Software Engineer (Data Platforms)

Role Overview: You will be working as a Software Engineer at PhonePe, where you will be involved in building robust and scalable web-based applications. Your role will also require you to focus on thinking about platforms and reuse, building abstractions and contracts with separation of concerns, and driving problem-solving skills for high-level business and technical problems. Additionally, you will be responsible for high-level design, incremental changes to architecture, performance tuning, and improvements in large-scale distributed systems. Mentoring young minds, fostering team spirit, working closely with Product Managers, leading medium-sized projects, and collaborating with broader stakeholders to track project impact will also be part of your responsibilities. Key Responsibilities: - Build robust and scalable web-based applications - Think of platforms and reuse - Build abstractions and contracts with separation of concerns - Drive problem-solving skills for high-level business and technical problems - Perform high-level design, incremental changes to architecture, and performance tuning in large-scale distributed systems - Mentor young minds, foster team spirit, and lead medium-sized projects - Collaborate with Product Managers and broader stakeholders to track project impact and iterate for improvements Qualifications Required: - Extensive and expert programming experience in at least one general programming language (e.g. Java, Python, C++, etc.) & tech stack - Knowledge of Hadoop and/or Airflow (mandatory) - Extensive experience in object-oriented design skills and design patterns - Excellent coding skills to convert design into code fluently - Good understanding of databases such as MySQL and NoSQL (e.g. HBase, Elasticsearch, Aerospike, etc) - Strong desire to solve complex real-world problems - Experience with full life cycle development on a Linux platform - BTech, MTech, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical discipline - Experience in building highly scalable business applications and dealing with a significant amount of data - Open communicator who shares thoughts, listens intently, and takes constructive feedback,