Backend Engineer

Overview

Payoneer is seeking a seasoned Backend Engineer to design, develop, and deploy scalable, high-quality backend systems. The role involves driving technical architecture, mentoring teammates, collaborating with cross-functional partners, and improving system reliability, performance, and customer experience.

What you'll do

• Design and implement robust, scalable, and maintainable backend solutions for complex scenarios, ensuring high-quality results that may be consumed by other teams.
• Collaborate within your team and with cross-functional partners, such as Product, Design/UX, DevOps, and other R&D teams, representing your team as needed.
• Maintain and improve the team's engineering practices.
• Suggest and implement technology, patterns, or process enhancements.
• Proactively identify areas of improvement in team systems, processes, and scalability.
• Lead by example in code quality.
• Contribute significantly to code reviews and act as a focal point for engineering excellence questions.
• Help monitor production systems and investigate potential issues.
• Lead efforts to resolve critical production challenges while maintaining a customer-centric approach.

What you'll need

• 4+ years in backend software engineering roles, with demonstrated ability to navigate technical trade-offs and ambiguity effectively.
• Proficiency in C#, Java, or similar object-oriented languages.
• Hands-on knowledge of relational databases like SQL Server.
• Experience with message queues or streaming platforms, such as RabbitMQ, SQS, or Kaffia.
• Strong experience writing unit tests and ensuring high test coverage.
• Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with microservices architecture.
• Experience designing new functionality for existing complex components while maintaining scalability and performance.
• Ability to collaborate effectively and communicate technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.
• BA/BSc in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Nice to have

• Practical experience with Agile development methodologies.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Hands-on knowledge of non-relational databases like MongoDB.
• Experience mentoring new hires and interns, fostering a culture of collaboration and best practice.

Details

• Location: Gurgaon, India.
• Hybrid work arrangement.
• Full-time employment.