Software Engineer (3-5yrs)

2 Hours ago • 3-5 Years
Software Development & Engineering

Job Description

PhonePe, headquartered in India, is a leading digital payments app with over 600 million users and a vast merchant network. The company is expanding into financial products and new consumer tech. As a Software Engineer, you will build robust, scalable web applications, focusing on platforms and reusability. You'll drive problem-solving, perform high-level design, optimize distributed systems, and mentor junior engineers. The role demands expertise in programming languages like Java, C, C++, multi-threading, object-oriented design, and databases, with 3-5 years of experience in large-scale problem-solving.
Good To Have:
  • Ability to drive the design and architecture of multiple subsystems.
  • Ability to break down larger/fuzzier problems into smaller ones.
  • Understanding of industry’s coding standards and technical documentation.
Must Have:
  • Build robust and scalable web-based applications.
  • Design platforms and promote reuse.
  • Create abstractions and contracts with separation of concerns.
  • Drive problem-solving for business and technical challenges.
  • Perform high-level design, functional modeling, and module breakdown.
  • Implement and analyze incremental architectural changes.
  • Tune performance in large-scale distributed systems.
  • Mentor team members and ensure predictable execution.
  • Collaborate with Product Managers on feature capabilities.
  • Lead medium-sized project execution.
  • Track project impact with stakeholders and iterate for improvement.
  • Expert programming in Java, C, or C++.
  • Experience with multi-threading and concurrency.
  • Proficient in object-oriented design and design patterns.
  • Excellent coding skills.
  • Knowledge of Test Driven Development.
  • Strong understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Desire to solve complex real-world problems.
  • Full life cycle development experience on Linux.
  • Proactive attitude with high ownership.
  • Experience in startup environments.
  • BTech, MTech, or Ph.D. in Computer Science.
  • 3-5 years of large-scale coding and problem-solving experience.
  • Experience building highly scalable business applications.
  • Open communicator, receptive to feedback.
Perks:
  • Medical Insurance
  • Critical Illness Insurance
  • Accidental Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Onsite Medical Center
  • Emergency Support System
  • Maternity Benefit
  • Paternity Benefit Program
  • Adoption Assistance Program
  • Day-care Support Program
  • Relocation benefits
  • Transfer Support Policy
  • Travel Policy
  • Employee PF Contribution
  • Flexible PF Contribution
  • Gratuity
  • NPS
  • Leave Encashment
  • Higher Education Assistance
  • Car Lease
  • Salary Advance Policy

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About PhonePe Limited:

Headquartered in India, its flagship product, the PhonePe digital payments app, was launched in Aug 2016. As of April 2025, PhonePe has over 60 Crore (600 Million) registered users and a digital payments acceptance network spread across over 4 Crore (40+ million) merchants. PhonePe also processes over 33 Crore (330+ Million) transactions daily with an Annualized Total Payment Value (TPV) of over INR 150 lakh crore.

PhonePe’s portfolio of businesses includes the distribution of financial products (Insurance, Lending, and Wealth) as well as new consumer tech businesses (Pincode - hyperlocal e-commerce and Indus AppStore Localized App Store for the Android ecosystem) in India, which are aligned with the company’s vision to offer every Indian an equal opportunity to accelerate their progress by unlocking the flow of money and access to services.

Culture:

At PhonePe, we go the extra mile to make sure you can bring your best self to work, Everyday!. And that starts with creating the right environment for you. We empower people and trust them to do the right thing. Here, you own your work from start to finish, right from day one. PhonePe-rs solve complex problems and execute quickly; often building frameworks from scratch. If you’re excited by the idea of building platforms that touch millions, ideating with some of the best minds in the country and executing on your dreams with purpose and speed, join us!

Challenges

Building for Scale, Rapid Iterative Development, and Customer-centric Product Thinking at each step defines every day for a developer at PhonePe. Though we engineer for a 50million+ strong user base, we code with every individual user in mind. While we are quick to adopt the latest in Engineering, we care utmost for security, stability, and automation. Apply if you want to experience the best combination of passionate application development and product-driven thinking

As a Software Engineer:

  • You will build Robust and scalable web-based applications You will need to think of platforms & reuse
  • Build abstractions and contracts with separation of concerns for a larger scope
  • Drive problem-solving skills for high-level business and technical problems.
  • Do high-level design with guidance; Functional modeling, break-down of a module
  • Do incremental changes to architecture: impact analysis of the same
  • Do performance tuning and improvements in large scale distributed systems
  • Mentor young minds and foster team spirit, break down execution into phases to bring predictability to overall execution
  • Work closely with Product Manager to derive capability view from features/solutions, Lead execution of medium-sized projects
  • Work with broader stakeholders to track the impact of projects/features and proactively iterate to improve them As a senior software engineer 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.
  • Experience with multi-threading and concurrency programming
  • Extensive experience in object-oriented design skills, knowledge of design patterns, and huge passion and ability to design intuitive module and class-level interfaces
  • Excellent coding skills – should be able to convert the design into code fluently
  • Knowledge of Test Driven Development
  • Good understanding of databases (e.g. MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g. HBase, Elasticsearch, Aerospike, etc)
  • Strong desire to solving complex and interesting real-world problems
  • Experience with full life cycle development in any programming language on a Linux platform
  • Go-getter attitude that reflects in energy and intent behind assigned tasks
  • Worked in a startups environment with high levels of ownership and commitment
  • BTech, MTech, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical discipline (or equivalent).
  • 3-5 years of experience in the art of writing code and solving problems on a Large Scale.
  • Experience in building highly scalable business applications, which involve implementing large complex business flows and dealing with a huge amount of data.
  • An open communicator who shares thoughts and opinions frequently listens intently and takes constructive feedback.

As a Software Engineer, good to have

  • The ability to drive the design and architecture of multiple subsystems
  • Ability to break-down larger/fuzzier problems into smaller ones in the scope of the product
  • Understanding of the industry’s coding standards and an ability to create appropriate technical documentation.

PhonePe Full Time Employee Benefits (Not applicable for Intern or Contract Roles)

  • Insurance Benefits - Medical Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accidental Insurance, Life Insurance
  • Wellness Program - Employee Assistance Program, Onsite Medical Center, Emergency Support System
  • Parental Support - Maternity Benefit, Paternity Benefit Program, Adoption Assistance Program, Day-care Support Program
  • Mobility Benefits - Relocation benefits, Transfer Support Policy, Travel Policy
  • Retirement Benefits - Employee PF Contribution, Flexible PF Contribution, Gratuity, NPS, Leave Encashment
  • Other Benefits - Higher Education Assistance, Car Lease, Salary Advance Policy

Our inclusive culture promotes individual expression, creativity, innovation, and achievement and in turn helps us better understand and serve our customers. We see ourselves as a place for intellectual curiosity, ideas and debates, where diverse perspectives lead to deeper understanding and better quality results. PhonePe is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to treating all its employees and job applicants equally; regardless of gender, sexual preference, religion, race, color or disability. If you have a disability or special need that requires assistance or reasonable accommodation, during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please fill out this form.

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