Staff Software Engineer - Java

Position Title : Staff/Senior Software Engineer Backend (Java, Spring Boot)

Location : HSR, Bangalore

Reports to : Director of Engineering

Work mode : Work from Office

About Us

SwiffyLabs is a next-generation SaaS fintech platform headquartered in HSR Layout, Bangalore, transforming how financial institutions design, launch, and manage credit products.

Founded by Ashish Anantharaman (Co-founder & ex-CTO, ZestMoney), we offer a modular, API-first, AI-powered platform that helps NBFCs, banks, fintechs, and embedded finance players scale with confidence.

Built for flexibility and speed, our product suite includes LOS, LMS, co-lending engines, business rules frameworks, and more serving both domestic and international financial ecosystems.

We proudly represent a Made in India, built for the world infrastructure company that enables smarter lending across emerging markets.

Mission

Our mission is to provide strategic financial guidance, data-driven insights, and financial planning that empowers SwiffyLabs to make informed decisions, drive growth, and achieve financial success. This role is crucial in navigating the unique challenges and opportunities within the rapidly evolving financial technology industry which will require strong financial leadership and analysis.

About The Role

Were hiring a Staff Engineer Backend to lead architecture, design, and delivery of scalable microservices powering our core product suite. This is a senior IC role with technical leadership responsibilities. Youll work hands-on across mission-critical systems while mentoring engineers and shaping engineering practices org-wide.

This role goes beyond writing code its about owning features end-to-end, solving complex system problems, optimising performance, and enabling rapid product scale in a modern fintech environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Architecture & Design : Lead backend architecture using Java, Spring Boot, and event-driven microservices on Azure (or other cloud environments).
• Feature Ownership : Design, develop, and deploy resilient, fault-tolerant services for key modules like LOS, LMS, Embedded APIs, Co-lending, etc.
• Cross-functional Collaboration : Partner with Product, QA, DevOps, Security, and Frontend to deliver reliable and secure systems that meet business goals.
• System Optimisation : Improve latency, scalability, and fault-tolerance of backend systems handling large transaction volumes.
• Mentorship & Review : Review code, coach engineers (SDE2/3), and guide technical decision-making across multiple teams.
• Observability & Incident Handling : Lead efforts on monitoring, logging, and root cause analysis for live systems. Handle escalations when needed.
• Security & Compliance : Build with a focus on secure coding, data privacy, and adherence to financial regulatory standards.
• SDLC & CI/CD Ownership : Contribute across the full SDLCtesting, building, deploying, and maintaining production systems using DevOps best practices.
  
  

What Were Looking For

• 7 - 10 years of backend engineering experience, with at least 2+ years in a senior/staff-level capacity.
• Deep hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and REST/gRPC APIs.
• Strong experience with event-driven systems, ideally using Kafka or similar.
• Proficient in cloud-native architecture, particularly on Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Experience deploying and managing services using Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with observability tools like Grafana, Prometheus, Kibana, Logstash, or Opentelemetry.
• Knowledge of security, encryption, and compliance practices relevant to financial systems.
• Ability to independently lead backend projects and influence technical direction across the org.
  
  

Nice-to-Haves

• Prior experience in fintech, SaaS, or lending platforms is highly preferred and strongly weighted.
• Exposure to credit workflows like loan lifecycle, underwriting, collections, or co-lending.
• Contributions to open-source or internal tooling initiatives.
• Experience supporting production systems and interfacing with external partners or clients.
  
  

Ideal Candidate Traits

• High ownership mindset with the ability to self-drive technical projects.
• Eager to work in a fast-moving startup with evolving systems.
• Balances hands-on delivery with architectural vision.
• Thrives in a collaborative, builder-first culture.
• Passionate about solving real-world problems with clean, scalable code.
  
  

(ref:hirist.tech)