Software Engineer - Backend (5 to 7 years)

PhonePe; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company based in Bengaluru is seeking an experienced Software Engineer. The role involves building scalable web-based applications and solving complex technical problems. Candidates should have extensive programming experience, with 5+ years in software development, and be proficient in Java, C, or C++. Additionally, knowledge of databases and experience in a startups environment are preferred. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a dynamic team and influence product-driven thinking.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software development.
• Extensive programming experience in at least one general programming language.
• Experience with full life cycle development in a Linux environment.

Responsibilities

• Build robust and scalable web-based applications.
• Drive problem-solving skills for high-level business and technical problems.
• Work closely with Product Manager to execute medium-sized projects.

Skills

Java

C

C++

Multi-threading

Object-oriented design

Test Driven Development

MySQL

NoSQL

Problem-solving

Linux

Education

BTech, MTech, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical discipline

Job description

Building for Scale, Rapid Iterative Development, and Customer-centric Product Thinking at each step defines every day for a developer at PhonePe. Though we engineer for a 50million+ strong user base, we code with every individual user in mind. While we are quick to adopt the latest in Engineering, we care utmost for security, stability, and automation. Apply if you want to experience the best combination of passionate application development and product-driven thinking

As a Software Engineer

• You will build robust and scalable web-based applications. You will need to think of platforms & reuse.
• Build abstractions and contracts with separation of concerns for a larger scope.
• Drive problem-solving skills for high-level business and technical problems.
• Do high-level design with guidance; Functional modeling, break-down of a module.
• Do incremental changes to architecture: impact analysis of the same.
• Do performance tuning and improvements in large scale distributed systems.
• Mentor young minds and foster team spirit, break down execution into phases to bring predictability to overall execution.
• Work closely with Product Manager to derive capability view from features/solutions, lead execution of medium-sized projects.
• Work with broader stakeholders to track the impact of projects/features and proactively iterate to improve them.

As a senior software engineer you must have

• Extensive and expert programming experience in at least one general programming language (e.g. Java, C, C++) & tech stack to write maintainable, scalable, unit-tested code.
• Experience with multi-threading and concurrency programming.
• Extensive experience in object-oriented design skills, knowledge of design patterns, and huge passion and ability to design intuitive module and class-level interfaces.
• Excellent coding skills – should be able to convert the design into code fluently.
• Knowledge of Test Driven Development.
• Good understanding of databases (e.g. MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g. HBase, Elasticsearch, Aerospike, etc).
• Strong desire to solving complex and interesting real-world problems.
• Experience with full life cycle development in any programming language on a Linux platform.
• Go-getter attitude that reflects in energy and intent behind assigned tasks.
• Worked in a startups environment with high levels of ownership and commitment.
• BTech, MTech, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical discipline (or equivalent).
• Experience in building highly scalable business applications, which involve implementing large complex business flows and dealing with a huge amount of data.
• 5+ years of experience in the art of writing code and solving problems on a Large Scale.
• An open communicator who shares thoughts and opinions frequently listens intently and takes constructive feedback.

As a Software Engineer, good to have

• The ability to drive the design and architecture of multiple subsystems.
• Ability to break-down larger/fuzzier problems into smaller ones in the scope of the product.
• Understanding of the industry’s coding standards and an ability to create appropriate technical documentation.