The Role
Lead the development of high-performance backend applications, enhancing transaction processing with cutting-edge technologies while mentoring junior developers and analyzing large datasets.
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About Zeta
Zeta is a Next-Gen Banking Tech company that empowers banks and fintechs to launch banking products for the future. It was founded by Bhavin Turakhia and Ramki Gaddipati in 2015.
Our flagship processing platform - Zeta Tachyon - is the industry’s first modern, cloud-native, and fully API-enabled stack that brings together issuance, processing, lending, core banking, fraud & risk, and many more capabilities as a single-vendor stack. 15M+ cards have been issued on our platform globally.
Zeta is actively working with the largest Banks and Fintechs in multiple global markets transforming customer experience for multi-million card portfolios.
Zeta has over 1700+ employees - with over 70% roles in R&D - across locations in the US, EMEA, and Asia. We raised $280 million at a $1.5 billion valuation from Softbank, Mastercard, and other investors in 2021.
Learn more @ www.zeta.tech, careers.zeta.tech, Linkedin, Twitter
About the Role:
We are currently seeking an accomplished Senior Backend Engineer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will lead the development of cutting-edge and user-centric applications. Your expertise will play a pivotal role in shaping backend architecture, guiding junior developers, and delivering high-quality, performant code.
Lambda team builds large-scale transaction processing systems that can work with many current and future payment networks. We build applications that help banks realize the value of this new approach early. We help banks to rapidly deliver the value of these applications to their customers.
Responsibilities:
- Building highly-scalable and secure payments platform
- Primary owners of one or more components of the platform and will drive innovation in your area of ownership
- Working with various product teams gathering eequirements and adding capabilities
- Using cutting-edge cryptography to secure payments beyond industry standards.
- Deriving actionable insights by mining TBs of data.
- Building low-level infrastructure that aims to push the boundaries of network performance.
- Review and influence new evolving design, architecture, standards and methods with stability, maintainability and scale in mind
- Identify patterns and provide solutions to class of problems
- Research, evaluate and socialize new tools, technologies, and techniques to improve the value of the system
Experience and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in engineering (computer science, information systems) with 4-7 years of experience building enterprise systems
- Worked on one or more large scale java applications
- Good understanding of nuances of distributed systems, scalability, and availability
- Good knowledge of one or more relational and NoSQL databases and transactions
- Shrewd focus on latency and throughput of services
- In-depth understanding of concurrency, synchronization, NIO, memory allocation and GC
- Experience with IaaS clouds like AWS/Google Cloud, Azure, OpenStack etc.
- Experience in working with Message Brokers and Application Containers
- Great ability to mentor and train other team members
Skills:
- Strong experience in Java (large-scale applications)
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and availability
- Experience with low-level infrastructure and network performance optimization
- Focus on latency, throughput, concurrency, synchronization, NIO, memory allocation, and Garbage Collection (GC)
- Proficiency with both Relational and NoSQL databases
- Hands-on experience with IaaS cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, or OpenStack
- Experience with Message Brokers (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)
Life At Zeta
At Zeta, we want you to grow to be the best version of yourself by unlocking the great potential that lies within you. This is why our core philosophy is ‘People Must Grow.’ We recognize your aspirations; act as enablers by bringing you the right opportunities, and let you grow as you chase disruptive goals.
#LifeAtZeta is adventurous and exhilarating at the same time. You get to work with some of the best minds in the industry and experience a culture that values the diversity of thoughts. If you want to push boundaries, learn continuously and grow to be the best version of yourself, Zeta is the place to be! Explore the life at zeta
Zeta is an equal opportunity employer.
At Zeta, we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of job history, disability, gender identity, religion, race, marital/parental status, or another special status. We are proud to be an equitable workplace that welcomes individuals from all walks of life if they fit the roles and responsibilities.
Top Skills
AWS
Azure
GCP
Java
Kafka
Nosql Databases
Openstack
RabbitMQ
Relational Databases
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The Company
What We Do
Founded in 2015, Zeta is a provider of next-gen credit card processing platform. Zeta’s cloud-native and fully API-enabled stack offers a comprehensive range of capabilities, including processing, issuing, lending, core banking, fraud detection, and loyalty programs. With a strong focus on technology, Zeta has over 1700+ employees and contractors, with more than 70% dedicated to technology roles. Operating across the US, UK, Middle East, and Asia, Zeta has served a global customer base of 35+ clients who have issued over 15 million cards on Zeta's platform to date. Backed by prominent investors such as Softbank Vision Fund 2 and Mastercard, Zeta has raised $280 million, at a valuation of $1.5 billion.
