Software Engineer - Payments Systems

What You'll Be Doing

  • Engineer highly reliable, API-driven payment systems that streamline operations and support global expansion.
  • Translate product and design requirements into clean, maintainable, and well-tested components.
  • Collaborate closely with product managers, business, operations, designers, and back-end engineers to deliver high-quality experiences.
  • Identify and resolve performance, accessibility, and usability issues across the application.
  • Participate in code reviews, contribute to shared component libraries, and help uphold engineering standards.
  • Support the operational health of features and help maintain a high service level agreement (SLA).

Requirements

  • Mastery of Java and Spring Boot, with ability to make tweaks in TypeScript/React, Go, and Python.
  • Proven track record of driving technical decisions and owning complex, large-scale engineering problems end-to-end.
  • Hands-on experience building scalable architectures using Kafka and Kubernetes for robust, resilient integrations.
  • Solid understanding of global payment ecosystems, external banking APIs, and streamlining complex operational workflows.
  • Strong command of software design patterns, distributed systems, clean code principles, and automated testing strategies.
  • Ability to actively manage technical debt, negotiate requirements, and ship reliable solutions without demanding perfection.
  • Advocate for better tooling, overhaul inefficient processes, and push engineering practices forward.
  • Highly collaborative mindset with a preference for collectively solving intricate architectural challenges.

Perks and Benefits

  • Competitive compensation packages with company equity.
  • Pension plan and full medical and dental insurance.
  • Gender-neutral parental leave.
  • Hybrid work model requiring employees in-office a minimum of three days per week.
  • Culture of collaboration, support, and celebration of successes.
  • Diverse and inclusive workplace committed to equal opportunity employment.
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