Full-Time

Engineering Manager

Java Background

Updated on 9/10/2026

PayPay India

PayPay India

Dual-shore development center for Japanese payments

No salary listed

Gurugram, Haryana, India

Remote

Category
Engineering Management (1)
Required Skills
LLM
Java
Requirements
  • The candidate must have 9–14 years of hands-on backend development experience.
  • The candidate must have at least 2 years of team management experience.
  • The candidate must have a track record of designing, developing, and supporting highly scalable, responsive web and mobile applications.
  • The candidate must have professional experience in a technical management or leadership role.
  • The candidate must have a technical mindset and understand complex systems design.
  • The candidate must be solutions oriented.
  • The candidate must be able to maintain high performance in a high-energy and fast-paced work environment.
  • The candidate must have oral, written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • The candidate must leverage AI/large language model-based tools in daily workflows, including code development, code reviews, testing, debugging, and documentation, while maintaining human oversight, judgment, and accountability.
Responsibilities
  • Lead the team in its daily tasks, prioritize them, and make decisions based on changing business priorities.
  • Structure and facilitate the team’s workflow and development process.
  • Coordinate with internal stakeholders to understand their requirements and translate them into the team’s technical requirements.
  • Foster the team’s evolution and members’ growth, including one-on-ones and performance evaluations.
  • Plan future resource requirements and collaborate on hiring efforts.
Desired Qualifications
  • Bilingual proficiency in English and Japanese is nice to have but not required.

PayPay India is the first overseas development center for PayPay, focused on building and improving e-payment services for the Japanese market. It integrates with the Tokyo product team to develop core features such as payments, credit and loans, investments, and integrations for online shopping and bill payments, powered by backend systems, data science, and AI-driven fintech features. It stands out by being tightly aligned with PayPay’s core development ecosystem through a dual-shore model that blends Indian IT talent with the Japan-based team, not as an outsourcing shop. Its goal is to speed up PayPay’s product development, expand cashless payments in Japan, and strengthen the overall technology foundation of the PayPay ecosystem.

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • July 2026 LINE linking expands PayPay's distribution across Japan's biggest messaging app.
  • June 2026 press releases show active hiring in Gurugram and hundreds-engineer buildout.
  • PayPay's ecosystem reached 40 million eKYC users by June 2026, expanding addressable services.

What critics are saying

  • LY's July 2026 LINE linkage pushes platform control closer to Tokyo, reducing India autonomy.
  • PayPay's June 2026 reward tightening and eKYC rules threaten merchant and user growth.
  • Japan's payments market stays brutally competitive; Rakuten Pay and d Payment attack PayPay's dominance.

What makes PayPay India unique

  • October 2022: PayPay India is PayPay Corporation's first overseas development hub.
  • May 1, 2026: Ayush Mittal became Managing Director, keeping Japan-linked leadership continuity.
  • PayPay India supports core payments, credit, loans, AI, and merchant services, not outsourcing.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Flexible Work Hours

Remote Work Options

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Hybrid Work Options

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Conference Attendance Budget

Professional Development Budget

Wellness Program

Mental Health Support

Gym Membership

Phone/Internet Stipend

Home Office Stipend

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