Software Development Engineer II - Backend
Job Summary
Job Description
Zeta is seeking a Software Development Engineer II - Backend to build large-scale transaction processing systems for payment networks and develop applications for banks. Responsibilities include building scalable and secure payments platforms, gathering requirements from product teams, implementing advanced cryptography, analyzing large datasets, developing low-level infrastructure for network performance, identifying problem patterns, and researching new technologies. The role requires a Bachelor's/Master's degree in engineering with over 3 years of experience in enterprise systems, particularly with large-scale Java applications, distributed systems, scalability, availability, relational and NoSQL databases, concurrency, memory allocation, GC, IaaS clouds, and message brokers.
Must have:
- 3+ years of experience building enterprise systems
- Worked on large-scale Java applications
- Understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and availability
- Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases
- Focus on latency and throughput
- In-depth understanding of concurrency and memory management
Good to have:
- Experience with IaaS clouds (AWS/Google Cloud, Azure, OpenStack)
- Experience with Message Brokers and Application Containers
Perks:
- People Must Grow philosophy
- Opportunities for growth
- Adventurous and exhilarating work environment
- Work with industry best minds
- Culture valuing diverse thoughts
- Equal opportunity employer
- Commitment to equal employment opportunities regardless of background
6 skills required
Job Details
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.
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.
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