Director - Engineering (Backend) at Zeta

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Fintech, BankingIndustries

Requirements

  • Good understanding of distributed systems, micro-services, messaging systems and associated architectural patterns
  • In-depth understanding of traditional relational databases and various key-value document stores
  • Thorough understanding of transactional and analytical workloads
  • Mastery in Object-oriented analysis and design
  • Good understanding of web and mobile application technology stack
  • Practitioners understanding of Non-functional requirements of software and ability to make appropriate trade-off decisions
  • Experience with CI/CD environments and automation test frameworks
  • Good understanding of agile development practices
  • Familiarity with production operations of large-scale systems
  • Overall 15 to 18 years of experience managing software projects right from inception to launch, seeing the full lifecycle, and building enterprise systems
  • B.Tech/M.Tech in computer science, information technology, or a related field

Responsibilities

  • Define technology roadmap for various products of a business unit. Align choices to overall organization technology strategy
  • Work closely with teams to review architectural and technological choices for functional, cost and time to deliver fitment
  • Optimize processes for productivity. Build teams, assess skill gaps, plan upskilling exercises
  • Collaborate with operations teams to monitor and assure SLA adherence of all services
  • Collaborate with directors and managers of QA, Project, UX and other teams for staffing each project appropriately
  • Mentor and manage engineering managers for effective delivery of projects
  • Percolate the benefits of the relevant technological choices to Product, Operations, Business and Executive teams
  • Be responsible to ship products at high quality in a timely manner
  • Lead the team that builds large-scale card issuing and transaction processing systems executing hundreds of policies with sub-second latencies
  • Provide engineering leadership to both internal and market facing technical partnerships - helping take technical and operational decisions for long term success of the product and organization
  • Responsible for several engineering teams each with 8-12 people. Overall span of management could include 60 to 90 engineers and 6-8 engineering managers

Skills

Backend Engineering
Distributed Systems
Cloud Native
API Development
System Architecture
Scalability
Transaction Processing
Engineering Leadership
Technology Roadmap
High Performance Systems

Zeta

Cloud-native payment card processing platform

About Zeta

Zeta provides a platform for payment card processing that is designed for banks, financial institutions, and fintech companies. Their main product, the Omni Stack, allows clients to easily create and manage digital credit, debit, and prepaid card programs. This platform works by integrating with existing systems through APIs, which helps streamline the payment processing experience. Zeta stands out from its competitors by focusing on cloud-native solutions and ensuring compliance with important regulations, which helps build trust with their clients. The company's goal is to make payments seamless and less noticeable in everyday transactions, moving towards a future where payments are 'invisible'.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2015Year Founded
$369.6MTotal Funding
LATE_VCCompany Stage
Fintech, Financial ServicesIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Risks

Competition from fintech startups may erode Zeta's market share.
Data privacy concerns could arise as Zeta expands globally.
Dependence on key partnerships like Sparrow poses risks if disrupted.

Differentiation

Zeta's Tachyon platform powers Sparrow's top-rated credit card for underserved markets.
Zeta's Omni Stack enables rapid launch of digital card programs for financial institutions.
Zeta is recognized for compliance with ISO IEC 27001, PCI DSS 4.0, and SOC 2 Type 2.

Upsides

Zeta's partnership with Sparrow opens new revenue streams in underserved markets.
Zeta's technology receives high ratings, enhancing brand reputation and customer trust.
Recognition by Celent boosts Zeta's market positioning for US banks and credit unions.

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