Senior Backend Engineer (SDE 3) - Golang Focus

Join Cashfree Payments in Bangalore as a Senior Backend Engineer (SDE 3), a pivotal role for individuals passionate about constructing high-performance distributed systems. This is an exceptional opportunity to move beyond standard CRUD applications and dive into designing, building, and architecting scalable, fault-tolerant backend systems and services that drive real-time AI and voice infrastructure. If you are dedicated to writing clean code, excel in system design, thrive on performance optimization, and possess a deep understanding of distributed architecture, this role is ideally suited for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop robust, high-performance backend services utilizing Golang, Node, or Python.
• Architect highly scalable and resilient microservices and complex distributed systems.
• Engage with performance-critical systems demanding high concurrency and ultra-low latency.
• Create clean, well-defined APIs (REST/gRPC) and meticulously structured backend components.
• Actively participate in and contribute to critical system design discussions and architectural decisions.
• Implement and manage cutting-edge cloud-native infrastructure, with a preference for Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Develop and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools like Terraform.
• Enhance system observability through the implementation and utilization of tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and sophisticated logging and tracing systems.
• Contribute to the development and optimization of CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation processes.
• Continuously optimize systems for peak performance, unwavering reliability, and cost-efficiency.

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of 3 years of extensive backend development experience.
• Demonstrable, hands-on experience with Golang in production environments.
• A strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and fundamental computer science principles.
• Profound understanding of system design principles and the intricacies of distributed systems.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing scalable microservices architectures.
• In-depth knowledge of concurrency patterns, memory management, and performance tuning specifically within Go.
• Proficiency with Docker and experience in containerized deployment strategies.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, preferably GCP (AWS or Azure experience is also considered).

Technical Expertise:

• Strong experience in designing and implementing robust APIs (REST/gRPC).
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures and message queuing systems (e.g., Kafka, Google Cloud Pub/Sub).
• Practical experience with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi).
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes and modern cloud-native architectural patterns.