Software Development Engineer

About the Role

We are not looking for engineers who close tickets. We are looking for engineers who feel responsible for the entire outcome, who ask the hard questions, make sound architectural decisions, ship to production, and continuously improve what they have built.

Responsibilities

Full product lifecycle from the first design conversation through to post-launch optimisation.

• Frontend experiences and backend systems that are reliable, performant, and built to scale.
• APIs, integrations, databases, and caching layers across the full stack.
• Payment systems gateway integrations, transaction flows, webhook handling, reconciliation pipelines, and payout workflows.
• Idempotency, retry logic, and fault-tolerant design within payment and financial workflows.

What You'll Need

• Strong proficiency in React.js on the frontend and Node.js with Express.js on the backend.
• Solid understanding of MongoDB, MySQL, or PostgreSQL with sound judgment on data modelling and querying.
• Proven, hands-on experience building or integrating payment systems in a production environment, gateway integrations (Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, Razorpay, or similar), transaction lifecycle management, webhook handling, or reconciliation workflows.
• Familiarity with secure handling of financial data, tokenisation, encryption, and PCI-DSS compliance awareness.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs and system integrations.
• Experience with Redis or other NoSQL systems.
• Proficiency with Git-based collaborative development workflows.
• Understanding of Agile and Scrum development practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Resume Tip

Highlight your experience with cloud platforms, containerization, and CI/CD tools, as well as your understanding of automated testing practices and AI-assisted development tools.