Software Engineer -Backend (3-5 years)

About PhonePe Limited:

Headquartered in India its flagship product the PhonePe digital payments app was launched in Aug 2016. As of April 2025 PhonePe has over 60 Crore (600 Million) registered users and a digital payments acceptance network spread across over 4 Crore (40 million) merchants. PhonePe also processes over 33 Crore (330 Million) transactions daily with an Annualized Total Payment Value (TPV) of over INR 150 lakh crore.

PhonePes portfolio of businesses includes the distribution of financial products (InsuranceLending and Wealth) as well as new consumer tech businesses (Pincode - hyperlocal e-commerce and Indus AppStore Localized App Store for the Android ecosystem) in Indiawhich are aligned with the companys vision to offer every Indian an equal opportunity toaccelerate their progress by unlocking the flow of money and access to services.

Culture:

At PhonePe we go the extra mile to make sure you can bring your best self to work Everyday!. And that starts with creating the right environment for you. We empower people and trust them to do the right thing. Here you own your work from start to finish right from day one. PhonePe-rs solve complex problems and execute quickly; often building frameworks from scratch. If youre excited by the idea of building platforms that touch millions ideating with some of the best minds in the country and executing on your dreams with purpose and speed join us!

Challenges

Building for Scale Rapid Iterative Development and Customer-centric Product Thinking at each step defines every day for a developer at PhonePe. Though we engineer for a 50million strong user base we code with every individual user in mind. While we are quick to adopt the latest in Engineering we care utmost for security stability and automation. Apply if you want to experience the best combination of passionate application development and product-driven thinking

As a Software Engineer:

You will build Robust and scalable web-based applications You will need to think of platforms & reuse

Build abstractions and contracts with separation of concerns for a larger scope

Drive problem-solving skills for high-level business and technical problems.

Do high-level design with guidance; Functional modeling break-down of a module

Do incremental changes to architecture: impact analysis of the same

Do performance tuning and improvements in large scale distributed systems

Mentor young minds and foster team spirit break down execution into phases to bring predictability to overall execution

Work closely with Product Manager to derive capability view from features/solutions Lead execution of medium-sized projects

Work with broader stakeholders to track the impact of projects/features and proactively iterate to improve them As a senior software engineer you must have

Extensive and expert programming experience in at least one general programming language (e.g. Java C C) & tech stack to write maintainable scalable unit-tested code.

Experience with multi-threading and concurrency programming

Extensive experience in object-oriented design skills knowledge of design patterns and huge passion and ability to design intuitive module and class-level interfaces

Excellent coding skills should be able to convert the design into code fluently

Knowledge of Test Driven Development

Good understanding of databases (e.g. MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g. HBase Elasticsearch Aerospike etc)

Strong desire to solving complex and interesting real-world problems

Experience with full life cycle development in any programming language on a Linux platform

Go-getter attitude that reflects in energy and intent behind assigned tasks

Worked in a startups environment with high levels of ownership and commitment

BTech MTech or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical discipline (or equivalent).

Experience in building highly scalable business applications which involve implementing large complex business flows and dealing with a huge amount of data.

3-5 years of experience in the art of writing code and solving problems on a Large Scale.

An open communicator who shares thoughts and opinions frequently listens intently and takes constructive feedback.

As a Software Engineer good to have

The ability to drive the design and architecture of multiple subsystems

Ability to break-down larger/fuzzier problems into smaller ones in the scope of the product

Understanding of the industrys coding standards and an ability to create appropriate technical documentation.

PhonePe Full Time Employee Benefits (Not applicable for Intern or Contract Roles)

• Insurance Benefits - Medical Insurance Critical Illness Insurance Accidental Insurance Life Insurance
• Wellness Program - Employee Assistance Program Onsite Medical Center Emergency Support System
• Parental Support - Maternity Benefit Paternity Benefit Program Adoption Assistance Program Day-care Support Program
• Mobility Benefits - Relocation benefits Transfer Support Policy Travel Policy
• Retirement Benefits - Employee PF Contribution Flexible PF Contribution Gratuity NPS Leave Encashment
• Other Benefits - Higher Education Assistance Car Lease Salary Advance Policy

Our inclusive culture promotes individual expression creativity innovation and achievement and in turn helps us better understand and serve our customers. We see ourselves as a place for intellectual curiosity ideas and debates where diverse perspectives lead to deeper understanding and better quality results. PhonePe is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to treating all its employees and job applicants equally; regardless of gender sexual preference religion race color or disability. If you have a disability or special need that requires assistance or reasonable accommodation during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please fill out this form.

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