Staff Backend Engineer · Hyderabad

Staff Backend Engineer is a delivery-focused opportunity based in Hyderabad, India.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money. We do this to keep our customers' money safe and to prevent criminals from using our products for illegal activities.

Key Responsibilities

• As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money
• We do this to keep our customers' money safe and to prevent criminals from using our products for illegal activities
• We in Personal Onboarding Verification are building and running the global KYC (Know Your Customer) system that provides the functionality to verify our customers
• Design, build, and improve software systems that support the goals of the Backend Engineer function.
• Translate product or business requirements into clean, maintainable technical solutions.
• Write high-quality code with appropriate testing, code review, and documentation discipline.
• Collaborate with product, design, QA, and peer engineers to deliver reliable releases.
• Investigate bugs, performance issues, and production risks with a strong root-cause mindset.
• Improve system reliability, observability, and maintainability through thoughtful engineering decisions.
• Contribute to architecture and implementation discussions with pragmatic technical trade-offs.
• Break down complex work into clear milestones and communicate status transparently.
• Refactor and simplify existing code where it improves long-term velocity and quality.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• Strong coding fundamentals with attention to reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Experience working with code reviews, testing practices, and collaborative delivery workflows.
• Ability to break down ambiguous problems into clear technical solutions.
• Comfort partnering with cross-functional teams in iterative product or platform environments.
• Strong debugging, communication, and ownership skills across the software lifecycle.

Applications should be submitted through the listed apply link.