Principal Engineer - Backend

Bangalore
Tachyon Foundation PnE CC – Engineering /
Full-time /
On-site
All about Zeta Suite :

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 Tachyon offers:-
-Rich digital-first cardholder experiences.
-Native embeddable banking support.
-Hyper-Personalisation Policy Engine to launch segment-of-one card programs.
-Web-based product configurators to launch in days vs. quarters.
-Rapid innovation & extensibility via APIs, event streams, and more.
-Modern & intuitive web-based back office experiences.
-Next-gen regulatory risk & compliance capabilities.

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

Zeta Tachyon offers-

    • Rich digital-first cardholder experiences.
    • Native embeddable banking support.
    • Hyper-Personalisation Policy Engine to launch segment-of-one card programs.
    • Web-based product configurators to launch in days vs. quartersRapid innovation & extensibility via APIs, event streams, and more.
    • Modern & intuitive web-based back office experiences.
    • Next-gen regulatory risk & compliance capabilities

    • 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

The Role:

    • As a Principal Software Development Engineer, you will be playing a pivotal role in enabling Zeta to deliver to its ambitions. You will drive initiatives that will create a lasting impact on millions of individuals across the globe. You will work with an amazing peer group that fuels this ambition. 

What would you do here?

    • Designing and building large components or multiple services
    • Ensure high quality of architecture and design of systems
    • Create the optimum technical solution considering all the non-functional requirements
    • Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions
    • Articulate precisely both technical and business requirements by engaging with architects, data scientists, businesses and product managers
    • Mentor team members through technical discussions, design and ideation through white-boarding
    • Help managers arrive at a growth plan for the team members
    • Contribute strategically by working with tech leaders to maximize the productivity of teams by instilling an effective development environment
    • Evaluate the technical needs and select appropriate software, hardware, scalability and security requirement and suggest integration methods
    • Perform code and design reviews

What are we looking for?

    • 8+ years of experience building microservices
    • Experience in Object-oriented design and programming
    • Strong experience in architecting and building distributed systems
    • Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and designing for performance
    • Strong knowledge of cloud technologies like AWS/Google Cloud/Azure
    • Proficient with RDBMS
    • Strong knowledge on data stores, database design, data modelling and SQL queries
    • Strong knowledge of one or more big data processing stacks
    • Excellent code quality
    • Experience working on one or more large scale Java applications / platforms
    • Knowledge of Cryptography and Network Security
    • You have studied distributed systems like Dynamo, HBase, various messaging and queuing systems and understand nuances of Time, Clocks, and Ordering of Events, rate control, load distribution
    • You can smell fraud, transaction risks and abuse a mile away
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.