Backend Developer - Node.js

About ZYSYGY

ZYSYGY is building Germany's zero-fee payment network. Merchants pay zero transaction fees. We route payments directly over SEPA Instant, bypassing Visa, Mastercard, and the entire card network chain. No hardware. No card reader. Just a phone.

We are building the first company to combine a fully software-based merchant POS with a consumer super-app for everyday financial life: payments, transport, utilities, government services, all in one place. Think what UPI did for India. We are doing it for Germany, from the ground up, on banking rails.

Role Overview

You will join the core engineering team as a founding engineer. You will own the backend payment engine end to end: transaction flows, wallet management, SEPA Instant settlement, KYB/KYC integration, recurring mandates, refund logic, and the compliance export layer (DATEV, Kassenbuch, GoBD, fiskaltrust). On mobile, you will contribute to the React Native consumer and merchant apps alongside our mobile engineer.

You will own what you build from development through deployment, monitoring, and production reliability. The architecture decisions you make in the first six months will run in production for years.

What you will do

Design and build the backend payment engine: transaction flows, wallet management, SEPA Instant settlement, offline payment authorization, and recurring mandate billing.

Own KYB/KYC integration and the compliance export layer: DATEV, Kassenbuch, GoBD, and fiskaltrust for KassenSichV.

Build REST APIs for financial-grade reliability and high-throughput transaction processing, including full R-transaction handling and reconciliation pipelines.

Contribute to the React Native consumer and merchant mobile apps alongside our mobile engineer.

Own the full lifecycle of what you build, from development through deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.

Integrate AI tooling into your development workflow as a matter of course: code generation, automated testing, and intelligent review.

Who you are

Meaningful hands-on experience building payment systems, fintech infrastructure, or financial APIs.

You have designed a ledger. You understand double-entry bookkeeping, immutable transaction records, and why you never update a financial row.

You have solved the partial failure. Money left one wallet and did not arrive in the other. You know how to detect it, resolve it, and make sure it does not happen again.

You understand idempotency at a design level. You have built systems that survive client retries, duplicate webhooks, and network drops without double-charging anyone.

You have built or reasoned about reconciliation: detecting discrepancies between your internal ledger and an external settlement file, and resolving them reliably at scale.

You understand KYC and KYB state machines, what happens when verification status changes mid-transaction, and what a regulator expects from your audit trail.

You are comfortable with SQL databases and own the full lifecycle of your code from development through deployment.

You can communicate technical decisions clearly to non-technical stakeholders. At this stage of the company, that matters.

You are a continuous learner. Payments infrastructure is a deep domain and you treat it that way.

You are comfortable with ambiguity and early-stage risk. There is no playbook yet. You will help write it.

Strong academic background preferred. Demonstrated engineering ability matters more than institution.

Relocation

Relocation to Munich, Germany, is on the table for the right candidate, including visa support.

Connect with the Founder

You can also connect with me on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/shabbir-maimoon

JOB DETAILS:

* Job Title: Java Lead-Java, MS, Kafka-TVM - Java (Core & Enterprise), Spring/Micronaut, Kafka

* Industry: Global Digital Transformation Solutions Provider

* Salary: Best in Industry

* Experience: 9 to 12 years

* Location: Trivandrum, Thiruvananthapuram

Job Description

Experience

• 9+ years of experience in Java-based backend application development
• Proven experience building and maintaining enterprise-grade, scalable applications
• Hands-on experience working with microservices and event-driven architectures
• Experience working in Agile and DevOps-driven development environments

Mandatory Skills

• Advanced proficiency in core Java and enterprise Java concepts
• Strong hands-on experience with Spring Framework and/or Micronaut for building scalable backend applications
• Strong expertise in SQL, including database design, query optimization, and performance tuning
• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL or other relational database management systems
• Strong experience with Kafka or similar event-driven messaging and streaming platforms
• Practical knowledge of CI/CD pipelines using GitLab
• Experience with Jenkins for build automation and deployment processes
• Strong understanding of GitLab for source code management and DevOps workflows

