Technical Lead/ Product Engineer

Gohyred; United States; Remote; USD 12,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Leave encashment

Paid time off

Provident Fund

Work from home

Job summary

GoPaisa in Noida is seeking a Product Engineering Lead to steer a 50% hands-on engineering and 50% people leadership role. You’ll architect critical systems, stay close to code, and mentor a high‑agency engineering team.

Lead fintech and payments platforms, drive reliable API design, and guide AI‑first engineering initiatives while collaborating directly with the founders and shaping the company’s next growth phase.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of software engineering experience with backend, platform, or distributed-systems depth.
• Core tech: strong hands-on development in Node.js.
• Proven fintech, payments, or high-volume transactional platform experience.
• Direct team management, mentoring, and hiring engineers; code reviews and execution discipline.
• AI-first mindset to embed AI into engineering workflows.
• Direct collaboration with founders and willingness to scale into broader leadership.

Responsibilities

• Architect critical systems while remaining close to the codebase.
• Lead and mentor a high-velocity engineering team.
• Partner with founders to drive the growth of fintech/payments platforms.

Skills

Node.js

Distributed systems

AI in engineering workflows

People leadership

Fintech experience

High ownership

Job description

We’re hiring: Product Engineering Lead\\| GoPaisa

Over the last 10\\+ years, GoPaisa has been built carefully as a profitable, founder\\-led company designed to compound over decades. We're entering our next growth phase—scaling our payments platform toward $1B\\+ in annual transaction volume across payments, rewards, and financial services.

To lead this charge, we are hiring a hands\\-on technical leader who will report directly to the founders.

The Role \\& Focus

This is a 50% hands\\-on engineering / 50% people leadership role. You will architect critical systems, remain close to the code, and lead a high\\-agency team.

Core Technology Stack \\& Domain

• Primary Backend Stack: Node.js, distributed systems, reliable API design, and high‑throughput cloud infrastructure.
• Fintech \\& Payments Infrastructure: Transaction systems, reconciliation, settlements, exception handling, and external partner integrations.
• Databases \\& Data Infrastructure: Production database engineering, telemetry, reporting, and analytics data pipelines.
• Risk \\& Security: Real‑time transaction monitoring, anomaly detection, risk intelligence, and fraud prevention engines.
• AI‑Native Engineering: Leveraging AI deeply across software development—coding assistants, automated testing, smart code reviews, log analysis, and incident response.

What We’re Looking For (Must‑Haves)

• 6–10 years of software engineering experience with strong backend, platform, or distributed‑systems depth.
• Core Tech Stack: Strong, current hands‑on development experience in Node.js.
• Fintech Experience (Must): Proven background building and scaling fintech, payments, or high‑volume transactional platforms.
• Team Handling Experience (Must): Demonstrated track record of directly managing, mentoring, and hiring engineers, conducting code reviews, and raising execution standards.
• AI‑First Mindset: Passion for embedding AI into core engineering workflows to drive velocity and operating leverage.
• High Ownership: Direct founder collaboration with the ambition to scale into broader engineering leadership.

Location:

Noida

Pay: ₹1,200,000\\.00 \\- ₹3,000,000\\.00 per year

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Leave encashment
• Paid time off
• Provident Fund
• Work from home

Work Location: In person