Technical Lead

About CheQ

At CheQ, we’re turning the chaos of credit into a journey that’s clear, rewarding, and even a little fun. With ₹50,000 Cr+ in lifetime payments, a growing tribe of users (30%+ using more than two products), and $16M raised from marquee investors, we’re fast becoming India’s favorite way to go from credit-stressed to credit-smart.

Founded by ex-Flipkart leader Aditya Soni and backed by 3one4 Capital, Venture Highway, Ram Shriram, Lloyd Mathias and more, CheQ isn’t just another fintech, it’s a full-stack credit experience.

Here’s what makes us different:

• Credit, simplified → Track, pay, and optimise every credit card, loan, and bill in one smooth dashboard.
• AI that actually helps → Meet Wisor, India’s first AI-powered credit advisor giving real financial intelligence, not just data.
• More than payments → Rewards, instant loans, and an embedded wallet all stitched into one seamless journey.

We’re here to make managing money feel less like a chore and more like a win.

Engineering Team @CheQ

They turn ideas into reality designing the infrastructure, systems, and products that fuel our growth. From building zero-to-one products, scaling them one-to-ten, and pushing them one-to-hundred, they drive impact at every stage whether it’s microservices, databases, or full-stack systems.

With their craft, engineers take features and experiences from spark to scale always with the customer at the heart. They decode business and consumer needs, challenge product and design partners, and own execution and delivery, end to end.

What you’ll be doing

We are much more than our job descriptions, but here is where you will begin:

• Collaborate with stakeholders, including product owners, project managers, and scrum masters, to define and clarify project requirements.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and ensure all stakeholders have a clear understanding of the project scope and objectives.
• Facilitate effective communication and coordination among cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and successful project delivery.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and efficient software solutions that meet business needs.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code while adhering to best practices and coding standards.
• Perform code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members to ensure code quality and consistency.
• Work closely with the DevOps team to establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines for seamless product building, deployment, and testing across all release cycles from development to production.
• Enhance and apply a strong understanding of modern security principles and practices to the development and deployment of applications.
• Implement security measures such as authentication, authorization, data encryption, and vulnerability assessments to protect applications from security threats.

What you’ll need

Like us, you’ll be deeply committed to delivering impactful outcomes for customers.

• 7+ years of demonstrated ability to develop resilient, high-performance, and scalable code tailored to application usage demands.
• Ability to lead by example with hands-on development while managing project timelines and deliverables. Experience in agile methodologies and practices, including sprint planning and execution, to drive team performance and project success.
• Deep expertise in Node.js, with experience in building and maintaining complex, production-grade RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Experience writing batch/cron jobs using Python and Shell scripting.
• Experience in web application development using JavaScript and JavaScript libraries.
• Have a basic understanding of Typescript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, JSON and REST based applications.
• Experience/Familiarity with RDBMS and NoSQL Database technologies like MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, ElasticSearch and other similar databases.
• Understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
• Understanding of building applications deployed on the cloud using Google cloud platform(GCP)or Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Experienced in JS-based build /Package tools like Grunt, Gulp, Bower, Webpack and NPM.

Why should you join CheQ

You own it, we trust you

Shape your work with freedom, deliver with ownership, backed by trust.

Bold, fast & human

We push boundaries together, and deliver with agility, rigor, and heart. Always looking out for one another.

Growth by osmosis

Learn directly from a stellar leadership team with rich, diverse backgrounds.

And that’s just the start:

• Pay that matches the best in the industry.
• The thrill of solving real India-first problems at scale.
• Exposure to cutting-edge tech and innovation.

What you will not get

• Monotony → Work is dynamic, expect variety every day.
• Slow climbs → Growth here is about leaps, not ladders.
• Layers of red tape → We believe in speed, not bureaucracy.