Senior Software Development Engineer

About Decentro

Decentro is a Y-Combinator backed banking & payments infrastructure company. Decentro provides building blocks that help companies stitch their fintech workflows in a few weeks. While starting our first fintech venture back in 2014, we spent years convincing banks to partner with us. Before we could launch our fintech product (more here), we had to convince different departments within banks - including technology, business, leadership, legal, and support to get the green signal. Fast forward to today, we realise that banks & regulatory institutions find it difficult to help the longer tail of companies build innovative & compliant fintech solutions.

What if there was a platform (think AWS for cloud or Twilio for messaging) that abstracts the complexities of banking, identity, payments, lending, and provides simple APIs so that companies do not have to spend years dealing with banks?

We’re solving this pain point at Decentro since 2020. We’ve scaled to process $4 billion + in payment volumes & have 900+ customers across India & Singapore in multiple verticals such as marketplaces, banks, regulated institutions, fintechs, lenders, gaming, and more.

What is expected from you -

• Design and Development: Lead the design and development of new banking API modules from scratch, ensuring robust, secure, and scalable solutions.
• Hands-on Implementation: Build and implement financial APIs and integrations to ensure seamless communication with external and internal services.
• Database Design: Collaborate on the design and integration of new and existing databases, ensuring optimal performance and maintainability.
• Performance and Scalability: Architect and optimize the entire stack for maximum speed and scalability.
• Security: Design and build REST APIs with a focus on high-level security, ensuring encryption and other best-in-class security mechanisms are in place.
• CI/CD Pipelines: Work closely with team members to design and implement continuous integration and deployment pipelines to enhance development workflows and speed up releases.

What We're Looking For:

• Python Expertise: At least 3+ years of experience in Python development, with a strong understanding of Python 3 and the latest best practices.
• Team Player: High-energy individual who is eager to learn, collaborate, and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Database Proficiency: 3+ years of experience in database design and management, staying current with the latest versions and practices.
• Framework Knowledge: Familiarity with relevant back-end frameworks, such as Flask, Django or any other python web framework, and ability to apply them to real-world projects.
• Product Vision: Solid understanding of product strategy and user experience to ensure that technical decisions align with business goals.
• Testing Experience: Hands-on experience with implementing code-level unit tests to maintain code quality and reliability.
• Version Control: Proficiency with Git or other version control systems, ensuring smooth collaboration and code management.
• Code Quality: Strong appreciation for clean, well-structured, and well-documented code.

What we offer -

• The ability for you to make an impact and lay a foundation for the upcoming fin-tech innovations across the globe.
• A multicultural and diverse team of colleagues from different regions that speak on average 3 global languages.
• Progressive and flexible work hours that match your personality and lifestyle.
• Backed by global investors such as Ycombinator & Rapyd, we're a contrarian and progressive culture of independent thinkers and systematic executors that are driven to build cool things that matter.

If this aligns with you, time to hop on!

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by the law.