Architect

Description

About PhonePe : Our goal is to make digital payments so easy, safe and universally accepted that people never feel the need to carry cash or cards again. We believe India is at the cusp of a new mobile revolution, which will change the way we manage our money on the go. We see ourselves facilitating this change, through technology and dogged customer centricity.

At PhonePe, we take extra care to make sure you give your best at work, Everyday! And creating the right environment for you is just one of the things we do.  We empower people and trust them to do the right thing. Here, you own your work from start to finish, right from day one.

Being enthusiastic about tech is a big part of being at PhonePe.

If you like building technology that impacts millions, ideating with some of the best minds in the country and executing on your dreams with purpose and speed, join us!

As an architect,

You will translate high level business problems into scalable design and code. Create libraries & Utilities for larger consumption

You will write performant, unit-tested code, develop object-oriented models and design data structure for new software projects taking systems aspects into account

Create platforms and services in your product/team using your strong background in distributed systems design and large scale storage systems

Influence product requirements & operational plans. Insist on best practices for development and champion their adoption, while working with product manager to estimate and plan projects in agile development framework including any inter dependencies

Mentor junior engineers on software design, coding practices and TDD strategies and form a holistic mentoring plan for Mentee

Own the scalability and reliability of core systems and cross-functional systems. 

Accountable for the scalability and reliability of entire ecosystem owned by the individual

Derives insights and learnings and shares with teams

As an architect, 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.

Ability to drive design and architecture of multiple subsystems 

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

Excellent coding skills and act as a role model for junior engineers from code quality perspective

Knowledge of Test Driven Development

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

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

BTech, MTech, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical discipline (or

equivalent).

9+ years of experience in building highly scalable business applications, which involve implementing large complex business flows and dealing with huge amount of data.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information clearly and concisely to a variety of audiences

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