Software Development Engineer II - Backend
Job Summary
Job Description
Zeta is seeking a Software Development Engineer II - Backend to build and enhance large-scale transaction processing systems for the payments industry. The role involves working with various product teams to gather requirements and add capabilities, utilizing cutting-edge cryptography for secure payments, and mining large datasets for actionable insights. The engineer will also develop low-level infrastructure to improve network performance and identify solutions for complex problems. Responsibilities include researching and evaluating new tools and technologies to enhance system value. This position requires a Bachelor's/Master's degree in engineering and over 3 years of experience in building enterprise systems, with a strong focus on Java applications, distributed systems, scalability, availability, relational and NoSQL databases, concurrency, and cloud platforms like AWS/Google Cloud/Azure.
Must have:
- 3+ years of experience building enterprise systems
- Worked on large scale Java applications
- Good understanding of distributed systems
- Knowledge of relational/NoSQL databases
- Focus on latency and throughput
- Understanding of concurrency and memory allocation
- Experience with IaaS clouds
- Experience with Message Brokers/Application Containers
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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