Job Description

Backend - Senior Software Engineer

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.
Here at Paytm, technology isn't just about keeping up, it's about

building the future

. We believe the next generation of engineers must not only

scale systems to billions

but also

leverage AI and GPT tools

to accelerate innovation.

About the role:

1) You will

design

,

build

,

scale, code

, and

optimize

systems that operate at

massive transaction volumes

(120 million transactions per day).
2) You'll go deep into systems thinking, microservices, caching, messaging, and scalable data architectures.
3) You'll also be encouraged to

actively use AI tools

(like GPT and others) in your development workflow to

code faster, smarter, and better

.

What We're Looking For:

1) 3 to 6 years of

backend development

experience in Java.
2) Real-world experience with

high-TPS, large-scale systems

(or a burning desire to master them).
3) Hands-on with

Kafka, Redis, RDBMS

, and

distributed microservices architectures

.
4) Exposure to

AWS Cloud Infrastructure

and cloud-native patterns.
5) Passion for

scaling

,

performance tuning

, and

system optimizations

.
6) Someone who loves to

experiment with AI tools

(like GPT, Copilot, OpenHands) for code generation, optimization, or workflow improvement.
7) You love writing clean, efficient, production-ready code -- but you are even more obsessed with

system performance, uptime, and user impact

.

Preferred Qualifications

:
Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Skills that Will Help You Succeed

:
1) Languages:

Java /

Node.js

2) Databases:

Postgres, MySQL, CASSANDRA

3) Messaging Systems:

Kafka, RabbitMQ

4) Caching:

Redis, Aerospike

5) Platforms:

AWS, Microservices

4) Monitoring

: Elastic Search, Kibana, Graphana

5) Obsessed with

low latency, high throughput

systems.
6) Fluent with

AI-powered coding assistance

(a big plus).

Why You Should Join Us:

1) You'll

build at true scale

systems handling

millions of transactions per day

,

sub-100ms latencies

, and

five 9s availability

.
2) You'll work in a team that is

serious about engineering

, no fluff, just

deep tech, deep impact

.
3) You'll be encouraged to

use AI tools daily

-- coding, debugging, testing -- and even

invent new ways

of using AI in software development.
4) You'll work alongside

engineers who love tech deeply

, and where innovation is the default expectation.
5) Paytm offers you a career --

not just a job

-- to become a

next-gen tech leader

.

Compensation

:
If you are the right fit, we believe in creating wealth for you. With enviable 500 mn+ registered users, 21 mn+ merchants and depth of data in our ecosystem, we are in a unique position to democratize credit for deserving consumers & merchants - and we are committed to it. India's largest digital lending story is brewing here. It is your opportunity to be a part of the story!