Senior Backend Engineer
Job Title - Senior Backend Engineer
Location - Chennai/Bangalore/Delhi
About Tazapay
Tazapay is a cross border payment service provider. They offer local collections via local payment methods, virtual accounts and cards in over 70 markets. The merchant does not need to create local entities anywhere and Tazapay offers the additional compliance framework to take care of local regulations and requirements. This results in decreased transaction costs, fx transparency and higher auth rates.
They are licensed and backed by leading investors. www.tazapay.com
What’s exciting waiting for You?
This is an amazing opportunity for you to join a fantastic crew before the rocket ship launch. It will be a story you will carry with you through your life and have the unique experience of building something ground up and have the satisfaction of seeing your product being used and paid for by thousands of customers. You will be a part of a growth story be it anywhere - Sales, Software Development, Marketing, HR, Accounting etc.
We believe in a culture of openness, innovation & great memories together.
Are you ready for the ride?
Find what interesting things you could do with us.
About the Backend Engineer role
Responsibilities (not exhaustive)
Design, write and deliver highly scalable, reliable and fault tolerant systems with minimal guidance
Participate in code and design reviews to maintain our high development standards
Partner with the product management team to define and execute the feature roadmap
Translate business requirements into scalable and extensible design
Proactively manage stakeholder communication related to deliverables, risks, changes and dependencies
Coordinate with cross functional teams (Mobile, DevOps, Data, UX, QA etc.) on planning and execution
Continuously improve code quality, product execution, and customer delight
Willingness to learn new languages and methodologies
An enormous sense of ownership
Engage in service capacity and demand planning, software performance analysis, tuning and optimization
The Ideal Candidate
Education
Degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 5+ years of experience in commercial software development in large distributed systems
Experience
Hands-on experience in designing, developing, testing and deploying applications on Golang, Ruby,Python, .Net Core or Java for large scale applications
Deep knowledge of Linux as a production environment
Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and asynchronous architectures
Expert in at least 1 of the following languages: Golang, Python, Ruby, Java, C, C++
Proficient in OOP, including design patterns.
Ability to design and implement low latency RESTful services
Hands-on coder who has built backend services that handle high volume traffic.
Strong understanding of system performance and scaling
Possess excellent communication, sharp analytical abilities with proven design skills, able to think critically of the current system in terms of growth and stability
Data modeling experience in both Relational and NoSQL databases
Continuously refactor applications to ensure high-quality design
Ability to plan, prioritize, estimate and execute releases with good degree of predictability
Ability to scope, review and refine user stories for technical completeness and to alleviate dependency risks
Passion for learning new things, solving challenging problems
Ability to get stuff done!
Nice to have
Familiarity with Golang ecosystem
Familiarity with running web services at scale; understanding of systems internals and networking are a plus
Be familiar with HTTP/HTTPS communication protocols.
Abilities and Traits
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Ability to provide exceptional attention to details of the product.
Ability to focus for extended periods of repetitious activity.
Ability to think ahead and anticipate problems, issues and solutions
Work well as a team player and help the team members to resolve issues
Be committed to quality and be structured in approach
Excellent and demonstrable concept formulation, logical and analytical skills
Excellent planning, organizational, and prioritization skills
Join our team and let's groove together to the rhythm of innovation and opportunity!
Your Buddy
Tazapay