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PhonePe

Software Engineer, Backend

Location
Bengaluru
Work mode
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Experience
1–2 yrs exp
Pay
₹18–28 LPA (Est.)
Type
Full-time job, Developer
Added
13 November 2026

About this role

PhonePe builds digital payments, financial services and distribution platforms used by a very large base of consumers and merchants across India. This backend engineering role involves designing and building scalable distributed systems and web-based applications. Day to day, you would work on system design, module decomposition, performance tuning and incremental changes to existing architecture. You would also work closely with product managers to turn business features into technical capabilities and lead execution of medium-sized projects. The role suits engineers with 1–2 years of experience who are strong in Java, C or C++, concurrency and object-oriented design.

PhonePe is hiring for Software Engineer, Backend, a full-time role based in Bengaluru.

Who can apply: 1–2 yrs exp. Skills: Java, C++, Multithreading, System Design, MySQL, NoSQL.

Hirastra checked that this opening is live. Apply directly through the official posting; applying is always free.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop and maintain scalable web-based applications and backend systems
  • Lead functional modeling, module decomposition and system design for business and technical problems
  • Make incremental architecture changes and carry out impact analyses
  • Profile, tune and improve performance of large-scale distributed systems
  • Work with product managers to translate features into technical capabilities and lead medium-sized projects
  • Track the impact of deployed features with stakeholders and iterate on them

What you need

  • B.Tech, M.Tech or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 1–2 years of professional software engineering experience
  • Strong coding skills in at least one general-purpose language such as Java, C or C++, with unit-tested code
  • Hands-on experience with multi-threading and concurrent programming, plus OOD and design patterns
  • Understanding of relational databases (e.g., MySQL) and NoSQL technologies (e.g., HBase, Elasticsearch, Aerospike)
  • Knowledge of TDD and the full SDLC on Linux

Skills

  • Java
  • C++
  • Multithreading
  • System Design
  • MySQL
  • NoSQL

"Est." = Hirastra's estimate based on market data, not an official figure.

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