Engineering Manager

About Us:

Paytm is India's leading mobile payments and financial services distribution company. Pioneer of the mobile QR payments revolution in India, Paytm builds technologies that help small businesses with payments and commerce. Paytm’s mission is to serve half a billion Indians and bring them to the mainstream economy with the help of technology.

About the Role:

As an Engineering Manager – Backend, you will be responsible for building and leading high-performing backend engineering teams while driving the design, architecture, and delivery of highly scalable systems. You will balance people leadership, technical excellence, and execution, ensuring timely delivery of reliable and high-quality products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of backend engineers to deliver complex projects successfully
• Own end-to-end delivery including planning, execution, and release management
• Drive system design and architecture for scalable and resilient backend platforms
• Establish and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, and quality benchmarks
• Partner with Product and Program teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Build, motivate, and retain high-performing engineering teams
• Ensure performance, reliability, security, and scalability of backend systems
• Act as a hands-on technical leader when required

Requirements:

• 9+ years of server-side application development experience with Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and AWS
• 2+ years of experience in leading or managing engineering teams
• Demonstrated experience delivering highly scalable, distributed systems
• Deep technical expertise with a proven track record of successful delivery
• Strong program and product management mindset
• Proven success in building, motivating, and retaining teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex designs and technical plans
• Excellent judgment, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Strong design and architecture knowledge

Preferred Qualification:

• Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Skills that will help you succeed in this role

Tech Stack :Java, Spring, microservices, RDBMS, Kafka / RabbitMQ, AWS

Strong experience in scaling, performance tuning, and optimization at both API and storage layers

Strong stakeholder management and execution skill

Hands-on leader and problem solver with a passion for excellence

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact while working on large-scale products
• Culture that encourages innovation and ownership
• Work on technology that drives financial inclusion for millions
• A successful organization driven by collective energy and strong customer focus
• Learn more about the exciting work we do in Tech by reading our Engineering blog

Compensation: If you are the right fit, we believe in creating wealth for you. With 500M+ registered users, 21M+ merchants, and deep data across our ecosystem, we are uniquely positioned to democratize credit for deserving consumers and merchants .India’s largest digital lending story is brewing here — and this is your opportunity to be a part of it.