Razorpay

Lead Data Engineer

Posted On

Aug. 21, 2025

Location

Bangalore, Karnataka

Experience Level

Freshers/Experienced

Job Type

Permanent

Apply By

Sept. 6, 2025

Job Description

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Razorpay was founded by<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kumarshashank/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/kumarshashank/&source=gmail&ust=1660290870959000&usg=AOvVaw1H2eeqfjnUDt3iT_Cg-jfh"> Shashank Kumar</a> and<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshilmathur/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshilmathur/&source=gmail&ust=1660290870959000&usg=AOvVaw3k1sK1wrIz5HKLsZA8-mTC"> Harshil Mathur</a> in 2014. Razorpay is building a new-age digital banking hub (Neobank) for businesses in India with the mission is to enable frictionless banking and payments experiences for businesses of all shapes and sizes. What started as a B2B payments company is processing billions of dollars of payments for lakhs of businesses across India. </span></p> <div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We are a full-stack financial services organisation, committed to helping Indian businesses with comprehensive and innovative payment and business banking solutions built over robust technology to address the entire length and breadth of the payment and banking journey for any business. Over the past year, we've disbursed loans worth millions of dollars in loans to thousands of businesses. In parallel, Razorpay is reimagining how businesses manage money by simplifying business banking (via<a href="https://razorpay.com/x/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://razorpay.com/x/&source=gmail&ust=1660290870959000&usg=AOvVaw0ab_bX0WbaTqedmVsyWBbZ"> Razorpay X</a>) and enabling capital availability for businesses (via<a href="https://razorpay.com/capital/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://razorpay.com/capital/&source=gmail&ust=1660290870959000&usg=AOvVaw2ymFZuuzdG2i4lPyqQYP5I"> Razorpay Capital</a>). </span></div></div><div> <h3><strong>The Role:</strong></h3> <p>As a <strong>Lead Data Platform Engineer</strong>, you will take ownership of <strong>designing and delivering high-performance data platforms</strong> that enable analytics, AI/ML, and real-time insights across the organization. You will <strong>mentor junior engineers, drive architectural decisions</strong>, and collaborate with stakeholders to align the data platform roadmap with business objectives. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who enjoys <strong>both coding and guiding a team toward innovative solutions</strong>.</p> <h3><strong>Roles and Responsibilities:</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>Lead the design and implementation</strong> of scalable and reliable <strong>Data Platform</strong> with real-time and batch processing solutions. </li> <li>Build and maintain the Infra with best IoC practices </li> <li>Architect <strong>data solutions</strong> that support machine learning, business analytics, and real-time processing.</li> <li><strong>Mentor and guide</strong> junior engineers, conducting code reviews and setting coding standards.</li> <li>Collaborate with <strong>cross-functional teams</strong> to identify and solve data challenges.</li> <li>Drive improvements in <strong>infrastructure, automation, and monitoring</strong> to enhance platform scalability and performance.</li> <li>Ensure <strong>data quality, governance, and compliance</strong> with internal policies and industry best practices.</li> <li><strong>Stay current</strong> with the latest data trends and technologies, and make recommendations to <strong>keep the platform ahead of the curve</strong>.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Mandatory Qualifications:</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>6-8 years</strong> of hands-on experience in Building and managing <strong>Large Scale Data Platforms.</strong></li> <li>Experience with <strong>Version control</strong>, <strong>CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, Docker</strong>, and <strong>IaC tools</strong>.</li> <li>Strong Experience in Building and Maintaining<strong> Data Intensive APIs and Distributed Data Processing Systems</strong></li> <li>Strong programming skills in<strong> Scala, Golang</strong>, and optimizing <strong>SQL queries</strong>.</li> <li>Experience with both <strong>relational SQL</strong> and <strong>NoSQL databases</strong></li> <li>Strong understanding of <strong>REST APIs</strong>, <strong>Microservices</strong>, <strong>event-driven architectures</strong>, and <strong>Stream processing frameworks</strong>.</li> <li>Experience working in <strong>cross-functional, agile environments</strong>.</li> <li><strong>Open-source contributions</strong> or active participation in developer communities.</li> </ul> <p>Prior experience in a <strong>product-based company</strong> is highly preferred.</p> </div> <div> </div><div class="content-conclusion"><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span id="m_2989597180337834284gmail-m_4972969247898306296gmail-docs-internal-guid-3a65a3c2-7fff-88ff-9e94-8ab11a050d04">Razorpay believes in and follows an equal employment opportunity policy that doesn't discriminate on gender, religion, sexual orientation, colour, nationality, age, etc. We welcome interests and applications from all groups and communities across the globe. </span><br></span></div> <div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div> <div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span id="m_2989597180337834284gmail-m_4972969247898306296gmail-docs-internal-guid-3d0a9248-7fff-a2fd-6fa3-5026f85768d7">Follow us on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/razorpay/mycompany/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/company/razorpay/mycompany/&source=gmail&ust=1660290870959000&usg=AOvVaw0f6sCrv8Ce3IHBvN2Sev8Z">LinkedIn</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/Razorpay" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/Razorpay&source=gmail&ust=1660290870959000&usg=AOvVaw0ViuP9uutFg1qFCm2nHeh1">Twitter</a></span></span></div></div>

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