Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
Minimum 3 years experience in backend software development.
Strong experience with LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP) or similar backend technologies.
Experience developing RESTful APIs, integration services, and data processing components.
Solid understanding of: data structures and algorithms
database performance and query optimization
asynchronous processing or queue-based workflows
system scalability and reliability concepts
Experience using version control systems such as Git.
Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Experience working in Payment Gateway, FinTech, Banking, or high-transaction platforms.
Exposure to payment integrations, reconciliation workflows, or financial reporting systems.
Experience with cloud infrastructure such as AWS or GCP.
Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes.
Experience working with: Redis / CouchDB / MongoDB
messaging systems (RabbitMQ / Kafka)
observability tools
Exposure to AI coding assistants, automation tools, or developer productivity platforms.
Pre-Requisites :
Razer is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that diverse teams drive better ideas, better products, and a stronger cultur
Additional Information
Joining Razer will place you on a global mission to revolutionize the way the world games. Razer is a place to do great work , offering you the opportunity to make an impact globally while working across a global team located across 5 continents. Razer is also a great place to work, providing you the unique, gamer-centric #LifeAtRazer experience that will put you in an accelerated growth, both personally and professionally.
Job Responsibilities :
We are seeking a highly motivated Software Engineer to design, develop, and enhance mission-critical payment platform services. This role contributes to building scalable, secure, and high-performance transaction processing systems supporting merchant integrations, payment routing, settlement workflows, and financial data services.
The engineer will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable backend services while actively leveraging modern engineering practices including automation, observability, and AI-assisted development and research initiatives.
This position also supports continuous innovation efforts in platform modernization, performance optimization, and intelligent tooling to improve engineering productivity and system resilience. Key Responsibilities:
Application Development & Platform Engineering
Design, develop, and maintain backend services, APIs, and integrations supporting payment transaction flows.
Implement scalable and resilient software components capable of handling high transaction throughput and concurrent processing.
Maintain and enhance existing legacy systems while contributing to modernization initiatives.
Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following secure coding standards and engineering best practices.
Participate in system design discussions including performance optimization, database design, and distributed processing strategies.
Production Reliability & Support
Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventive improvements.
Collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams to ensure applications meet availability, latency, and reliability targets.
Support operational readiness including monitoring improvements, alert tuning, and deployment validation.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to reduce system risk and improve service uptime.
Engineering Collaboration & Delivery
Work closely with Product, QA, DevOps, and Integration teams to deliver new payment features and enhancements.
Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and delivery tracking.
Conduct peer code reviews to maintain high code quality and knowledge sharing.
Maintain technical documentation including architecture notes, integration guidelines, and operational runbooks.
Other duties as assigned
AI-Assisted Development & R&D Innovation
Leverage AI-powered developer tools to improve code quality, accelerate development cycles, and automate repetitive engineering tasks.
Participate in research and experimentation on AI use cases such as: automated code refactoring and legacy modernization
intelligent log analysis and anomaly detection
AI-assisted test case generation and coverage improvement
performance optimization recommendations
developer productivity analytics
automated documentation generation
Collaborate with R&D teams to prototype intelligent platform capabilities such as predictive scaling signals, fraud pattern insights, or operational automation workflows.
Contribute feedback and best practices on responsible and secure AI adoption in software engineering processes.
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