Requirements:

Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services written in Java and Kotlin using the Spring Boot framework, deployed on cloud infrastructure (AWS)
Build and maintain RESTful APIs that serve millions of customers across web and mobile platforms
Develop and optimise services powering the card pay-in payment method
Design and implement database schemas, write and optimise SQL queries against PostgreSQL databases handling high-volume transactional data
Build and maintain event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka for asynchronous processing of financial events across distributed services
Develop and maintain a payment orchestration system that dynamically routes payments across Payment Service Providers to optimize for cost and reliability
Write automated tests (unit, integration, and end-to-end) to ensure correctness and reliability of financial systems
Conduct code reviews for team members, ensuring code quality, security, and adherence to engineering standards
Participate in on-call rotations to monitor and respond to production incidents for Tier 2 critical services
Collaborate with product managers, designers, analysts, and engineers across other teams to deliver cross-functional projects
Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, scalability issues, and technical debt in existing systems
Ensure development follows security best practices, particularly around handling of sensitive financial data and compliance with financial regulations

Nice to Haves:

Great communication skills and the ability to articulate complex, technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Ability to work independently while also being a good team player. Your work will frequently involve cross-team collaboration.
Ability to break down complex projects into incremental milestones that deliver customer value
Experience in developing web applications and distributed systems in a production environment
Experience with common design and architectural patterns coupled with a passion for writing clean code that is performant and well tested
Curiosity and drive for continuous learning and improvement
Following and advocating best coding practices, continuous delivery and code reviews
Experience working with relational and non-relational databases, query optimisation and designing schemas is a plus
Knowledge of Java and Spring boot and experience with a messaging system, like Kafka, is a plus

You’ll have onboarded and found your place through understanding your team and tribe vision and how you can contribute
You’ll understand how our values can help you guide your work
You’ll understand the reasons behind problematic payments and customer difficulties and how to go about solving them
You’ll be raising the automation level to enable scaling of the product
You’ll understand our customers and the impact our product makes in their lives
You’ll help us scale-up and build a world class global banking product by finding solutions to our technical challenges and opportunities