Backend Engineer at Chennai, Delhi Full Time

About Tazapay

Tazapay is a Singapore-based B2B payments startup, backed by Sequoia Capital, Saison Capital, and RTP Global, enabling small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to conduct secure cross-border commerce. Founded by experts in payments, e-commerce, and cross-border trade, Tazapay is focused on driving digital transformation in the B2B space, addressing post-pandemic shifts and new opportunities with a culture of openness, innovation, and growth.

What Awaits You?

Joining us now means being part of an exceptional team on an exciting journey just as we’re preparing for significant growth. This is a unique opportunity to help build something from the ground up, with the satisfaction of seeing your work impact thousands of users. You’ll experience growth across all areas – Sales, Software Development, Marketing, HR, Accounting, and more – and share in a culture of openness, innovation, and memorable experiences.

Are you ready for the ride?

Explore what you could accomplish with us!

Backend Engineer Role

Responsibilities (not exhaustive)

• Design, write, and deliver highly scalable, reliable, and fault-tolerant systems with minimal guidance.
• Participate in code and design reviews to maintain high development standards.
• Collaborate with product management to define and execute the feature roadmap.
• Translate business requirements into scalable and extensible design.
• Proactively manage stakeholder communication regarding deliverables, risks, changes, and dependencies.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams (Mobile, DevOps, Data, UX, QA, etc.) on planning and execution.
• Continuously improve code quality, product performance, and customer satisfaction.
• Willingness to learn new languages and methodologies.
• Display a strong sense of ownership.
• Engage in service capacity and demand planning, software performance analysis, tuning, and optimization.

The Ideal Candidate

Education

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in commercial software development within large distributed systems.

Experience

• Hands-on experience in designing, developing, testing, and deploying applications on one or more of the following: Golang, Ruby, Python, .Net Core, or Java for large-scale applications.
• In-depth knowledge of Linux as a production environment.
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and asynchronous architectures.
• Expert in at least one language: Golang, Python, Ruby, Java, C, C++.
• Proficient in OOP, including design patterns.
• Ability to design and implement low-latency RESTful services.
• Proven experience in building backend services for high-volume traffic.
• Strong understanding of system performance and scaling.
• Excellent communication, analytical skills, and design abilities.
• Experience with data modeling in both relational and NoSQL databases.
• Able to continuously refactor applications for high-quality design.
• Skilled in planning, prioritizing, estimating, and executing releases predictably.
• Able to scope, review, and refine user stories for technical completeness and dependency mitigation.
• Eager to learn new technologies and tackle complex challenges.
• “Can-do” attitude.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with the Golang ecosystem.
• Experience running web services at scale; understanding of systems internals and networking.
• Knowledge of HTTP/HTTPS communication protocols.

Abilities and Traits

• Strong attention to product details and ability to meet deadlines.
• High focus and precision for extended periods of repetitive tasks.
• Proactive problem-solver with strong anticipation skills.
• Team-oriented and able to assist others in resolving issues.
• Quality-oriented and structured in approach.
• Exceptional planning, organization, and prioritization skills.
• Demonstrated logical and analytical thinking abilities.

If you’re excited by this role, we’d love to see how you can make an impact on our journey.