SDE 3 (Backend)

  • Full-time

Company Description

About us:
slice, the simplest way to pay.

With the purpose to make the world better at using their time and money, we put our singular focus on providing the best consumer payments experience in the world. We believe that the best product will always transcend customer demographics, like how great music touches most of us.

slice app brings a fast and simple way to make payments for our millions of users, be it credit or UPI. At slice, you'll have the opportunity to make a significant and positive impact on people's lives with your career. Today, we have employees with an average age of 26, share the same belief in innovation, self-motivation, and happiness. 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 are also backed by leading investors such as Tiger Global, Insight partners, Advent International, Blume Ventures, and Gunosy Capital.

We believe in equality. Period.

At slice, we are committed to building a diverse and talented workforce. We never discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, colour, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by the applicable law.

We consider all qualified job-seekers with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the applicable law. Additionally, we are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities in order to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Come join our crew!

Job Description

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 made it. 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 an experienced Backend developer to join our technology team. As a Backend developer, you’ll work closely with our Design, Product, Data Science, and Analytics team to develop microservices that focus on the financial needs of millennials in India. If you have excellent programming skills and a passion for developing applications or improving existing ones, we would like to meet you. 

What you will do:

  • Design and develop microservices that can work in a large-scale multi-tenant environment. 
  • Explore design implications and work towards an appropriate balance between functionality, performance, and maintainability. 
  • Work with a cross-discipline team of Design, Product, Data Science, and Analytics teams.
  • Deploy and maintain the application in a secured AWS environment. 
  • Take ownership from the ideation phase to deployment and maintenance.
  • Actively participate in the hiring process to bring world-class programmers to the team.

Qualifications

What you will need: 

  • 5 years of experience in server-side development.
  • Strong programming skills.
  • Hands-on experience in API development and frameworks such as Express, Loopback, Hapi. 
  • Good understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases. 
  • Experience in test-driven development (Unit test and API test).
  • Understanding of basic cloud computing concepts and experience in using any of the major cloud service providers(AWS/GCP/Azure). 
  • Ability to build and deploy the application in a containerized environment.
  • Understanding of application logging and monitoring systems like Prometheus or Kibana.
  • B.E/B.Tech/M.E./M.Tech/M.S. from a reputed university with a good academic record.
  • Curiosity to explore cutting-edge technologies and bake them into the products.
  • Zeal and drive to take end-to-end ownership.

Additional Information

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 dependants. We’ll love you and take care of you, our promise. 
  • Flexible working hours. Just don’t call us at 3AM, 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”.