business-critical systems in production.

What You’ll Do

• Lead development of payment-related backend services.
• Work hands-on with Kotlin, Ktor, asynchronous/reactive programming, MongoDB and PostgreSQL.
• Work with Adyen integrations, including APIs, webhooks, stored payment methods and payment lifecycle events.
• Work with a wide range of services to support payments such as integrated POS devices & subscription services.
• Help ensure payment services are reliable, scalable, observable and maintainable.
• Guide and mentor other developers through design discussions, code reviews and technical decision-making.

Who Are you:

• Around 10 years of software development experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in payments, ecommerce, fintech or transaction-heavy backend systems.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kotlin.
• Experience with Ktor, Kotlin coroutines, Project Reactor, Spring WebFlux or similar asynchronous/reactive technologies.
• Previous experience integrating with Adyen or similar payment providers.
• Strong experience with MongoDB and PostgreSQL.
• Experience building and supporting production backend systems.
• Good communication skills and the ability to guide other developers.

Desirable:

• Experience with Adyen POS / terminal integrations.
• Experience with omnichannel or subscription payment flows.
• Experience with Kafka or event-driven systems.
• Experience with Kubernetes or cloud-native environments.
• Familiarity with observability tools such as Datadog, OpenTelemetry, OpenSearch or similar.
• Experience with PCI-aware development, fraud handling, chargebacks or payment security.

Why Join Us?

You will work on a modern backend platform with high transaction volumes, with the opportunity to make a real impact in Electrolux’s sustainability-focused business area.

The payments area is critical to the business and this role offers the opportunity to take ownership, influence technical decisions and contribute directly to the evolution of the platform.

We are growing the team and looking for someone who wants to combine hands-on development with technical leadership in a strong engineering environment.

Where you'll be:

This is a full-time position, based in Bangalore, India

Benefits Highlights:

• Flexible work hours and a hybrid work environment
• Discounts on our award-winning Electrolux products and services
• Family-friendly benefits
• Extensive learning opportunities and a flexible career path