Senior Backend Engineer – Java, AI & Automation

Senior Software Engineer – Backend

Engineering Department

Location: Hyderabad, India (Hybrid)

About the Company

At Redpin we simplify life's most important payments. Buying a new property overseas can be a stressful time, especially when it comes to moving your money. Through our Currencies Direct and TorFX brands we've been helping people do just that for over 25 years. With recent investment we're now on a mission to build a new range of digital products and services that will make moving money Internationally for Real Estate purchases even easier

We’re on a mission to become the solution for Real Estate payments everywhere. To do this, we are transitioning our business from a horizontal FX platform to a verticalized, embedded software company, as we look to the future and Redpin 2.0.

As part of this mission, we’re thrilled to announce we are open a new office in Hyderabad! We’re recruiting for several Engineering roles covering backend services (Java).

About the Role

We’re seeking Senior Java Engineer to join the development of our new product suite (online portal, PropertyPay & PropertyConnect). As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in creating robust, scalable, and intuitive applications that empower customers to handle Real Estate transactions including international payments with ease.

This is a new role, based out of the Hyderabad area. The successful candidate will be at the forefront of our new product development and will have significant opportunity to take ownership of some of our upcoming feature

What You'll Do

• Design and Development: Create robust, efficient, and scalable backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
• API Development: Design, build, and maintain APIs for web and mobile applications.
• Performance and Security: Ensure application performance, scalability, and security best practices.
• Cloud Integration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate cloud services into our backend infrastructure.
• Code Quality: Write high-quality, maintainable code that adheres to industry standards.
• Mentorship: Support junior and mid-level team members, conduct code reviews, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

What You’ll Need

• 5+ years of professional experience as a Backend Engineer.
• Experience showing strong problem-solving skills and a passion for creating user-centric solutions.
• Core backend proficiency and Modern backend framework
• Understanding of Spring components like controllers, services, repositories, and security.
• RESTful API Development: Proficiency in designing and implementing RESTful APIs.

Bonus Points

• Mastery over Java’s core APIs, such as collections, streams, and concurrency frameworks.
• Experience within a B2B fintech environment would be highly desirable

We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where we connect the dots for international property payments. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let’s move the world of PropTech forward, together.

Job Overview:

We are looking for a seasoned Senior Backend Engineer (SDE III) with over 5 years of experience to lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team. The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience in software development, deep technical expertise, and a proven track record of successfully leading large-scale engineering teams and projects. This role requires strategic leadership, the ability to manage complex technical challenges, and the ability to drive innovation while ensuring operational excellence.As a Backend Lead, you will collaborate with key stakeholders across the business, product management, and operations to ensure alignment with the organization’s goals and play a critical role in shaping the technology roadmap and engineering culture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership and Team Development: Lead and inspire a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. Manage the hiring, training, and career development of engineering staff.
• Strategic Planning: Work closely with senior leadership to develop and implement engineering strategies that support business objectives. Define technology roadmaps and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Technical Excellence: Guide the team in designing and implementing scalable, robust software systems. Drive the adoption of best practices in architecture, coding standards, and software testing to ensure high-quality product delivery.
• Project and Program Management: Oversee the successful delivery of engineering projects, ensuring deadlines, quality standards, and budget constraints are met. Use agile methodologies to manage the development process and resolve bottlenecks.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate with Product Management, Design, Business, and Operations teams to define project requirements and deliverables. Ensure the smooth integration of engineering efforts across the organization.
• Risk Management: Anticipate and mitigate technical risks and roadblocks. Proactively identify areas of technical debt and drive initiatives to reduce it.
• Stakeholder Communication: Act as the technical point of contact for stakeholders, providing regular updates on project progress, resource allocation, and performance metrics. Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering
• Proven track record of successfully delivering large-scale, high-impact software projects.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and scalable system design.
• Expertise in multiple programming languages and modern development frameworks For this role we require expertise in Python/Django and API Development
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS), microservices, and distributed systems.
• Good experience with MySQL and ElasticSearch. Slight experience with other NoSQL and SQL databases.
• Experience in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
•  Experience in delivering full-stack B2B/SaaS applications including mobile applications, web frontend, and a scalable backend.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical challenges.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and inspire teams and stakeholders at all levels.

About the Company:

We are a Series A funded Indonesian online group buying platform that helps people connect with like minded people who want to buy the same item/product at a discounted price.  The team is spread across India and Indonesia, and is led by experienced founders who have founded, set-up, scaled and exited businesses across India and Indonesia. We have raised our first round of funding, and are growing extremely fast. We are actively looking for Full Stack developers to join our team.

We are looking for an experienced full-stack engineer to implement both back-end and front-end software solutions to serve both internal and external customers. The position entails working in an agile team to develop Java- and React-based projects that support our system.

• Design, implement and test full-stack solutions using Java, Spring and React
• Design robust spring system that can support 2-5mil users.

• Work alongside other team members to integrate various components into finished product
• Work closely with product owner to create stories
• Continuously create new and interactive features that would help to improve user experience and user engagement.
• Assist with troubleshooting of issues as needed
• Participate in the design and architecture of software solutions
• Assist in developing and maintaining continuous integration pipelines

Salary range : 15 lpa - 30 lpa or more depending on candidate experience.

Skills required : 

You will be best qualified if you have experience with several (not all) of the following:

• JAVA
• Python (Flask and Django)
• Spring/Spring Boot
• React
• Hibernate
• Linux
• REST
• Kafka
• Mysql
• AWS
• ELK Stack (Elasticsearch)
• CI/CD Pipelines

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in Java based technologies
• 1+ years of experience in Python
• Experience in designing databases and system architecture 
• 1+ years of experience in Front end technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript and ReactJs

Why join us?

• You will get to work with an experienced team who has worked in multiple startups. 
• Experimenting is the name of the game. And POCs are the snacks that fuel them.
• Grow with us. It is a family
• Gain exposure to two of the fastest growing markets in the world - South East Asia and Social Commerce

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain java application phases, code, and software.
• Conduct software analysis, programming, testing, and debugging, as well as recommending changes to improve the established processes.
• Transform requirements into stipulations and identify production and non-production application issues
• Competence and comfort using multiple frameworks (e.g. Spark, Storm, Hadoop, Angular 2/4/5, Spring Boot)
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify errors and make adjustments in a testing environment.

CTC Budget: 35-55LPA

Location: Hyderabad (Remote after 3 months WFO)

Company Overview:

An 8-year-old IT Services and consulting company based in Hyderabad providing services in maximizing product value while delivering rapid incremental innovation, possessing extensive SaaS company M&A experience including 20+ closed transactions on both the buy and sell sides. They have over 100 employees and looking to grow the team.

• 6 plus years of experience as a Python developer.
• Experience in web development using Python and Django Framework.
• Experience in Data Analysis and Data Science using Pandas, Numpy and Scifi-Kit - (GTH)
• Experience in developing User Interface using HTML, JavaScript, CSS.
• Experience in server-side templating languages including Jinja 2 and Mako
• Knowledge into Kafka and RabitMQ (GTH)
• Experience into Docker, Git and AWS
• Ability to integrate multiple data sources into a single system.
• Ability to collaborate on projects and work independently when required.
• DB (MySQL, Postgress, SQL)

Selection Process: 2-3 Interview rounds (Tech, VP, Client)