Razorpay
Financial Technology
LeadSoftwareDevelopmentEngineer
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“Lead Software Development Engineer at Razorpay. Skills: Software Development, Payments Infrastructure, API Design. Drive product & design discussions. Scale payment infrastructure”
What You'll Achieve.
Make online payments easy and accessible
Industry & Context.
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What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of experience in Technology, Product design sense, Good experience with programming languages like PHP, Python, Django, Golang, Java, C++, Understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases and come up with effective solutions, Good understanding of REST APIs and the web, Ability to build a feature from scratch & drive it to completion, Willingness to learn new technology
Nice to Have
Few weekend side projects up on GitHub, Contributed to an open-source project, Worked at a product company, Working knowledge of a backend programming language
What You'll Do.
Drive product & design discussions
Scale payment infrastructure
Shape REST APIs for developers
Contribute to open source
Brainstorm new directions for payments
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Ecosystem partners; Cross-functional teams
Full Job Description
Razorpay is one of India’s leading full-stack financial technology companies, powering the way businesses move, manage, and grow money. Founded in 2014 by Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar with a simple vision - to simplify payments for Indian businesses - we’ve since grown into a fintech powerhouse driving India’s digital payment revolution. Razorpay powers millions of businesses with a smarter, scalable stack that goes beyond transactions to help them truly build and grow. From building AI-native agentic payments, to AI-assisted fraud detection and real-time risk intelligence to automated reconciliation, smart payouts, and predictive financial insights, we are embedding intelligence across our stack to make money movement faster, safer, and more efficient. In close collaboration with ecosystem partners - including banks, networks, regulators - we are pioneering industry-first solutions that are shaping the next era of fintech Across India, Singapore and Malaysia, our products span everything from seamless checkouts to payroll automation - powering a fintech ecosystem that’s redefining how money moves across Asia. Today, that ecosystem supports everyone from early-stage startups to some of India’s largest enterprises, enabling them to accept, process, and disburse payments at scale while expanding into new ways of managing money more efficiently. Our scale speaks volumes: Razorpay processes $180+ billion in annualized transactions, powering leading businesses like Airbnb, Facebook, WhatsApp, Airtel, CRED, BookmyShow, Zomato, Swiggy, Lenskart, Mirae Asset Capital markets, Indian Oil, National Pension Scheme - and over 100 of India’s unicorns. With strong roots in India and growing operations in Southeast Asia, we are shaping the next chapter of financial technology across the region. We are backed by global investors including GIC, Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA), Tiger Global, Ribbit Capital, Matrix Partners, MasterCard, and Salesforce Ventu
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