SDE-3

Cashfree Payments India Private Limited; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Cashfree Payments India Private Limited is seeking a senior software engineer to join a fast-paced team responsible for building scalable payment systems. You will contribute to requirements analysis, design, development and testing of high-availability applications.

The role demands expertise in Java or GoLang, strong data structures and system design, and hands-on experience with Kubernetes and AWS. You will mentor engineers and help drive architectural decisions for complex live projects in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in software development.
• Deep expertise in at least one programming language (e.g. Java, GoLang) & tech stack to write maintainable, scalable, unit-tested code.
• Senior level experience with core software engineering skills (data structures, algorithms, system design) and best practices (agile, TDD/BDD, OOPS).
• Experience in complex live projects and applying learnings from them.
• Advanced knowledge of infrastructure, Kubernetes, AWS or other cloud ecosystems.
• Experience in system design, distributed systems, relational and No-SQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Participate in requirements analysis, design, development and testing of applications.
• Participate in code reviews, write tech specs, and collaborate closely with team.
• Design and plan complex projects with reliable time estimates.
• Lead efforts for efficient product development and high-quality releases.
• Provide guidance on software design strategies and methods.
• Scale payment systems to handle USD 40B+ yearly and support millions of requests daily.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership.

Skills

Java

GoLang

Data structures

Algorithms

System design

Agile methodologies

TDD/BDD

OOP

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Relational databases

No-SQL databases

Job description

At Cashfree Payments, we’re not just shaping the future of payments—we’re moving fast to scale businesses at every stage, with deep expertise in powering India’s D2C and e-commerce growth.

Founded in 2015, we process transactions worth $80B annually and are trusted by more than 800,000 businesses. Authorised by the Reserve Bank of India, we are one of the first entities to receive critical licences like PA-PG, PA-CB and PPI in the sector. We enable seamless collections, payouts, identity verification, and fraud detection.

We are backed by Silicon Valley investor Y Combinator, Apis Partners, Krafton Inc, State Bank of India (SBI), and were incubated by PayPal.

What You Will Need :

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or a related discipline)
• 5+ years of relevant work experience with a bachelor’s degree in Computer science or any relevant subject.
• Deep expertise in at least one programming language (e. g. Java, GoLang) & technology stack to write maintainable, scalable, unit-tested code
• At a senior role we expect you to be adept at core software engineering skills (data structures, algorithms, system design) and imbibe best practices (agile, TDD/BDD, OOPS,
• We expect you to have worked in complex live projects and be capable of applying learnings from the same.
• Advanced knowledge on the Infrastructure, Kubernetes, AWS or any other cloud ecosystem.
• Experience in system design, distributed systems, relational and No-SQL databases

What you’ll do

• Participate in the requirements analysis, design, development and testing of applications.
• Participate in a culture of code reviews, writing tech specs, and collaborating closely with other people.
• Designing and planning of complex projects and has a good record of time estimate vs actual delivery
• Advocates & Leads efforts for an efficient product development environment to ensure smooth and high-quality releases.
• Provides guidance and advice on the use of software design strategies and methods
• Opportunity to work with a young, dynamic and highly energetic team in scaling our payment systems to handle USD 40B+ yearly.
• Ability to support tens of millions of requests on a daily basis.
• Expand our merchant base from the current 100k to a million in the next one year
• Drive the technology and engineering best practices on different fronts like quality, performance, design, operations at organisational level
• Drive technology innovations & remaining ahead of the curve.
• Mentor/coach engineers to facilitate their development and provide technical leadership to them.