Job Description

Description Position Summary : As an Staff Engineer, you will define and own the architecture of high-volume, distributed payment and engagement systems. You will balance strategic technical leadership with hands-on problem-solving, guiding teams to deliver secure, scalable, and future-ready platforms across global ecosystem. Role & Responsibilities Own end-to-end architecture and design for distributed, high-scale services. Drive technical vision, standards, and best practices. Stay hands-on with prototyping, debugging, and complex problem-solving. Collaborate with Product, QA, EMs, and peer teams to align with business goals. Conduct architecture and code reviews, ensuring quality and maintainability. Mentor and guide engineers across levels, fostering innovation and growth. Evaluate emerging tools and technologies to improve system and developer productivity. Requirements 10+ years of backend engineering experience. Expertise in Java 11+, Spring Boot, REST APIs, AWS. Proficiency in one or more additional languages (Go, Python). Proven experience with high-volume distributed systems. Strong skills in system design, scaling, performance optimization, and security. Hands-on with cloud platforms, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills. Payments experience is must. Strong knowledge of Agile practices (SAFe, Scrum) Mandatory Skills : Java, Payment Domain, Microservices, Spring Boot Framework, Aws Cloud, Nosql Databases, RDBMS, Caching Techniques, System Design Skill to Evaluate: Java, Payment Domain, Microservices, Spring Boot Framework, AWS Cloud, NoSQL Databases, RDBMS, Caching Techniques, System Design (ref:hirist.tech)