Zaakpay by MobiKwik enables efficient payment collection and disbursement for online businesses. It offers hassle-free integration and secure processing, with products like checkout, payment links, and QR code payments, supporting 100+ payment modes.

Job Title: Senior Director of Engineering
Location: Gurgaon
Experience: 18 Years

About the Role

We are seeking a visionary Senior Director of Engineering to transform our early-stage payment gateway into a category-defining fintech powerhouse within the next 1224 months. As the technical owner of Zaakpay, you will oversee the entire ecosystem—from the core gateway and checkout experiences to risk engines and value-added services. You will architect the future of payments using an AI-native approach, ensuring our infrastructure is not just robust, but intelligent.

Key Responsibilities

- Vision & Roadmap: Define and execute the long-term technology roadmap. Balance rapid feature delivery with long-term architectural health, high uptime, and strict SLOs.
- Technical Leadership: Lead, mentor, and inspire a multi-disciplinary team of backend and frontend engineers. Cultivate a technology-first & mindset focused on craft and ownership.
- Architectural Excellence: Act as the lead architect for the platform. Evaluate emerging technologies and implement AI-native workflows (using tools like Cursor, Claude, etc.) to accelerate the SDLC.
- Execution & Delivery: Own quarterly planning and monthly sprint execution. Monitor execution metrics closely to ensure predictable, high-quality delivery.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product, Design,



and Business stakeholders to translate market needs into seamless technical solutions.
- Operational Rigor: Establish world-class coding standards, security postures, and QA automation for interconnected, high-concurrency transaction services.

Required Skills & Qualifications

- Experience: 18+ years of experience in managing large-scale tech platforms, with deep roots in Java, Open Source technologies, and Distributed Systems.
- Bachelor's degree or Masters in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
- Scaling Track Record: Proven experience taking a platform from its early stages to a mature, high-traffic system.
- Mentor and Lead: Provide technical guidance, conduct design reviews, champion best practices, and uplift the team’s
- engineering maturity.
- Cloud & Infrastructure: Deep expertise in AWS/GCP and cloud-native implementation strategies.
- Observability & Reliability: Solid experience coordinating with DevOps/SRE teams to set up observability, tracking, and resilient architecture.
- Database Expertise: Expert-level understanding of SQL and NoSQL technologies, data modelling, and performance optimization.
- AI-Native Fluency: Hands-on experience integrating AI tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude) into the software development lifecycle to drive efficiency.
- Security & Compliance: A solid understanding of secure coding practices and the overall security posture required for financial platforms.

Why Mobikwik?

- Work with a fast-paced and innovative team in one of India’s leading fintech companies.
- Be a part of a company that is transforming digital payments and financial services.

For more information visit our website: https://zaakpay.com/

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