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PayU Bengaluru is seeking an experienced Backend Systems – Senior Software Engineer to support existing functionality, fix historical issues, and build new features aligned with the Development Roadmap.
You will own delivery, practice TDD, and optimize performance in a fast-moving fintech startup with global scale. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential.
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PayU Finance is the credit and lending arm of the PayU brand (awholly-ownedsubsidiary of theProsusgroup. Previously Naspersgroup)headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
PayU Finance India has disbursed about 20 billion loans to date by volume and has disbursed more than $280 million in consumer credit. PayU Finance provides consumers with easy access to affordable short-term loans up to INR 5 lacs that can be availed in the form of personal loans, point ofsaleEMI, and express loans.
PayU Finance operates under two brands - LazyPay and PaySense with a focus on Buy now Pay later and personal loan products.
As a Backend Systems- Senior SoftwareEngineeryou’reexpected to support existing functionalities by addressing historical issues and contributing towards tech debt.You’realso expected tobuild outnew features which are part of the Development Roadmap.
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Understand business requirements andidentifythe best approach to serve the requirement without risking the system's conceptual sanity.
Drive Implementation approach discussions by taking complete ownership of partially defined problems.
Practice TDD and help usretain/improve our code coverage.
Optimiseflows within systems for better performance in response times and memory consumption.
Tear down unused flows and concepts to make way for the new and evolved ones.
Someone with at least4+ years of experience building backend systems using any of the following languages:Java,Python.
Someone who takes ownership of delivery thereby not only closing your own work but alsoidentifyingdependencies and making sure they follow the track towards completion.
Someone who can work both independently and in collaboration with the team as and when the situationdemands forit.
Someone who is not averse to learning and growth and has an open mind about inputs/suggestions from any stakeholder.
Experience in the Fintech domain and/ orB2C product experience.
An understanding of design principles and accepted software design practices.
Experience building backend systems inJava+SpringBootorPython+DJango.
Worked on products with a massive user scale - 1 Mn+ DAUs especially.
A positive, get-things-doneworkplace.
A dynamic, constantly evolving space (change is par for the course – important you are comfortable with this)
An inclusive environment that ensures we listen to a diverse range of voices when making decisions.
Ability to learncutting edgeconcepts and innovation in an agile start-up environment with a global scale
Access to 5000+ training courses accessible anytime/anywhere to support your growth and development (Corporate with top learning partners like Harvard, Coursera, Udacity)
At PayU, we are a global fintechinvestorand our vision is to build a world without financial borders where everyone can prosper. We give people in high growth markets the financial services and products they need to thrive. Ourexpertisein 18+ high-growth markets enables us to extend the reach of financial services. This drives everything we do, from investing in technology entrepreneurs to offering credit to underserved individuals, to helping merchants buy, sell, andoperateonline. Being part ofProsus, one of the largest technology investors in the world, gives us the presence andexpertiseto make a real impact. Find out more at www.payu.com
As a global and multi-cultural organization with varied ethnicities thriving across locations, we realize that our responsibility towards fulfilling the D&I commitment is huge. Therefore, we continuously strive to create a diverse, inclusive, and safeenvironment,for all our people, communities, and customers. Our leaders are committed tocreatean inclusive work culture which enables transparency, flexibility, and unbiased attention to everyPayUneerso they can succeed, irrespective of gender, color, or personal faith. An environment where every person feels they belong, that they are listened to, and where they are empowered to speak up. At PayU we have zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice whether a specific race, ethnicity, or of persons with disabilities, or the LGBTQ communities
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