? AVP – Payments Engineering (UPI & Payments Platform)

We're looking for an experienced AVP – Payments Engineering to lead the architecture, engineering, and scalability of our next-generation Payments Platform. This role will own the end-to-end technology stack for UPI, P2P, P2M, Autopay, Mandates, Merchant Payments, Reconciliation, and Payment Reliability, delivering a highly available, secure, and scalable platform.

Key Responsibilities

Own the technology roadmap and architecture for the Payments Platform.

Lead and mentor Engineering Managers, Architects, and high-performing engineering teams.

Design and scale distributed, event-driven microservices capable of handling high transaction volumes.

Drive platform reliability, availability, performance, and operational excellence.

Build robust observability through monitoring, alerting, tracing, and capacity planning.

Implement security best practices, fraud prevention frameworks, and ensure compliance with NPCI, RBI, and PCI-DSS standards.

Drive engineering excellence through CI/CD, automation, platform standardization, and cloud-native practices.

Partner with Product, Business, Risk,



and Operations teams to deliver seamless payment experiences.

What We're Looking For

12–18+ years of experience in backend/platform engineering.

5+ years leading multiple engineering teams through Engineering Managers.

Solid experience in UPI, Digital Payments, Banking, Payment Gateways, Wallets, Merchant Payments, or FinTech platforms.

Deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Distributed Systems, Kafka, API Gateways, Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), Kubernetes, and High-Scale Databases.

Strong understanding of SRE practices, Observability, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Platform Scalability.

Experience with NPCI integrations, Payment Switching, Security, Fraud Prevention, and Regulatory Compliance is highly preferred.

Preferred Background

Candidates from leading payment, fintech, banking, or large-scale technology organizations with proven experience building mission-critical transaction platforms handling millions of daily transactions.

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