About Payoneer
Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world’s underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We’re a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 countries and territories.
By taking the complexity out of the financial workflows–including everything from global payments and compliance to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligence–we give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence.
We are seeking a seasoned Senior Backend Developer to lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable, high-quality backend systems. In this role, you will drive technical architecture, mentor teammates and collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to deliver robust solutions.
You’ll champion engineering best practices, proactively identify areas for improvement and lead efforts to ensure system reliability, performance and a seamless customer experience.
Location: Gurgaon-India
Hybrid- Full-time
What you’ll do
- Design and implement robust, scalable, and maintainable backend solutions for complex scenarios, ensuring high-quality results that may be consumed by other teams.
- Collaborate effectively within your team and with cross-functional partners, such as Product, Design/UX, DevOps, and other R&D teams, representing your team as needed.
- Maintain and improve the team's engineering practices, suggesting and implementing technology, patterns, or process enhancements.
- You will play a key part in migrating legacy systems to modern, cloud-native architectures, driving technical excellence, and mentoring teammates.
- Support system and data migrations, ensuring minimal disruption, backward compatibility, and performance optimization.
- Proactively identify areas of improvement in team systems, processes, and scalability.
- Lead by example in code quality, contributing significantly to code reviews and acting as a focal point for engineering excellence questions.
- Help monitor production systems, investigate potential issues, and lead efforts to resolve critical production challenges while maintaining a customer-centric approach.
- 6+ years in backend software engineering roles, with demonstrated ability to navigate technical trade-offs and ambiguity effectively.
- Proficiency in C#, Java, or similar object-oriented languages.
- Proven experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems.
- Hands-on knowledge of relational databases like SQL Server.
- Experience with message queues or streaming platforms (e.g., RabbitMQ, SQS, Kafka).
- Exposure to legacy system modernization or platform migration projects is highly valued.
- Strong experience writing unit tests and ensuring high test coverage.
- Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
- Experience with microservices architecture.
- Experience in designing new functionality for existing complex components while maintaining scalability and performance.
- Ability to collaborate effectively and communicate technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.
- BA/BSc in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, especially in migration or modernization contexts.
- Practical experience with Agile development methodologies.
- Familiarity with non-relational databases such as MongoDB.
- Exposure to AI/ML concepts, AI-enabled APIs, or building backend services that support intelligent features.
- Experience mentoring engineers and supporting technical growth within the team.
The Payoneer Ways of Working
Act as our customer’s partner on the inside
Learning what they need and creating what will help them go further.
Do it. Own it.
Being fearlessly accountable in everything we do.
Continuously improve
Always striving for a higher standard than our last.
Build each other up
Helping each other grow, as professionals and people.
If this sounds like a business, a community, and a mission you want to be part of, apply today.
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace. Payoneer is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment no matter your race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please speak to the recruiter managing the role for any adjustments. Decisions about requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.
Skills Required
- 6+ years of experience in backend software engineering roles
- Proficiency in C#, Java, or similar object-oriented languages
- Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems
- Hands-on knowledge of relational databases such as SQL Server
- Experience with message queues or streaming platforms such as RabbitMQ, SQS, or Kafka
- Experience writing unit tests and maintaining high test coverage
- Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms
- Experience designing functionality for existing complex components while maintaining scalability and performance
- Ability to collaborate effectively and communicate technical concepts to diverse stakeholders
- BA or BSc in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Experience with legacy system modernization or platform migration projects
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Experience with Agile development methodologies
- Familiarity with non-relational databases such as MongoDB
- Exposure to AI/ML concepts, AI-enabled APIs, or backend services supporting intelligent features
- Experience mentoring engineers and supporting technical growth
Payoneer Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Payoneer and has not been reviewed or approved by Payoneer.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage in the US is described as fully funded for medical, dental, and vision. Feedback suggests this materially boosts the value of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes 20 PTO days and supportive flexibility such as work-from-home reimbursements. These elements are frequently cited as enhancing work-life balance.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle perks such as wellness stipends, free Friday lunches, stocked kitchens, and office events are highlighted. These extras are seen as augmenting overall compensation value.
Payoneer Insights
What We Do
Payoneer is the financial technology company empowering borderless businesses to transact, do business, and grow globally. Founded in 2005, we're here to enable entrepreneurs and businesses in 190+ countries and territories to succeed in the global economy. Our all-in-one financial platform is built to removes barriers and simplify cross-border commerce, making it easier for millions of SMBs to pay and get paid, manage their funds across multiple currencies, and grow their businesses.
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