Senior Software Engineer - Payments

Requirements

• Significant industry experience as a Software Engineer working on large-scale systems — we value depth of impact over years on paper
• Hands-on experience in designing and coding large-scale systems
• A commitment to engineering excellence, continuous improvement, and the curiosity to evaluate and advocate for new technologies and patterns
• An ability to communicate thoughtfully and clearly, both verbally and in writing, to drive consensus on complex technical concepts with diverse audiences, including global teams and external partners
• The commitment and drive to see complex projects through from conception to production

Nice to Haves

• Deep hands-on software development expertise with Java or Kotlin and Spring
• Proven development and operational experience with high-volume REST and/or gRPC services
• Strong experience designing for containerisation and orchestration (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Significant time spent architecting, building, and operating cloud-native (e.g. AWS) applications with resilience, failover, and self-healing as core features
• Expertise in designing robust CI/CD pipelines and defining infrastructure as code
• Extensive experience with observability strategies and tools (e.g. Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Splunk etc.)
• A fundamental appreciation for, and understanding of, security, privacy, and cryptography (e.g. PKI, certificate management, JWT)
• Hands-on experience optimising databases for scale (e.g. Aurora, DynamoDB)
• Previous experience working in a DevOps environment
• Familiarity with payments industry standards and compliance requirements (e.g. PCI-DSS, ISO 8583, open banking protocols), or direct experience integrating with card networks, payment service providers, or acquiring banks
• Experience using generative AI tooling (e.g. Claude Code) to accelerate delivery and maintain code quality

What You'll Be Doing

• Part of the Wallet, Payments & Commerce (WPC) organisation
• Build and maintain the foundational payment rails for Apple's ecosystem
• Operate at global scale
• Collaborate with fintech partners worldwide

Perks and Benefits

• Working on a modernised, cloud-native platform
• Engineering for high throughput and elastic scalability
• Impact millions of people
• Dynamic, evolving environment