Join Razorpay as a Senior Software Development Engineer to influence product direction and build scalable payment infrastructure.
Posted by employer 4 days ago
First seen on Joblaze 4 days ago
Last verified on the company career page 2 days ago
What you'll build
- Scale Razorpay's payment infrastructure
- Shape REST APIs
- Contribute to open source
- Drive product and design discussions
- Brainstorm new directions for online payments
Must have
- 3+ years of experience in technology
- Proficiency in any of: PHP, Python, Django, Golang, Java, or C++
- Good understanding of REST APIs
- Ability to build a feature from scratch
- Clean, well-structured code
Nice to have
- Weekend side projects or contributions to open source
- Prior experience at a product company
- Hands-on experience building with LLMs
- Experience designing systems for scalability
AI in the day-to-day
AI is part of how we build today; hands-on experience with AI coding assistants is expected.
Requirements
- Experience
- 3+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In the role of Senior Software Development Engineer at Razorpay, the individual will focus on enhancing the payment infrastructure and shaping REST APIs that facilitate online transactions. Proficiency in programming languages such as PHP, Python, or Java, along with a strong understanding of AI-augmented workflows, is essential for success. This position is ideal for experienced engineers who are not only technically adept but also possess a keen product design sense and a desire to influence product direction. Razorpay fosters a culture of ownership and transparency, encouraging engineers to challenge norms and contribute meaningfully to the fintech landscape.
Joblaze insights
Quick facts
- How much experience is required?
- At least 3 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Development Engineer role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: C++, Django, Golang, Java, PHP, Python.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Razorpay targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Software Development Engineer role at Razorpay.
From the original posting
Razorpay is one of India’s leading full-stack financial technology companies, powering the way businesses move, manage, and grow money. Founded in 2014 by Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar with a simple vision - to simplify payments for Indian businesses - we’ve since grown into a fintech powerhouse driving India’s digital payment revolution.
About the Role:
A Senior SDE at Razorpay is well-grounded - smart, quality-focused, product-thinking, and business-conscious. Not a mere coder. You bring strong technical context and the experience to build software that matters at scale. Engineering at Razorpay creates significant impact across the payments ecosystem. You are expected to influence the culture of the company - bring conviction, challenge the status quo, set the bar, and help the team grow. We are looking for engineers who are current - not just technically strong, but actively working in AI-augmented workflows. At Razorpay, AI is not a feature we are building toward - it is part of how we build today.
What You Will Build
- Scale Razorpay's payment infrastructure to get every Indian to pay online
- Shape REST APIs used by developers worldwide
- Contribute to open source and set standards for mobile payments
- Drive product and design discussions - not just implement them
- Brainstorm and create new directions in Razorpay's quest to make online payments easy and accessible to all
What We Are Looking For
- 3+ years of experience in technology
- Strong product design sense - you think about the user, not just the implementation
- Proficiency in any of: PHP, Python, Django, Golang, Java, or C++
- Ability to understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases, and arrive at effective solutions
- Good understanding of REST APIs and the web in general
- Ability to build a feature from scratch and drive it to completion independently
- Willingness to learn new technology - whatever lets you deliver the best product
- Clean, well-structured code as a default - with awareness of performance and time complexity trade-offs
AI fluency we expect:
- Hands-on experience with AI coding assistants - you use them actively, not occasionally
- Ability to decompose problems into structured, constrained prompts with clear expected outcomes
- Critical review mindset - you own every line of AI-generated code, spot hallucinations, incorrect assumptions, and security gaps
- Strong LLD depth before agent use - you design first, delegate second
- Awareness of where AI helps and where it fails - and the judgment to know the difference
Why This Role Is Different
- Most companies say they want engineers who care about product. We actually mean it. You will influence product direction from day one - not just implement specs.
- No whiteboard coding. No obscure algorithm puzzles. Every round mirrors what you would actually do at Razorpay. If you have been doing the same thing for two years and want a reset - this role will challenge you in ways that are hard to find elsewhere.
Good to Have
- Weekend side projects or contributions to open source on GitHub
- Prior experience at a product company
- Hands-on experience building with LLMs or agentic frameworks
- Working knowledge of a backend programming language beyond your primary stack
- Experience designing systems for scalability, reliability, and fault tolerance
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