Full stack Engineer - Senior API Architect
Domain: Payments | Banking Technology | Cloud Modernization
Be part of a newly formed team delivering for payment processing. This role will drive the introduction of a lean, reusable payment processing engine that will power next-generation payment capabilities.
You will work within an inner sourcing model, leveraging existing enterprise software assets with a strong focus on reuse, modernization, and enhancement. The goal is to enable rapid delivery of new product features with high quality and cost efficiency.
🔹 Key Responsibilities
Deliver engineering expertise for the building best-in-class payment processing capabilities
Develop high-quality, production-ready code with robust test coverage
Design highly available and resilient distributed systems
Contribute to design and development within a cross-functional delivery team
Lead modernization of payment platforms with cloud-native adoption
Provide architecture guidance aligned with global standards
Resolve architectural and development blockers
Partner with DevOps teams to implement CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices
Ensure compliance with regulatory, cybersecurity, and data privacy standards
Drive feasibility studies, cost/benefit analysis, and vendor evaluations
🔹 Technical Expertise Required
15+ years of experience as an API Engineer / Architect
Strong API design expertise with architectural artefacts (LLD, gap analysis, data models)
10+ years in backend microservices development
Expert-level Java (mandatory); exposure to Go and Rust preferred
JVM tuning & performance diagnostics
Distributed systems design (Microservices, Spring Boot)
Docker, Kubernetes (K8s), Service Mesh
Kafka (cluster configuration + producer/consumer development)
Monitoring & Observability: Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, Jaeger, Kiali, OpenTelemetry
Cloud & DevOps expertise (VPC, IAM, firewall, sizing & costing)
Strong Linux, networking, storage, load balancing knowledge
Advanced SQL & distributed databases
Experience in Financial Services (Payments domain preferred)
🔹 Leadership & Soft Skills
Set engineering standards and lead by example
Mentor and coach engineering teams
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to influence architectural and technical decisions
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Ability to thrive in fast-paced, evolving environments