Responsibilities:

<ul>
<li>Take deep architectural ownership of critical components within the Rewards platform, driving long-term strategy, ensuring system resilience, and setting high standards for API design, observability, security, and compliance while actively mitigating architectural debt and risks.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>Design and deploy real-time recommendation systems to deliver personalised user experiences based on individual card behaviour, transaction patterns, and engagement metrics.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>Scale CRED's gaming systems that drive user participation, building reliable, low-latency infrastructure capable of handling large concurrent user interactions during reward events and campaigns.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>Refactor and stabilise the fragmented store architecture by consolidating 22+ microservices into a more maintainable, resilient, and efficient system, reducing operational complexity and improving developer productivity.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>Actively collaborate with Product and Business stakeholders to define and refine ambiguous problem statements, contribute to product strategy, and translate complex challenges into robust, scalable technical roadmaps.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>Champion and drive the adoption of innovative technologies, architectural patterns, and engineering best practices that align with CRED's long-term vision and business objectives.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>Contribute significantly to engineering-wide excellence by actively participating in hiring top talent, mentoring engineers across teams, and driving initiatives to improve engineering processes, productivity, and cost-effectiveness.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>Operate as a horizontal enabler, working across multiple functions since Rewards interacts deeply with Payments, Engagement, Storefront, and Analytics teams to ensure seamless integration and cross-functional success.</li>
</ul>

Requirements:

<ul>
<li>4-6 years of experience in product engineering, system design, and backend architecture.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>A strong bias for execution speed and shipping high-quality features in fast-paced environments.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>Experience making technical trade-offs and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align on solutions.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>Hands-on expertise with Java, Go, or similar backend languages, and experience with databases like DynamoDB, RDS, or Aerospike.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>A tech generalist mindset comfortable working across systems with breadth more than niche depth.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>Proven ability to mentor engineers, conduct deep code reviews, and raise the team's technical bar.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>A passion for building consumer-facing platforms and an eye for user-centric thinking.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>Thrive in agile environments, are a self-starter, and bring energy and ownership to your work. </li>
</ul>

Backend Developer

Responsibilities: Take deep architectural ownership of critical components within the Rewards platform, driving long-term strategy, ensuring system resilience, and setting high standards for API design, observability, security, and compliance while actively mitigating architectural debt and risks. Design and deploy real-time recommendation systems to deliver personalised user experiences based on individual card behaviour, transaction patterns, and engagement metrics. Scale CRED's gaming systems that drive user participation, building reliable, low-latency infrastructure capable of handling large concurrent user interactions during reward events and campaigns. Refactor and stabilise the fragmented store architecture by consolidating 22+ microservices into a more maintainable, resilient, and efficient system, reducing operational complexity and improving developer productivity. Actively collaborate with Product and Business stakeholders to define and refine ambiguous problem statements, contribute to product strategy, and translate complex challenges into robust, scalable technical roadmaps. Champion and drive the adoption of innovative technologies, architectural patterns, and engineering best practices that align with CRED's long-term vision and business objectives. Contribute significantly to engineering-wide excellence by actively participating in hiring top talent, mentoring engineers across teams, and driving initiatives to improve engineering processes, productivity, and cost-effectiveness. Operate as a horizontal enabler, working across multiple functions since Rewards interacts deeply with Payments, Engagement, Storefront, and Analytics teams to ensure seamless integration and cross-functional success. Requirements: 4-6 years of experience in product engineering, system design, and backend architecture. A strong bias for execution speed and shipping high-quality features in fast-paced environments. Experience making technical trade-offs and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align on solutions. Hands-on expertise with Java, Go, or similar backend languages, and experience with databases like DynamoDB, RDS, or Aerospike. A tech generalist mindset comfortable working across systems with breadth more than niche depth. Proven ability to mentor engineers, conduct deep code reviews, and raise the team's technical bar. A passion for building consumer-facing platforms and an eye for user-centric thinking. Thrive in agile environments, are a self-starter, and bring energy and ownership to your work.

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