Software Development Lead

Cashfree; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cashfree Payments is accelerating the growth of India’s D2C and e-commerce ecosystems. We design scalable backend services, enable fast payouts and reliable processing, and continually refine architecture for performance and resilience. Join a team that ships high-impact features with speed and quality.

You will contribute across the stack—from API design to data storage—ensuring robust and scalable distributed applications that power billions in transactions annually.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
• 7+ years of work experience.
• Strong fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, storage technologies, distributed computing, operating systems.
• Robust coding skills in Java/Golang or other OO languages.
• Strong knowledge of RDBMS and NoSQL databases (MySQL, MongoDB).

Responsibilities

• Participate in requirements analysis, design, development and testing of applications.
• Scale distributed applications and make architectural tradeoffs.
• Optimize APIs and maintain unit tests for new code and defects.
• Work on web application layer, backend, systems, streaming and related tech.
• Participate in CI/CD and ensure delivery meets requirements and specs.
• Engage in code reviews, tech specs, and collaboration with teams.
• Collaborate with engineering leadership on complex site/software solutions.
• Develop and maintain backend integrations and best practices.

Skills

Algorithms

Data structures

Distributed computing

Operating systems

Object-Oriented Programming

Java

Golang

Scalable systems design

SQL

MongoDB

MySQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

MySQL

MongoDB

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) as well as work experience of 7+ years.
• Strong computer science fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, storage technologies, distributed computing, operating systems, etc.
• Experience in designing and implementing scalable solutions in a large-scale distributed environment.
• Robust and defensive coding skills using Java/Golang or any other Object-Oriented Programming Language.
• Strong knowledge of RDBMS and any other NoSQL database technologies (Mysql, MongoDB).

What you will do:

• Participate in the requirements analysis, design, development and testing of applications.
• Scale distributed applications, make architectural tradeoffs applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns, write code, and deliver with speediness and quality.
• Optimize APIs for any applications while creating and maintaining unit tests for new code as well as fix defects.
• Works on the web application layer, backend, systems, streaming and other associated technology to build our product and components.
• Participate in the continuous integration of automated builds and deployments, ensuring that deliverables meet functional and design requirements and specifications of the site/software.
• Participate in a culture of code reviews, writing tech specs, and collaborating closely with other people.
• Work with engineering leadership in solving and architecting solutions for challenging or complex site/software development issues.
• Take initiatives in developing and maintaining integrations of best practices within the backend department.