Staff Engineer

About Us:

slice the way you bank

slice’s purpose is to make the world better at using money and time, with a major focus on building the best consumer experience for your money. We’ve all felt how slow, confusing, and complicated banking can be. So, we’re reimagining it. We’re building every product from scratch to be fast, transparent, and feel good, because we believe that the best products transcend demographics, like how great music touches most of us.

Our cornerstone products and services: slice savings account, slice UPI credit card, slice UPI, slice UPI ATMs, slice fixed deposits, slice borrow, and UPI-powered bank branch are designed to be simple, rewarding, and completely in your control. At slice, you’ll get to build things you’d use yourself and shape the future of banking in India. We tailor our working experience with the belief that the present moment is the only real thing in life. And we have harmony in the present the most when we feel happy and successful together.

We’re backed by some of the world’s leading investors, including Tiger Global, Insight Partners, Advent International, Blume Ventures, and Gunosy Capital.

About the team:

Everything that you see on the internet - developers made it. Even the page that you’ve opened right now and are reading this very line from - a developer. At slice, we’re trying to build a world-class product and that takes some crazy, world-class engineers. A team so supportive - even if you miss a ‘;’ in your code, they got your back till the code runs successfully.

About the role:

We are looking for a Staff Engineer (Backend) to join our technology team. A Staff Engineer is an innovative, quality-focused, product/business thinker. You are someone who has a passion for programming, technology and innovative product development, who thinks deeply about technical context, and who builds software using your proven experience. You’re expected to be involved in almost every project and also influence the culture of the company and help shape it in the right way. You will work closely with our Design, Product, Data Science, and Analytics teams to develop microservices.

What You will do:

• You'll be part of building our payment products like UPI, NEFT, RTGS.
• Lead technology and engineering best practices across various domains, encompassing quality, performance, design, and operations at the organizational level.
• Take ownership of designing, architecting, and delivering features or components/products with the utmost quality, while following high-level guidance from architects.
• Pioneer technological innovations, staying at the forefront of industry advancements.
• Efficiently collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end products and features.
• Demonstrate the ability to multitask and adapt priorities in response to evolving requirements.
• Accurately estimate project efforts, identify risks, devise solutions, and meet project deadlines.
• Conduct effective review meetings and ensure the timely resolution of all outstanding issues.
• Provide functional, design, and code reviews within your areas of expertise, both within your team and across teams. Mentor and coach engineers, fostering their professional growth and offering technical leadership.
• Take a high-level view to address broader issues and assess implications for the entire product and team.
• Establish a long-term technology vision for your organization and team
• Contribute to optimizing the hiring process and assist in recruiting top-tier engineers for the organization.
• Represent the organization and team in both external and internal forums.

What you will need:

• 8+ years of strong design/development experience in building massively large-scale distributed internet systems and products
• Deep expertise in modern technology stacks and experience in multiple tech stacks/languages. Ability to write maintainable, scalable, and unit-testable code.
• Experience leading and mentoring project teams
• Strong Object-oriented skills, knowledge of design patterns, and uncanny ability to design intuitive modules and class-level interfaces.
• Deep understanding of data-driven web application design and development
• Superior organization, communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills
• Must be a proven performer and team player who enjoys challenging assignments in a high-energy, fast-growing, and start-up workplace
• Must be a self-starter who can work well with minimal guidance and in a fluid environment
• Agility and ability to adapt quickly to changing requirements scope and priorities
• Have a few weekend side projects up on GitHub or contribute to open-source projects
• Have worked at a product company.
• Having experience in platform engineering is a plus.

Life at slice

Life so good, you’d think we’re kidding:

• Competitive salaries. Period.
• An extensive medical insurance that looks out for our employees & their dependents. We’ll love you and take care of you, our promise.
• Flexible working hours. Just don’t call us at 3 AM, we like our sleep schedule.
• Tailored vacation & leave policies so that you enjoy every important moment in your life.
• A reward system that celebrates hard work and milestones throughout the year. Expect a gift coming your way anytime you kill it here.
• Learning and upskilling opportunities. Seriously, not kidding.
• Good food, games, and a cool office to make you feel at home. An environment so good, you’ll forget the term “colleagues can’t be your friends”.