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and high-performance backend solutions
• Develop and deploy microservices using Spring or Micronaut frameworks
• Implement and integrate event-driven systems using Kafka
• Optimize SQL queries and manage PostgreSQL databases for performance and reliability
• Build, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and Jenkins
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, QA, and DevOps to deliver high-quality software solutions
• Ensure code quality through best practices, reviews, and automated testing

Good-to-Have Skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities
• Experience working with Agile development methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker or Kubernetes

Skills: java, spring boot, kafka development, cicd, postgresql, gitlab

Must-Haves

Java Backend (9+ years), Spring Framework/Micronaut, SQL/PostgreSQL, Kafka, CI/CD (GitLab/Jenkins)

Advanced proficiency in core Java and enterprise Java concepts

Strong hands-oacn experience with Spring Framework and/or Micronaut for building scalable backend applications

Strong expertise in SQL, including database design, query optimization, and performance tuning

Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL or other relational database management systems

Strong experience with Kafka or similar event-driven messaging and streaming platforms

Practical knowledge of CI/CD pipelines using GitLab

Experience with Jenkins for build automation and deployment processes

Strong understanding of GitLab for source code management and DevOps workflows

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Notice period - 0 to 15 days only

Job stability is mandatory

Location: only Trivandrum

F2F Interview on 21st Feb 2026

Responsibilities

• Take product ideas from ideation to implementation
• Design and develop backend services that expand the capabilities of the product
• Write high quality, structured application/interface code and tests
• Lead engineering discussions to ensure the best practices, maintainability and security of the application
• Participate in design and code reviews

We are looking for

• 3+ years of experience building quality applications
• Proficient in Node JS, NoSQL databases
• Strong working knowledge of Web technologies and APIs
• Passion for best design and coding practices and a desire to develop new bold ideas
• Experience in planning, designing architecture and working with teams
• Experience with SaaS product or an early stage startup is a plus

Prefer Immediate Joiners with Node experience only
Minimum 2 Years of experience in NodeJS. Minimum 1 Year experience in MongoDB Minimum 1 Year of experience in ElasticSearch.

• B Tech/BE or M.Tech/ME in Computer Science or equivalent from a reputed college.
• Experience level of 7+ years in building large scale applications.
• Strong problem solving skills, data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with distributed systems handling large amount of data.
• Excellent coding skills in Java / Python / Node / Go.
• Very good understanding of Web Technologies.
• Very good understanding of any RDBMS and/or messaging.

We are looking for a high-performing Developer to build our ecommerce platform and API framework powered by Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Candidates for this role will be passionate about well-written code, testing, and excel at coming up with simple approaches to complex problems.

Our work culture is overachiever, very amiable, and at the same time always charged with excitement. We encourage our team members to take responsibility and grow into future leaders in the industry.

Job Responsibilities:

• Understand project requirements, writing bug-free clean code and ensure that the solution works per the agreed architecture, SLAs, KPIs and business model
• Integrate Django backend with third party API
• 100% Hands-on role
• Adapt to rapidly evolving requirements and changing priorities and drive the team accordingly
• Reverse engineer for debugging errors in code and ensure quality control in the process.
• Continually drive products towards a meaningful balance between user needs, business objectives and technical feasibility
• Operate in a hyper-collaborative way and follow these guiding principles: Value common sense and simplicity over complexity.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor or Master Degree in Computer Science from a reputed University
• 3 to 5 years of experience working in Django and Python.
• React and/or Angular for front end
• Proficiency in MongoDB and MySql
• Technical Skills: JIRA, Gitlab, Rest API, GCP or AWS
• Experience in performance profiling, tuning, and optimization, caching mechanisms with Enterprise level applicants
• Experience in writing unit testing and test case automation.
• Ability to operate in an Agile environment with a start-up mentality and unstructured environment, Energy, drive and passion to work, and operate in a digital world.