SDE - 3

Razorpay; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 5,000,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Razorpay seeks a Lead/SDE-3 engineer to drive engineering best practices, architecture, and delivery of high-quality features for massively large-scale distributed systems. You will mentor engineers, shape tech direction, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end products.

The role demands deep multi-language expertise, strong OO design skills, and a self-starting attitude in a fast-growing startup environment.

Qualifications

• 6-10 years of strong design/development experience in building massively large-scale distributed internet systems and products.
• Deep expertise in more than one programming language and tech stack to write maintainable, scalable, unit-tested code.
• Experience leading and mentoring project teams.
• Strong object-oriented skills, knowledge of design patterns, and intuitive module/class-level interfaces.
• Deep understanding of data-driven web application design and development.
• Superior organisation, communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Self-starter who thrives in a fast-growing startup environment.
• Ability to adapt to changing requirements, scope, and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Drive technology and engineering best practices on quality, performance, design, and operations at the organizational level.
• Design, architecture, and delivery of features with high quality under senior guidance.
• Drive technology innovations and stay ahead of the curve.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end products and features.
• Mentor/coach engineers to facilitate their development and provide technical leadership.
• Represent the organization in external and internal forums.

Skills

Multi-language proficiency

Large-scale systems

Leadership & mentoring

OO design & patterns

Data-driven web apps

Quality-focused engineering

Job description

A Lead/SDE-3 engineer at Razorpay is well-grounded, smart, quality-focused, a product thinker, and business-consciousnot 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 expected to be involved in almost every project and also influence the culture of the company and help shape it the right way.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the technology and engineering best practices on different fronts like quality, performance, design, and operations at the organisational level.
• Responsible for the design, architecture, and delivery of a feature or component/product with the highest quality, with high-level direction from architects
• Drive technology innovations and remain ahead of the curve.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end products and features.
• Demonstrate ability to multitask and reprioritise responsibilities based on changing requirements.
• Estimate efforts, identify risks, select devices, and meet project schedules.
• Run review meetings effectively and drive the closure of all open issues on time.
• Provide functional, design, and code reviews in related areas of expertise within the team and cross-team.
• Mentor/coach engineers to facilitate their development and provide technical leadership to them.
• Rise above detail to see broader issues and implications for the whole product/team and implement a long-term technology vision for your organisation and team.
• Contribute to streamlining hiring challenges and help hire high-quality engineers for the organisation.
• Represent the organisation and team in external and internal forums, respectively.

Requirements:

• 6-10 years of strong design/development experience in building massively large-scale distributed internet systems and products.
• Deep expertise in more than one programming language and tech stack to write maintainable, scalable, unit-tested code.
• Experience leading and mentoring project teams.
• Strong object-oriented skills, knowledge of design patterns, and uncanny ability to design intuitive modules and class-level interfaces.
• Deep understanding of data-driven web application design and development.
• Superior organisation, communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Must be a proven performer and team player who enjoys challenging assignments in a high-energy, fast-growing, and start-up workplace.
• Must be a self-starter who can work well with minimal guidance and in a fluid environment.
• Must be excited by challenges surrounding the development of a massively scalable and distributed system.
• Agility and ability to adapt quickly to changing requirements, scope, and priorities.
• The experience of having been a software engineer for at least 10 years.