Description :

Are you looking for a super-challenging role designing backend systems that scale to 1000+ TPSs for lacs of daily users in one of India's fastest growing, profitable near-Unicorns with businesses spanning Lending, E-comm and UPI ?

Then this is the role for you :

Client Company is a profitable, rapidly scaling unicorn which is extremely well capitalized. Client has a very strong moat in the consumer lending space on the back of which it is entering into additional large markets such as E-comm and UPI.

Client company is now entering its next phase of growth from a fast-scaling startup to a robust, high-scale financial platform serving millions of users daily.

You'll design systems built for 10x100x growth, make the key technical trade-off calls, and stay deeply hands-on. Beyond building, you'll mentor engineers and work directly with founders and product teams to translate business goals into scalable, reliable systems.

This role is an opportunity to :

- Shape the next-generation architecture for a high-throughput fintech system

- Build systems designed to scale 10x100x from current volumes

- Solve real-world problems across performance, reliability, and financial-grade security

Responsibilities :

- Design and evolve the platform architecture to support 10x100x growth

- Own systems end-to-end from the first design decision to production impact

- Lead system design discussions and set the long-term technical direction for the platform

- Identify scale bottlenecks early and drive solutions

- Mentor and elevate engineers through design reviews, code quality, and architectural thinking

- Partner directly with founders and product teams to turn business priorities into scalable systems

- Operate with high ownership in a fast-paced environment where priorities evolve quickly

- Drive projects independently own timelines, coordinate with teams, and see delivery

- Conduct rigorous code reviews and champion engineering best practices across the team

- Proactively identify gaps in the system and come up with concrete approaches to address them

- Solve technical problems across the company not just confined to a single pod

- Challenge existing architecture with data and reasoning push back when its the right call, and drive adoption of better approaches.

Requirements :

- 7 to 12 years of experience in backend or platform engineering

- Strong computer science fundamentals (preferably from IIT, BITS, NITs)

- Strong proficiency in backend development (Node.js, Java, Go, or equivalent)

- Proven experience scaling systems through high-growth startup phases

- Track record of building and owning critical platforms or systems from scratch

- Exposure to high-volume transactional systems; fintech or lending is a strong plus

- Bias for action - moves fast, makes sound decisions, owns outcomes end-to-end

- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and evolving priorities in a startup environment

- Strong problem-solving skills ability to break down complex technical challenges and arrive at pragmatic, well-reasoned solutions

- Hands on experience with platform engineering developer tooling, shared services, infrastructure abstractions, or internal platforms