Lead Software Development Engineer

Razorpay Software Pvt Ltd; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Razorpay seeks a Lead Software Development Engineer to drive product design and build scalable backend services. You will influence architectural decisions and contribute to a fintech stack that powers Indian businesses, including payments and fraud detection.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in technology, strong backend skills across PHP, Python, Django, Golang, Java or C++, and a demonstrated ability to translate requirements into robust systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in technology.
• Strong product design sense.
• Experience with PHP, Python, Django, Golang, Java or C++ and backend work.
• Good understanding of REST APIs and the web.
• Ability to build a feature from scratch and drive to completion.
• Willingness to learn new technologies.
• Contributed to open-source projects or have weekend GitHub projects.

Responsibilities

• Be involved and drive product & design discussions.
• Help scale Razorpay's payment infrastructure.
• Shape REST APIs for developers worldwide.
• Contribute to open source standards for mobile payments.
• Brainstorm and create new directions for online payments.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver high-quality software.

Skills

Product design sense

End-user requirements

REST APIs understanding

Backend programming

Open source contributions

GitHub projects

Tools

GitHub

Job description

Lead Software Development Engineer

Lead Software Development Engineer Razorpay is one of India’s leading full-stack financial technology companies, powering the way businesses move, manage, and grow money. Founded in 2014 by Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar with a simple vision - to simplify payments for Indian businesses - we’ve since grown into a fintech powerhouse driving India’s digital payment revolution. Razorpay powers millions of businesses with a smarter, scalable stack that goes beyond transactions to help them truly build and grow. From building AI-native agentic payments, to AI-assisted fraud detection and real-time risk intelligence to automated reconciliation, smart payouts, and predictive financial insights, we are embedding intelligence across our stack to make money movement faster, safer, and more efficient. In close collaboration with ecosystem partners - including banks, networks, regulators - we are pioneering industry-first solutions that are shaping the next era of fintech Across India, Singapore and Malaysia, our products span everything from seamless checkouts to payroll automation - powering a fintech ecosystem that’s redefining how money moves across Asia. Today, that ecosystem supports everyone from early-stage startups to some of India’s largest enterprises, enabling them to accept, process, and disburse payments at scale while expanding into new ways of managing money more efficiently. Our scale speaks volumes: Razorpay processes $180+ billion in annualized transactions, powering leading businesses like Airbnb, Facebook, WhatsApp, Airtel, CRED, BookmyShow, Zomato, Swiggy, Lenskart, Mirae Asset Capital markets, Indian Oil, National Pension Scheme - and over 100 of India’s unicorns. With strong roots in India and growing operations in Southeast Asia, we are shaping the next chapter of financial technology across the region. We are backed by global investors including GIC, Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA), Tiger Global, Ribbit Capital, Matrix Partners, MasterCard, and Salesforce Ventures, having raised over $740 million to date. Strategic acquisitions - including Ezetap (POS and offline payments), Curlec (Malaysia expansion), BillMe (digital invoicing), and POP (rewards-first UPI) - along with earlier moves in fraud prevention, payroll, and lending, have further strengthened our platform and widened our footprint across Asia. But what truly sets Razorpay apart is our culture. At Razorpay, ownership is our oxygen - you own what you build, with no micromanagement or red tape, just the runway to make your ideas fly. Learning is a lifestyle - if you’re curious, you’ll feel at home here. People > Pedigree - we hire for attitude, hustle, and hunger more than degrees. Transparency thrives over titles - this is where interns question CXOs and CXOs say \"thank you.\" Guided by our values of Customer First, Autonomy & Ownership, Agility with Integrity, Transparency, Challenging the status quo and a strong belief that Razorpay grows with Razors, you’ll be part of a 3000+ strong team building not just products, but the financial infrastructure of the future.

The Role:

A lead software development engineer at Razorpay is well-grounded - innovative, quality focussed, product thinker, and business conscious - not mere coders, of course, with deeper technical context and experience to build quality software. You should be able to see nuances and elements that others might not. Engineering creates a significant impact across different areas, considering the scale of our software product outreach. You’re also expected to influence the culture of the company and help shape it in the right way.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Be involved and drive product & design discussions.


• Help us scale our payment infrastructure to get every Indian to pay online.


• Help us make decisions to shape our REST APIs for developers worldwide.


• Contribute to open source as we set the standards for mobile payments.


• Be involved and drive product & design discussions.


• And, most importantly, brainstorm and create new directions that Razorpay can take in our quest to make online payments easy and accessible to all.

Mandatory Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Technology.


• A strong product design sense.


• Good experience in working with any of the programming languages like PHP, Python, Django, Golang, Java, C++ Understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases and come up with effective solutions.


• Good understanding of REST APIs and the web in general.


• Ability to build a feature from scratch & drive it to completion.


• A willingness to learn new technology, whatever lets you deliver the best product.


• Have a few weekend side projects up on GitHub


• Have contributed to an open-source project


• Have worked at a product company


• Have a working knowledge of a backend programming language


• Location: Bangalore

Razorpay believes in and follows an equal employment opportunity policy that doesn't discriminate on gender, religion, sexual orientation, colour, nationality, age, etc. We welcome interests and applications from all groups and communities across the globe.

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