Technical Lead

Paycraft Solutions; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Paycraft Solutions is seeking a Team Lead in Pune to guide a growing technology team. You will shape the roadmap, mentor engineers, and ensure delivery of robust software on large codebases.

The role emphasizes leadership, architecture, and hands-on engineering with Java, RESTful microservices, and modern tech like Kafka, Docker, and Kubernetes. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive quality, performance, and scalable solutions, while growing talent and maintaining strong

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience developing software as an engineer.
• Strong opinions on testing and code quality; ability to trade off quality and speed.
• Experience building and operating high-scale systems.
• Knowledge of data structures and architectural tradeoffs; ability to discuss options.

Responsibilities

• Lead and set roadmap and goals for the team; delegate and mentor engineers.
• Recruitment collaboration; onboard new team members effectively.
• Drive software engineering practices and ensure quality across large codebases.
• Lead from the front when required to deliver critical milestones.

Skills

Java 8+

Multi-threading

Design Patterns

Architectural patterns

RESTful Microservices

Spring Boot

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Elasticsearch

Kibana

MQTT

IoT

DS & Algorithms

Team Leadership

Mentoring

Roadmapping

Education

B.E./B.Tech in Computer Science or related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

Cassandra

Job description

Job Title: Team Lead

Reporting to: AVP Technology

Department: Technology

Location: Pune

Requirements

• Experience with developing, debugging, and shipping software products on large code bases that span platforms and tools experience.
• Significant experience building and operating critical high-scale systems.
• Good management and team development skills: ability to set roadmap and goals for a team and every one of its members, delegate intelligently, mentor engineers, deliver frequent and honest feedback, help team members grow in their careers, and deliver results.
• Expertise and interest in growing teams: interviewing junior and senior engineers, collaborating with a recruiting team, smoothly onboarding new team members.
• Good software engineering methodology: meaningful and deeply rooted opinions about testing and code quality, ability to make sound quality/speed trade-offs.
• Exceptional technical skills in data structure, algorithm, object-oriented design principle:
• Lead from the front when the situation calls for it.

Candidate should have

• 8+ years experience developing software as an engineer.
• Good software engineering methodology: meaningful and deeply rooted opinions about testing and code quality, ability to make sound quality/speed trade-offs.
• Significant experience building and operating critical high-scale systems.
• Architecture: Knowledge of data structures and an eye for architecture. Should be able to discuss the tradeoff between architectural choices, both on a theoretical level and on an applied level.
• Strong coding/debugging abilities: Should have advanced knowledge of at least one programming language and keen to learn more.
• Fast learner: Thrive on learning new technologies.
• Should be able to adapt easily to meet the needs of our massive growth and rapidly evolving business environment.
• Should understand requirements beyond the written word: Whether working on an API used by other developers, an internal tool consumed by our operation teams, or a feature used by millions of customers, attention to detail should be there.

Programming Language and Technology Expertise

• Strong in Java 8+ Programming, Multi-threading aspect
• Strong with Design Patterns and Architectural patterns
• Hands on experience developing RESTful Micro-services in Java, Spring , Spring Boot
• Experience in using Kafka or other message queuing systems
• Good with Relational and Non-relational Databases Postgres, Mongo, Redis, Cassandra
• Experience in using Docker and container orchestration technologies like Kubernetes is a plus
• Experience with Elastic search , Kibana , MqTT, IOT is a plus

Qualifications and Education Details: 1. B.E. or B. Tech in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent or higher

About the Company Paycraft Solutions was founded in 2013 with the aim of easing urban mobility. Our organization is one of the leading solution providers for banks and operators of public transport. PayCraft, a homegrown MSME and one of the pioneers in implementing offline and contactless payments, is one of the preferred partners for the implementation of the open loop payment solution, which combines the technologies of the retail and transit/offline payment worlds to enable a multi-party digital ecosystem.

Paycraft, were not just a payments companywere architects of seamless, secure, and scalable payment ecosystems. We offer end-to-end Cards and Payments consulting alongside cutting-edge payment solutions, crafted for a diverse clientele: global and domestic payment networks, banks, metro systems, toll operators, government institutions, sports federations, telecom giants, and more.

Our expertise spans the entire product journeyfrom design and development to testing, certification, and large-scale deployment. With a firm foothold in India, we've successfully powered smart mobility and digital payment infrastructure for metro networks, buses, toll plazas, and top financial institutions.

Headquartered in Mumbai with offices in Pune and Dubai, Paycraft is led by a powerhouse team of professionals comprising PT Suresh, Ravi Jain, Ambarish Parekh, Sunil Kaushal, and Pankaj Ganguly bringing over 100 years of collective domain expertise in payments and smart transit. PayCraft's Funding and Financials: PayCraft was a bootstrapped venture. In January 2020, we received strategic funding from Mastercard to support the digitalization of the transit ecosystem in India. Now we are in advance level discussions to raise $10 million and also engaged in talks to raise funding from global players with a valuation of Rs 400 crore. Hoping to reinvent urban mobility, we aim at $10-billion market

At Paycraft, we're redefining how India moves and pays. Whether its tapping a card in the metro, cruising through tolls, or making contactless purchases in stores, our technology is the invisible engine driving urban convenience. We partner with leaders like Mastercard, Visa, and top Indian banks to deliver secure, high-speed, tap-and-go experiences via cards, mobile apps, and smart infrastructure.

Paycraft Solutions has achieved significant milestones in the Indian payments and transit sector, particularly in enabling open-loop payments for public transport. They have developed a proprietary Automatic Fare Collection System (AFCS) and are key players in bank-led implementations in metros and buses. Paycraft also holds a large market share in India's transport sector for bank-led implementations.

Paycraft expanded its footprint into UAE almost a year ago. Paycraft will focus on expansion in the MENA region over the next two to three years

PayCraft has been a preferred partner for consulting, services and products to support the conceptualization, development and implementation of the open loop specs for card based payments in transit and toll space. Join a rapidly expanding team of over 330 professionals and be part of our exciting growth journey.

Website: https://paycraftsol.com/