Senior Backend Engineer

Payoneer is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer in Gurugram, India. Level rates it ; you can apply on Payoneer.

Level's read on this job

Level rates this software engineer role Uses AI ●●○○: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
Tools and skills the posting cites include Claude, Copilot and Cursor.
Level classifies it as a senior role.
Level lists 100 other open roles at Payoneer.

AI in this role

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About Payoneer

Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world’s underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We’re a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 countries and territories.

By taking the complexity out of the financial workflows–including everything from global payments and compliance to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligence–we give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence.

Location: Gurugram, India | Full-time

What You’ll Do

Design and build scalable, reliable backend services and microservices for product-driven applications.
Own end-to-end delivery, from architecture and development to testing, deployment, and production support.
Collaborate with Product and R&D teams to translate business needs into robust technical solutions.
Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, system design, performance optimization, and automation.
Leverage AI-powered development tools to improve productivity across the SDLC, including coding, testing, debugging, and code reviews.

What You’ll Bring

6–10 years of backend engineering experience, preferably in product-based organizations.
Strong proficiency in .NET, Node.js, or similar object-oriented languages.
Experience with scalable systems, microservices, SQL databases, and messaging platforms such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or SQS.
Strong fundamentals in system design, data structures, algorithms, testing, and design principles.
Exposure to AI-assisted SDLC tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or GitHub Copilot.
Strong ownership, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Good to Have

AWS/Azure, MongoDB, and event-driven architecture experience.
Experience building AI-powered product features or automated engineering workflows.
Mentoring experience and familiarity with Agile practices.

The Payoneer Ways of Working

Act as our customer’s partner on the inside
Learning what they need and creating what will help them go further.

Do it. Own it.
Being fearlessly accountable in everything we do.

Continuously improve
Always striving for a higher standard than our last.

Build each other up
Helping each other grow, as professionals and people.

If this sounds like a business, a community, and a mission you want to be part of, apply today.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace. Payoneer is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment no matter your race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please speak to the recruiter managing the role for any adjustments. Decisions about requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.

How we rate this

Senior Backend Engineer at Payoneer rates 51 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Senior Backend Engineer is an open job at Payoneer.
Level rates this role AI Level 2 of 4: Uses AI.
The role is based in Gurugram, India.
The job was posted on March 20, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Payoneer. Apply on Payoneer

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

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Pay

Typical software engineer job: $168k

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Questions you could be asked

What's a project where you used Claude hands-on?
Walk me through how you've used Copilot in your day-to-day work.
What are the limits of Cursor that you've run into, and how did you work around them?
What's a project where you used Claude Code hands-on?
This role expects you to use AI tools as part of the job. Which ones have you used, and for what?

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List these exact terms on your resume: Claude, Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
Put the AI tool in a bullet point about what you did, not just in a skills list. This role treats it as a required part of the job.

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