Software Development Engineer 2 – Backend

About us slice the way you bank slice’s purpose is to make the world better at using money and time, with a major focus on building the best consumer experience for your money. We’ve all felt how slow, confusing, and complicated banking can be. So, we’re reimagining it.

We’re building every product from scratch to be fast, transparent, and feel good, because we believe that the best products transcend demographics, like how great music touches most of us. Our cornerstone products and services: slice savings account, slice UPI credit card, slice UPI, slice UPI ATMs, slice fixed deposits, slice borrow, and UPI-powered bank branch are designed to be simple, rewarding, and completely in your control. At slice, you’ll get to build things you’d use yourself and shape the future of banking in India.

We tailor our working experience with the belief that the present moment is the only real thing in life. And we have harmony in the present the most when we feel happy and successful together. We’re backed by some of the world’s leading investors, including Tiger Global, Insight Partners, Advent International, Blume Ventures, and Gunosy Capital.

About the team Everything that you see on the internet - developers made it. Even the page that you’ve opened right now and are reading this very line from - a developer. At slice, we’re trying to build a world class product and that takes some crazy, world class engineers.

A team so supportive - even if you miss a ‘;’ in your code, they got your back till the code runs successfully. About the role We are looking for an experienced Backend developer to join our technology team. As a Backend developer, you’ll work closely with our Design, Product, Data Science and Analytics team to develop microservices which focus on the financial needs of millennials in India.

If you have excellent programming skills and a passion for developing applications or improving existing ones, we would like to meet you. What You’ll Do Design, build, and scale backend systems and microservices powering high-throughput consumer products. Architect reliable services for a large-scale multi-tenant environment with strong focus on scalability, availability, and performance.

Drive technical design discussions, evaluating trade-offs between functionality, extensibility, and maintainability. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Product, Design, Data Science, and Analytics to deliver customer-centric features. Own services end-to-end from design and development to deployment, monitoring, and long-term maintenance.

Build and operate applications securely on cloud infrastructure, primarily AWS. Ensure engineering excellence through robust testing, observability, and operational best practices. Contribute to team growth by participating in technical interviews and hiring high-caliber engineers.

What You’ll Need 4–5 years of hands-on experience building backend systems in product-driven organizations. Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Java, Go, Node.js, or Python. Solid experience designing and building REST APIs and distributed backend services.

Hands-on experience with backend frameworks such as Express.js, Hapi, LoopBack, Spring Boot, or equivalent. Strong understanding of data modeling with SQL and NoSQL databases. Experience building scalable systems with a good grasp of distributed systems fundamentals.

Hands-on exposure to test-driven development, including unit testing, integration testing, and API testing. Experience deploying applications in containerized environments (Docker/Kubernetes). Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS/GCP/Azure, with practical understanding of compute, networking, and storage fundamentals.

Exposure to observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/Kibana, or similar logging/monitoring systems. Strong ownership mindset with ability to independently drive projects from problem statement to production. B.E./B.Tech/M.E./M.Tech/MS from a reputed institution with strong academic credentials.

Curiosity to work on cutting-edge technologies and solve large-scale engineering challenges. Life at slice Life so good, you’d think we’re kidding: Competitive salaries. Period.

An extensive medical insurance that looks out for our employees & their dependents. We’ll love you and take care of you, our promise. Flexible working hours.

Just don’t call us at 3AM, we like our sleep schedule. Tailored vacation & leave policies so that you enjoy every important moment in your life. A reward system that celebrates hard work and milestones throughout the year.

Expect a gift coming your way anytime you kill it here. Learning and upskilling opportunities. Seriously, not kidding.

Good food, games, and a cool office to make you feel like home. An environment so good, you’ll forget the term “colleagues can’t be your friends”.