Sr. Software Engineer
Develops and maintains high-throughput Payments services, Card Attributes, Webhooks, and Event Pipeline using Java/Spring and Kafka in cloud-native microservices architecture. Requires 6+ years expertise in Java, Spring, Kafka, Kubernetes, AWS, and observability tools.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Engage in all phases of the software lifecycle: design, implement, test, deploy, and support services in production.
- Maintain Payments services, Card Attributes, Webhooks, and Event Pipeline.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, build, and optimize high-throughput, fault-tolerant services.
- Maintain a culture of code quality through rigorous testing, automation, and code reviews.
- Be proactive and innovative with feedback to build world-class product.
Requirements
- Deep hands-on expertise (6+ years) in Java and the Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring Security, etc.) for building high-scale, production-ready microservices in a SaaS company.
- Strong practical experience working with Kafka (MSK) or other message brokers for building event-driven architectures and handling high-volume data streams.
- Solid understanding and hands-on experience working with cloud-native architecture, microservices, CI/CD (CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Argo), GitOps, APIs and API Gateway, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Python, and AWS services.
- Strong experience implementing and leveraging Observability solutions (metrics, logging, tracing) using tools like OpenTelemetry, Grafana, and Prometheus to diagnose and resolve production issues.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Nice-to-Haves
- Familiarity with the payment processing ecosystem (PCI DSS, tokenization, card networks, processors).
Skills
Java, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Python, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Argo, GitOps
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