Principal Engineer

4 days ago

Gurgaon, Haryana, India leading global fintech investors and regulated Full time ₹ 2,00,00,000 - ₹ 2,50,00,000 per year

Syfe is APAC's largest and fastest-growing digital wealth platform, trusted with over US$10 billion in assets. We are fundamentally changing how hundreds of thousands of people across Asia-Pacific build wealth through a holistic approach to managing money rather than just pushing investment products. Backed by world-class investors and recognised as a leader in wealthtech, we are a team of passionate builders creating the future of wealth management.

The Right Profile: 

As a Principal Engineer at Syfe, you'll operate as a technical thought leader and hands-on architect, partnering with engineering leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to solve some of the hardest problems in the fintech space. This role is ideal for engineers who love systems thinking, sweat over design docs, and are obsessed with building resilient, scalable platforms that stand the test of time.Key Responsibilities

Location: Gurgaon

Key Responsibilities:

  • Drive Architectural Vision: Define and evolve architectural patterns across teams. Ensure choices today won't become regrets tomorrow by designing with extensibility and scale in mind.

  • Solve for Complexity, Not Simplicity: Tackle systemic and ambiguous problems across domains – from low-latency order execution to real-time data processing and observability.

  • Technical Leadership Without Authority: Influence tech decisions across pods without needing direct reporting lines. Provide architectural reviews, hands-on POCs, and be a trusted voice across teams.

  • Raise the Engineering Bar: Mentor senior engineers, guide them on trade-offs, and instill engineering rigor across the organization. You're not just writing code, you're multiplying impact.

  • Strategic Alignment: Collaborate with Product, Business, and Engineering stakeholders to align long-term tech investments with business bets.

  • Champion Engineering Excellence: Continuously improve engineering practices — from CI/CD, infra as code, to observability and incident response.

Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of hands-on experience in backend/platform engineering, with a track record of driving architectural decisions at org-level scale.

  • Expertise in designing and operating distributed systems (think microservices, event-driven architectures, or CQRS patterns).

  • Experience with multi-region HA, horizontal scaling, and managing technical debt pragmatically.

  • Proven ability to navigate trade-offs in system design, security, data consistency, and latency.

  • You've led cross-functional initiatives involving multiple pods/teams and seen them through from conception to production.

  • Strong programming expertise in one or more languages – e.g., Go, Java, Kotlin, or similar.

  • Curious, low-ego, and outcome-driven. You make others better just by working with you.

Nice To Have:

  • Fintech domain experience (wealth, trading, payments etc.).

  • Experience with Kubernetes, Kafka, and modern cloud-native infra stacks.

Recruiting Process (estimated duration: 4 to 6 weeks)

If your application is shortlisted, please expect:

  • Initial screening and fitment (15 min) – Recruiter Phone Call

  • Interview 1 (45 min) – Into Call With Hiring Manager

  • Interview 2 (90 min) – Problem Solving & LLD

  • Interview 3 (90 min) – Problem Solving & HLD

  • Interview 4 (60 min) – CTO Round

  • HR Discussion & Culture Fit

  • Background and Reference Checks

Due to the volume of applications, we regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.


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