Lead Software Development Engineer - Backend

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Hyderabad, Telangana
7+ Years Experience
Cloud • Fintech • Financial Services
The Role
Lead Software Developer role at Zeta, responsible for shaping architecture, implementing best practices, and driving technical direction of backend development efforts. Key responsibilities include building scalable and secure payments platform, owning platform components, working with product teams, and leading recruitment and mentoring efforts. Requires strong computer science background, 7+ years of software development experience, and expertise in Java, Spring, REST, SQL, and cloud technologies like AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.
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About Zeta

Zeta is a Next-Gen Banking Tech company that empowers banks and fintechs to launch banking products for the future. It was founded by Bhavin Turakhia and Ramki Gaddipati in 2015.

Our flagship processing platform - Zeta Tachyon - is the industry’s first modern, cloud-native, and fully API-enabled stack that brings together issuance, processing, lending, core banking, fraud & risk, and many more capabilities as a single-vendor stack. 20M+ cards have been issued on our platform globally.

Zeta is actively working with the largest Banks and Fintechs in multiple global markets transforming customer experience for multi-million card portfolios.

Zeta has over 1700+ employees - with over 70% roles in R&D - across locations in the US, EMEA, and Asia. We raised $280 million at a $1.5 billion valuation from Softbank, Mastercard, and other investors in 2021.

Learn more @ www.zeta.tech, careers.zeta.tech, Linkedin, Twitter


About the Role

As a Lead Software Developer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the architecture, implementing best practices, and driving the technical direction of our backend development efforts.

Responsibilities

  • Building highly-scalable and secure payments platform
  • Primary owners of one or more components of the platform and will drive innovation in your area of ownership
  • Working with various product teams gathering requirements and adding capabilities 
  • Working with some of the smartest people in the industry and will have ample opportunity to learn and grow
  • Using cutting-edge cryptography to secure payments beyond industry standards.
  • Deriving actionable insights by mining TBs of data.
  • Building a low-level infrastructure that aims to push the boundaries of network performance.
  • Participating actively in recruitment and nurturing of engineers as awesome as you

Skills

  • Review and influence new evolving design, architecture, standards and methods with stability, maintainability, and scale in mind
  • Identify patterns and provide solutions to class of problems
  • Be able to multitask, prioritize and handle dependencies with minimal oversight
  • Worked on one or more large scale java applications
  • Good understanding of nuances of distributed systems, scalability, and availability
  • Good knowledge of one or more relational and NoSQL databases and transactions
  • Shrewd focus on latency and throughput of services
  • In-depth understanding of concurrency, synchronization, NIO, memory allocation and GC
  • Experience with IaaS clouds like AWS/Google Cloud, Azure, OpenStack etc..
  • Experience in working with Message Brokers and Application Containers
  • Great ability to mentor and train other team members

Experience and Qualifications

  • Strong computer science background with an engineering degree in computer science. with 7+ years of experience in software development and delivery.
  • Experience in working on Java, Spring, REST, SQL (PostgreSQL or MYSQL) Messaging systems, ELK stack, microservices is required.
  • Great design and problem solving skills with a strong basis for architecting performance, scalability, security and reliability.
  • Deep understanding of OOAD, efficient data structures and algorithms.
  • Knowledge of Cloud technologies like AWS/Google Cloud, Azure, OpenStack.

Equal Opportunity

  • Zeta is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, cultures, and communities to apply and believe that a diverse workforce is key to our success

Top Skills

Java
The Company
HQ: San Francisco, California
1,834 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

Founded in 2015, Zeta is a provider of next-gen credit card processing platform. Zeta’s cloud-native and fully API-enabled stack offers a comprehensive range of capabilities, including processing, issuing, lending, core banking, fraud detection, and loyalty programs. With a strong focus on technology, Zeta has over 1700+ employees and contractors, with more than 70% dedicated to technology roles. Operating across the US, UK, Middle East, and Asia, Zeta has served a global customer base of 35+ clients who have issued over 15 million cards on Zeta's platform to date. Backed by prominent investors such as Softbank Vision Fund 2 and Mastercard, Zeta has raised $280 million, at a valuation of $1.5 billion.

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