Fampay Architect

We are seeking a high-impact Architect to join Fam's engineering leadership team, defining and driving the long-term technical architecture across our product and platform domains. This role involves close collaboration with founders, product, and engineering leaders to align systems design with business strategy, fostering sustainable and scalable growth of our platform. Key Responsibilities • Define and evolve Fam's long-term technical architecture across backend, platform, infrastructure, security, and data domains. • Partner with Engineering Leads, Senior Engineers, and Product stakeholders to translate business goals into scalable and secure systems. • Own architectural decisions for large-scale initiatives: infrastructure modernisation, platform evolution, system re-designs, org-wide migrations. • Drive architectural standards, governance models, and reusable frameworks that improve developer velocity and system consistency. • Evaluate trade-offs across performance, reliability, security, and cost; ensure tech choices are future-proof and org-aligned. • Act as a thought leader and mentor — growing the next generation of senior engineers and architects. • Collaborate cross-functionally with security, compliance, and data teams to uphold industry-grade robustness and regulatory readiness. • Constantly scan and integrate emerging technologies where relevant — AI/ML infra, serverless models, edge computing, etc. • Act as a strong voice in build-vs-buy, re-architect-vs-refactor, and scale-vs-speed decisions at the org level. What We Look For • Proven track record in scaling distributed systems, backend architecture, and platform evolution in high-growth companies. • Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures (AWS/GCP), containerisation (Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code. • Experience influencing and leading large-scale technical decisions across multiple product or platform teams. • Strong systems thinking, with fluency in reliability, observability, security, and cross-domain integrations. • Exposure to fintech or regulated industries with experience handling sensitive data and building compliant systems. • Excellent collaboration and communication skills — comfortable influencing technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.

Fam is India's first payments app for everyone above 11, helping make online and offline payments through UPI and FamCard. We are on a mission to raise a new, financially aware generation and drive 250 million+ youngest users in India to kickstart their financial journey.