Staff SW Engineer- Regional Payments Platform

Job Description

You will be operating at the very core of [Employer hidden]. Working on services that handle every single international payment, meaning your work will directly power our global infrastructure and have a massive impact on the [Employer hidden] Platform.

Our mission is to make payment integration effortless for partners by absorbing complexity so they don't have to. We achieve this through clear, consistent, and self-explanatory APIs , ensuring partners can go from zero to a live integration with minimal friction.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will drive high-impact architecture and lead massive cross-team collaboration efforts. Your core focus will include:

• Platform Architecture: Driving the technical vision to decouple our core payment processing platform from external-facing partner APIs. By breaking the dependency between external interfaces and internal systems, you will empower teams to evolve and innovate without constraints.
• Reducing Complexity: Ensuring our integration interfaces expose only required and actionable information to effectively reduce complexity for our users.
• Defining Standards: Establishing clear contracts for internal platform integration and building out standardized, scalable solutions for platform partners to receive transfers seamlessly.
• Technical Leadership: Leading complex, cross-team projects and contributing to architecture decisions by defining key technical opinions and writing Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).

This role requires a deep understanding of distributed systems and a collaborative mindset to redefine our internal and external data boundaries.

Qualifications

What do you need?

• Knowledge of Java and Spring Boot.
• A strong sense of ownership and excellent communication skills to drive cross-team projects.
• Ability to work independently while also being a collaborative team player, frequently engaging in cross-team efforts.
• The ability to break down complex projects into incremental milestones that deliver customer value.
• Curiosity and a drive for continuous learning and improvement.
• Adherence to and advocacy for best coding practices, continuous delivery, and code reviews.
• A proven track record of leading technical initiatives and mentoring other engineers.
• Good discipline and skill in producing written documentation and diagrams.

Additional Information

What you get back:

• RSU's in a growing company
• An annual self-development budget
• ❤️ Statutory maternity leave, with a perk of 18 fully paid weeks of parental leave for birth or adoption
• ❤️ Paternity leave for 18 weeks at full pay
• 3 fully paid ‘me days’ per year to help you manage life
• Relocation and visa expenses covered
• ️ A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years

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