Principal Engineer

A Principal engineer at Razorpay is well-grounded - innovative, quality focussed, product thinker, business conscious - not mere coders, of course, with deeper technical context and experience to build quality software. You should be able to see nuances and elements that others might not. Engineering creates a significant impact across different areas, considering the scale of our software product outreach. You’re expected to be involved in almost every project and also influence the culture of the company and help shape it in the right way.

Roles and Responsibilities :

Drive the technology and engineering best practices on different fronts like quality, performance, design, and operations at the organizational level

Responsible for design, architecture, and delivery of a feature or component / product with the highest quality with high-level directions from architects

Drive technology innovations & remaining ahead of the curve

Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end products & features

Demonstrate ability to multi-task and re-prioritize responsibilities based on changing requirements

Estimate efforts, identify risks, devices and meets project schedules

Runs review meetings effectively and drives the closure of all open issues on time

Provide functional, design, and code reviews in related areas of expertise within team and cross-team.

Mentor / coach engineers to facilitate their development and provide technical leadership to them

Rise above detail to see broader issues and implications for the whole product / team & Implement a long-term technology vision for your organization & team

Contribute to streamlining hiring challenges and helping hire high-quality engineers for the organization

Represent organization and team in external & internal forums, respectively

Mandatory Qualifications :

12+ years of strong design / development experience in building massively large-scale distributed internet systems and products

Deep expertise in more than one programming language and tech stack to write maintainable, scalable, unit-tested code

Experience leading & mentoring project teams

Strong Object-oriented skills, knowledge of design patterns, and uncanny ability to design intuitive modules and class-level interfaces.

Deep understanding of data-driven web application design and development

Superior organization, communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills

Must be a proven performer and team player that enjoys challenging assignments in a high-energy, fast-growing, and start-up workplace

Must be a self-starter who can work well with minimal guidance and in a fluid environment

Must be excited by challenges surrounding the development of massively scalable & distributed system

Agility and ability to adapt quickly to changing requirements and scope and priorities

The experience of having been a software engineer for at least 12 years.

Have a few weekend side projects up on GitHub

Have contributed to an open-source project

Have worked at a product company

Have a working knowledge of a backend programming language

Location : Bangalore