Expert Java Microservices Engineer (Payments)

Quick Facts

• Role: Expert Java Microservices Engineer (Payments)
• Work model: Hybrid (up to 3 remote days per week)

Description

You will help modernize payment processing by engineering resilient, cloud-ready microservices. The role focuses on delivering a lean, reusable payment processing engine that supports future-state architecture, cloud adoption, high availability, and resilient next-generation payment services.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engineering expertise for future-state payment processing architecture
• Design, code, test, debug, and document highly available and resilient software services
• Create robust test scripts and code artefacts that meet quality gates
• Modernize existing payment systems through cloud-based technology adoption
• Define software delivery standards and lead by example within the engineering team
• Analyze and resolve technical and business issues, including architectural and development blockers
• Partner with DevOps teams to enable automated infrastructure delivery, DevSecOps value streams, and CI/CD pipelines
• Review systems and provide architecture guidance to ensure operational integrity and alignment with global standards

Requirements

• 8+ years of applied experience as an API Engineer
• 8+ years programming experience in Java
• 5+ years developing back-end microservices applications
• Strong API design and ability to produce architectural artefacts (gap analyses, low-level designs, data models)
• Expert-level distributed systems and microservices design with Spring Boot
• Experience with Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, and service mesh technologies
• Expert-level JVM tuning and diagnostics
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Fluent English (written and verbal)
• Existing legal right to work in Europe

Benefits

• Hybrid work model with up to 3 remote days per week