The Role
The Architect will drive and define the backend architecture, ensuring scalability and reliability, while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product teams.
Summary Generated by Built In
About Fam (previously FamPay)
Fam is India’s first payments app for everyone above 11. FamApp helps make online and offline payments through UPI and FamCard. We are on a mission to raise a new, financially aware generation, and drive 250 million+ young users in India to kickstart their financial journey super early in their life.
We’re reimagining how the next generation experiences fintech—going beyond payments to build a lifestyle brand that blends money, identity, and everyday experiences into one seamless, intuitive journey.
Founded in 2019 by IIT Roorkee alumni, Fam is backed by some of the most respected investors around the world like Elevation Capital, Y-Combinator, Peak XV (Sequoia Capital) India, Venture Highway, Global Founder’s Capital and the likes of Kunal Shah, Amrish Rao as angel investors.
About this Role:
We are looking for a high-impact Architect to join Fam’s engineering leadership team. In this role, you will define and drive the long-term backend architecture that powers our core product experiences. You’ll work closely with founders, product managers, and engineering leaders to ensure our backend systems can support rapid product innovation while scaling reliably and securely.
You won’t just design services — you’ll shape how Fam builds products: creating frameworks, patterns, and decisions that empower engineers to move fast without compromising on robustness. We’re looking for someone with 10+ years of experience in building and scaling backend systems for high-growth products, with the ability to operate as a force multiplier across multiple product teams.
On the Job
- Define and evolve Fam’s backend architecture to support product growth — APIs, services, data models, and integrations.
- Partner with Product and Engineering leads to translate user and business goals into scalable, reliable backend systems.
- Own architecture for major product initiatives: payments, onboarding, user engagement, growth, and monetization.
- Establish frameworks and reusable patterns that improve developer velocity, product experimentation, and feature rollout.
- Evaluate trade-offs across speed, cost, security, and user experience when making system design decisions.
- Mentor and guide senior engineers — building strong architectural thinking and decision-making across the org.
- Collaborate with infra, data, and security teams to ensure backend systems remain compliant, observable, and cost-efficient.
- Stay ahead of emerging technologies, patterns, and practices relevant to backend and product engineering.
- Be a strong voice in product architecture decisions: build-vs-integrate, synchronous-vs-asynchronous, schema-vs-event driven, etc.
Must-haves (Min. qualifications)
- 10+ years of engineering experience, with 3+ years in Staff/Principal Engineer or Architect roles.
- Proven experience in designing and scaling backend systems for high-growth, user-facing products.
- Deep knowledge of API design, distributed systems, and service-oriented architectures.
- Expertise with backend stacks (e.g., Node.js/Java/Go/Python), databases (PostgreSQL, Redis, etc.), and messaging/event systems.
- Experience driving large technical decisions across product teams.
- Strong systems thinking with a product-first mindset: balancing user experience, speed, and robustness.
- Exposure to fintech or regulated domains is a plus.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills — able to align both product and engineering stakeholders.
Good to have
- Experience in early-stage or high-growth product companies.
- Background in experimentation frameworks, feature flagging, and rapid product iteration at scale.
- Experience with domain-driven design (DDD), event-driven systems, and asynchronous communication.
- Knowledge of real-time systems, payments, or growth-focused architectures.
- Contributions to open source, public tech talks, or blogs showcasing thought leadership.
Why join us?
- Strategic ownership: Architect systems that power the future of fintech for 250M+ Gen Z users.
- Org-level impact: Directly influence technical direction and culture across all engineering teams.
- Modern stack, meaningful scale: Solve high-scale problems with modern infrastructure and freedom to innovate.
- Mission-driven: Help shape India’s first payments product built specifically for teenagers and young adults.
- Team & backing: Work alongside top talent from the industry, backed by world-class investors like Elevation Capital, Y Combinator, Peak XV (Sequoia), and more.
- Collaborating directly with Sambhav (Co-founder) and Chirag (Founding Team – Head, Engineering) to design scalable architecture and technical solutions that support Fam’s product innovation and engineering.
Perks That Go Beyond the Paycheck
• Relocation assistance to make your move seamless.
• Free office meals (lunch & dinner).
• Generous leave policy, including birthday leave, period leave, paternity and maternity support, and more.
• Salary advance and loan policies for any financial help.
• Quarterly rewards and recognition programs, and a referral program with great incentives.
• Access the latest gadgets and tools.
• Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family, mental health support.
• Tax benefits with options like food coupons, phone allowances, car/device leasing.
• Retirement perks like PF contribution, leave encashment and gratuity.
Here’s all the tea on FamApp ☕️
FamApp focuses on financial inclusion of the next generation by providing UPI & card payments to everyone above 11 years old. Our flagship Spending Account, FamX, seamlessly integrates UPI and card payments, enabling users to manage, save, and learn about their finances effortlessly.
Revolutionizing Payments and FinTech
FamApp has enabled 10 million+ users to make UPI and card payments across India, removing the inconvenience of carrying cash everywhere. Users get to customise their FamX card with doodles, which lets them add a personal touch to their payments.
Trusted by leading investors
We’re proud to be supported by renowned investors like Elevation Capital, Y-Combinator, Peak XV (formerly Sequoia Capital India), Venture Highway, Global Founder’s Capital, and esteemed angels Kunal Shah and Amrish Rao.
Join Our Dynamic Team
At Fam, our people-first approach is reflected in our generous leave policies, flexible work schedules, comprehensive health benefits, and free mental health sessions. We don’t mean to brag, but we promise you’ll be surrounded by some of the most fun, talented and passionate people in the startup space.
Want to see what makes life at Fam so awesome? Check out our shenanigans at @lifeatfam 😛
PS - We’re looking for someone with an AI-native mindset, who actively leverages AI in their day-to-day work, as we encourage and embed it across every level at Fam.
PS - We’re looking for someone with an AI-native mindset, who actively leverages AI in their day-to-day work, as we encourage and embed it across every level at Fam.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of engineering experience, with 3+ years in Staff/Principal Engineer or Architect roles
- Proven experience in designing and scaling backend systems for high-growth, user-facing products
- Deep knowledge of API design, distributed systems, and service-oriented architectures
- Expertise with backend stacks (e.g., Node.js/Java/Go/Python), databases (PostgreSQL, Redis, etc.), and messaging/event systems
- Experience driving large technical decisions across product teams
- Strong systems thinking with a product-first mindset
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills
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The Company
What We Do
Fam, formerly FamPay, focuses on financial inclusion of the next generation. FamX by Trio, is India's first Spending Account made for everyone. With their own Spending Account, teens can now save, spend, earn, and learn everything about money!
