Technical Lead - Data Engineer at Paytm

Short Description:

The role of Technical Lead - Data Engineer at Paytm in Bengaluru, Karnataka, within the Technology team (Paytm Ads) is on-roll with a remote work arrangement. It involves spearheading complex technical projects, specializing in Hadoop and Spark technologies, requiring 6-8 years of Big Data experience. The role focuses on enhancing analytics capabilities, solving intricate problems across the technical stack, and designing real-time event pipelines, offering opportunities to contribute to Paytm's transformative journey in digital payments and lending. Skills in Hadoop, Spark, Python/Java/Scala, and cloud technologies are essential for success, with a promise of wealth creation and professional growth within India's largest digital lending ecosystem.

Position: Technical Lead - Data Engineer

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka

Team: Technology – Paytm Ads

Employment Type: On-roll

Work Arrangement: Remote

About Us:

Paytm is India’s leading digital payments and financial services company, dedicated to driving consumers and merchants to its platform by offering a variety of payment use cases. Paytm provides consumers with services such as utility payments and money transfers, empowering them to pay via Paytm Payment Instruments (PPI) like Paytm Wallet, Paytm UPI, Paytm Payments Bank Netbanking, Paytm FASTag, and Paytm Postpaid - Buy Now, Pay Later. For merchants, Paytm offers acquiring devices such as Soundbox, EDC, QR, and Payment Gateway, facilitating payment aggregation through PPI and other banks’ financial instruments. Additionally, Paytm enhances merchants’ businesses by providing commerce services through advertising and the Paytm Mini app store. Leveraging this platform, the company offers credit services, including merchant loans, personal loans, and BNPL, sourced through its financial partners.

About the Role:

This position requires an individual to work on complex technical projects and collaborate closely with peers in an innovative and fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate for this role should possess a strong product design sense and specialize in Hadoop and Spark technologies.

Requirements:

Minimum 6-8 years of experience in Big Data technologies.
Grow our analytics capabilities with faster, more reliable tools, handling petabytes of data daily.
Brainstorm and create new platforms to make data available to cluster users with low latency and horizontal scalability.
Diagnose and solve problems across the entire technical stack.
Design and develop a real-time events pipeline for data ingestion for real-time dashboarding.
Develop complex and efficient functions to transform raw data sources into powerful, reliable components of our data lake.
Design and implement new components and various emerging technologies in the Hadoop Eco-System, successfully executing various projects.
Be a brand ambassador for Paytm – Stay Hungry, Stay Humble, Stay Relevant!

Skills that will help you succeed in this role:

Fluent with strong hands-on experience with Hadoop, MapReduce, Hive, Spark, PySpark, etc.
Excellent programming/debugging skills in Python/Java/Scala.
Experience with any scripting language such as Python, Bash, etc.
Good to have experience working with NoSQL databases like Hbase, Cassandra.
Hands-on programming experience with multithreaded applications.
Good to have experience in Database, SQL, messaging queues like Kafka.
Good to have experience in developing streaming applications (e.g., Spark Streaming, Flink, Storm, etc.).
Good to have experience with AWS and cloud technologies such as S3.
Experience with caching architectures like Redis, etc.

Why Join Us:

Opportunity to make a difference and enjoy the journey.
Challenged and encouraged to do meaningful work for yourself and those we serve.
Ideal for individuals serious about understanding the transformative power of technology for people.
Success rooted in collective energy and unwavering focus on the customer.
Learn more about the exciting work we do in Tech by reading our Engineering blogs.

Compensation:

If you are the right fit, we believe in creating wealth for you. With over 500 million registered users, 21 million merchants, and depth of data in our ecosystem, we are uniquely positioned to democratize credit for deserving consumers and merchants. Join us and be a part of India’s largest digital lending story!

Please click here to apply.

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