Backend - Senior Software Engineer About US: Paytm is India's leading mobile payments and financial services distribution company. Pioneer of the mobile QR payments revolution in India, Paytm builds technologies that help small businesses with payments and commerce. Paytm’s mission is to serve half a billion Indians and bring them to the mainstream economy with the help of technology. About the role: As a SSE, You would be working with the senior technology people of our company with the goal of developing high-quality software, aligned with our business strategy and the user demand. Requirements: 2 to 5 years of server-side application development experience with Golang Deeply technical with a track record of successful delivery. An entrepreneurial spirit combined with strong program and product management skills . Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex plans and design. Excellent judgment, organizational, and problem-solving skills. Excellent design and architecture design. Data driven decision making. Preferred Qualifications : Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Computer Science from IIT/NITs Skills that will help you succeed in this role: Language: Java/Node DB: RDBMS, Messaging: Kafka/RabbitMQ, Caching: Redis/Aerospike, Micro services, AWS. Good experience in scaling, performance tuning & optimization at both API and storage layers Why join us Because you get an opportunity to make a difference, and have a great time doing that . You are challenged and encouraged here to do stuff that is meaningful for you and for those we serve. You should work with us if you think seriously about what technology can do for people . We are successful, and our successes are rooted in our people's collective energy and unwavering focus on the customer, and that's how it will always be.
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Backend - Technical Lead
About Us: Paytm is India’s largest digital payments and financial services platform, leading the mobile QR revolution. We power millions of businesses and individuals, and we’re building scalable, resilient systems to serve half a billion Indians and beyond.
About the Role: 1) As a Technical Lead, you’ll not just write code — you’ll design scalable architectures, coach engineers, and lead technology-first projects. 2) You'll drive backend systems that support 100M+ DAUs, optimize APIs to sub-50ms latencies, and be a champion of engineering excellence. 3) We expect you to actively use AI tools to accelerate architecture design, code reviews, prototyping, and developer productivity.
What We're Looking For: 1) 4 to 6 ears of hands-on backend engineering experience — Java/Nodejs. 2) Proven ownership of high-scale distributed systems. Deep knowledge of microservic
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Preferred Qualifications : Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
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