Software Development Engineer II - Backend

About Zeta

Zeta is a Next-Gen Banking Tech company that empowers banks and fintechs to launch banking products for the future. It was founded by Bhavin Turakhia and Ramki Gaddipati in 2015.

Our flagship processing platform - Zeta Tachyon - is the industry’s first modern, cloud-native, and fully API-enabled stack that brings together issuance, processing, lending, core banking, fraud & risk, and many more capabilities as a single-vendor stack. 20M+ cards have been issued on our platform globally.

Zeta is actively working with the largest Banks and Fintechs in multiple global markets transforming customer experience for multi-million card portfolios.

Zeta has over 1,700+ employees across the US, EMEA, and Asia, with 70%+ roles in R&D. Backed by SoftBank, Mastercard, and other investors, we raised $330M at a $2B valuation in 2025.

Learn more @ www.zeta.tech, careers.zeta.tech, Linkedin, Twitter

The Role :

• We build large-scale transaction processing systems that can work with many current and future payment networks. We build applications that help banks realise the value of this new approach early. We help banks to rapidly deliver the value of these applications to their customers.

What would you do here?

• Building highly-scalable and secure payments platform
• Working with various product teams gathering requirements and adding capabilities
• Using cutting-edge cryptography to secure payments beyond industry standards.
• Deriving actionable insights by mining TBs of data.
• Building low-level infrastructure that aims to push the boundaries of network performance.
• Identify patterns and provide solutions to class of problems
• Research, evaluate and socialize new tools, technologies, and techniques to improve the value of the system

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in engineering with 3+ years of experience building enterprise systems
• Worked on one or more large scale java applications
• Good understanding of nuances of distributed systems, scalability, and availability
• Good knowledge of one or more relational and NoSQL databases and transactions
• Shrewd focus on latency and throughput of services
• In-depth understanding of concurrency, synchronization, NIO, memory allocation and GC
• Experience with IaaS clouds like AWS/Google Cloud, Azure, OpenStack etc.
• Experience in working with Message Brokers and Application Containers

Life At Zeta

At Zeta, we want you to grow to be the best version of yourself by unlocking the great potential that lies within you. This is why our core philosophy is ‘People Must Grow.’ We recognize your aspirations; act as enablers by bringing you the right opportunities, and let you grow as you chase disruptive goals.

#LifeAtZeta is adventurous and exhilarating at the same time. You get to work with some of the best minds in the industry and experience a culture that values the diversity of thoughts. If you want to push boundaries, learn continuously and grow to be the best version of yourself, Zeta is the place to be! Explore the life at zeta

Zeta is an equal opportunity employer.

At Zeta, we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of job history, disability, gender identity, religion, race, marital/parental status, or another special status. We are proud to be an equitable workplace that welcomes individuals from all walks of life if they fit the roles and responsibilities.