? We’re Hiring: Head of Platform Engineering | Backend | FinTech

? Mumbai | Full time | Leadership Role

? 12–18+ Years Experience

Build the Technology Platform Behind 1M+ Daily Transactions

We’re building a high-performance FinTech platform designed to process 1M+ transactions daily and are looking for a Head of Platform Engineering to lead our backend and platform engineering organisation.

This is a strategic technology leadership role for someone who can architect scalable, secure and highly available systems

, build strong engineering teams, and drive technology excellence at scale.

What You’ll Own

- Define and own the backend and platform architecture across .NET, Node.js, SQL and PostgreSQL.
- Design and scale distributed, high-availability systems for 1M+ daily transactions.
- Build, mentor and lead high-performing backend and platform engineering teams .

- Own the technology roadmap across scalability, reliability, security, observability and performance .

- Establish engineering standards across architecture, development, testing, CI/CD and incident management.
- Partner with Product, DevOps and Security to deliver reliable, secure and scalable platforms.
- Drive infrastructure and application performance and cost optimisation .

- Evaluate modern technologies including Go, event-driven architecture and cloud-native systems .

What We’re Looking For

- 12–18+ years in Backend, Platform or Software Engineering.
- 5+ years in senior engineering leadership roles.
- Strong expertise in .NET Core, Node.js/TypeScript, SQL and PostgreSQL .





- Deep understanding of microservices, distributed systems, event-driven architecture and API design .

- Experience with AWS/Azure, Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD .

- Proven experience scaling high-throughput, high-availability production systems .

- Strong security mindset with knowledge of PCI DSS .

- Exceptional technical leadership, decision-making and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Experience in FinTech, Banking, Payments or high-transaction SaaS

, particularly systems handling 1M–10M+ daily transactions

, will be highly valued.

Experience with Kafka, Redis, API Gateways, distributed tracing and Go/Golang is an advantage.

Why Join Us?

- Shape the technology architecture of a next-generation FinTech platform .

- Lead a high-impact engineering organisation.
- Solve complex problems in scale, reliability, security and distributed systems .

- Work closely with senior leadership and influence critical technology decisions.

Ready to Build at Scale? ? Send your updated resume to:

[email protected]

Skills:

Platform Engineering • Backend Engineering • Engineering Leadership • Software Architecture • Distributed Systems • .NET Core • Node.js • TypeScript • PostgreSQL • Microservices • Kafka • Redis • AWS • Azure • Kubernetes • Cloud Architecture • System Design • FinTech • Payments • Mumbai Jobs

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📌 Head of Platform Engineering | Backend (Mumbai)
🏢 PayPoint India
📍 Mumbai