Software Engineer

PhonePe · Bengaluru

  • Experience4–8 yrs
  • SalaryNot disclosed
  • Work modeonsite
  • Levelmid
  • Posted2 Sept 2026

About PhonePe

PhonePe is hiring in Bengaluru in financial services. This role looks for around 4+ years of experience.

Skills

  • Java
  • REST API design
  • relational databases
  • concurrent programming
  • software testing
  • SQL optimization
  • continuous delivery

The role

A backend engineer at a financial services product company builds Java backend systems and designs REST APIs for reliable, secure, performant services, using relational databases and concurrent systems. The role applies software testing and SQL optimization to maintain dependable production systems.

Full job description

Responsibilities:

Develop the backend systems for our first product.

Build reliable, secure, and performant backend systems.

Drive test coverage and continuous delivery automation within the team.

Mentor and provide feedback to teammates.

Requirements:

5 years of software development experience.

Strong computer science fundamentals.

Deep and wide knowledge of the Java ecosystem.

Can write code that is readable, maintainable, secure, and performant.

Know the importance of tests and how to approach writing different types of tests.

Good intuition for REST API design.

Deep understanding of relational databases, transactions, and entity-relationship modeling.

Comfortable writing highly concurrent systems.

Experienced in using profilers, tuning garbage collection, and optimizing SQL queries.