Staff Engineer

About the role
We are looking for a Staff Engineer (Backend) to join our technology team. A Staff Engineer is an innovative, quality-focused, product/business thinker. You are someone who has a passion for technology and innovative product development, who thinks deeply about technical context, and who builds software using your proven experience. You’re expected to be involved in almost every project and also influence the culture of the company and help shape it in the right way.

You will work closely with our Design, Product, Data Science, and Analytics teams to develop microservices that focus on the financial needs of millennials in India. If you have excellent programming skills and a passion for developing applications or improving existing ones, we would like to meet you. You would lead a high-performance engineering team to develop the next-generation financial platform & application in payments.

What you will do

• Lead technology and engineering best practices across various domains, encompassing quality, performance, design, and operations at the organizational level.
• Take ownership of designing, architecting, and delivering features or components/products with the utmost quality, while following high-level guidance from architects.
• Pioneer technological innovations, staying at the forefront of industry advancements.
• Efficiently collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end products and features.
• Demonstrate the ability to multitask and adapt priorities in response to evolving requirements.
• Accurately estimate project efforts, identify risks, devise solutions, and meet project deadlines.
• Conduct effective review meetings and ensure the timely resolution of all outstanding issues.
• Provide functional, design, and code reviews within your areas of expertise, both within your team and across teams. Mentor and coach engineers, fostering their professional growth and offering technical leadership.
• Take a high-level view to address broader issues and assess implications for the entire product and team.
• Establish a long-term technology vision for your organization and team
• Contribute to optimizing the hiring process and assist in recruiting top-tier engineers for the organization.
• Represent the organization and team in both external and internal forums.

Requirements

What you will need

• 8+ years of strong design/development experience in building massively large-scale distributed internet systems and products
• Deep expertise in modern technology stacks and experience in multiple tech stacks/languages. Ability to write maintainable, scalable, and unit-testable code.
• Experience leading & mentoring project teams
• Strong Object-oriented skills, knowledge of design patterns, and uncanny ability to design intuitive modules and class-level interfaces.
• Deep understanding of data-driven web application design and development
• Superior organization, communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills
• Must be a proven performer and team player who enjoys challenging assignments in a high-energy, fast-growing, and start-up workplace
• Must be a self-starter who can work well with minimal guidance and in a fluid environment
• Agility and ability to adapt quickly to changing requirements scope and priorities
• Have a few weekend side projects up on GitHub or contribute to open-source projects
• Have worked at a product company.