NPCI is evolving the National Electronic Toll Collection
(NETC) FASTag ecosystem into a next-generation, real-time, intelligent, and
scalable national tolling and mobility platform.

This role is responsible for architecting, building, and
scaling stream‑processing and platform capabilities that operate at national
scale across toll plazas, acquirer and issuer banks, and concessionaires —
handling mission-critical financial transactions and meeting stringent
regulatory, audit, and resilience standards mandated by NPCI, NHAI/IHMCL, and
RBI.

The role combines: Low-latency Java-based stream processing
for toll transactions Production-grade distributed systems for tag, vehicle,
and transaction processing Fraud, image (ANPR/VRN), and decision intelligence
(rules-driven, with AI/ML as an added advantage) Platform-level engineering
excellence.

This is a strategic engineering role (not a pure research or
support role). Strategic Outcomes Expected - The individual will directly
contribute to: Increased straight-through processing (STP) for FASTag toll




transactions Reduced manual intervention, charge-back disputes, and exception
handling Early and accurate identification of tag cloning, blacklisted tags,
VRN/TID mismatches, and fraud rings Improved transaction turnaround time (TAT),
settlement accuracy, and system throughput at peak plaza volumes Long-term IP
ownership of core platform capabilities within NPCI for the NETC ecosystem

Key Responsibilities

1. Real-Time Stream Processing Architecture (Java-Centric)
Design and implement event-driven, stream-processing pipelines for NETC FASTag
transaction, mapper, and settlement workflows Build low-latency,
high-throughput systems using Java-based streaming frameworks such as Apache
Kafka / Kafka Streams, Apache Flink, or Spark Structured Streaming Ensure
exactly-once processing, idempotency, and fault tolerance across
acquirer–NPCI–issuer hops Handle large-scale streams of toll read events, ANPR
images, tag metadata, and clea

📌 Senior Lead (Mumbai)
🏢 NPCI
📍 Mumbai