About the Role
We are seeking a hands-on engineering lead who will set the technical direction, own code quality, and build payment-critical backend services using a modern Java stack. In this role, you will guide and grow a team of backend engineers, ensuring high performance and reliability in our payment systems.
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What You'll Do
- Provide hands-on technical leadership for backend engineering on a modern Java / Spring Boot stack.
- Design and build payment-critical backend services and APIs.
- Own code quality, including standards, code review, testing, and release readiness.
- Ensure correctness, reliability, and security across the services that the team owns.
- Mentor and grow backend engineers, working closely with architecture and product teams.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in Java backend development with strong expertise in Spring Boot.
- Proven technical leadership skills while remaining hands-on in coding tasks.
- Hands-on experience in payments or fintech is required; you must have worked on real payment or financial-transaction systems.
- Experience with at least one payment processor or gateway (e.g., MPGS, Cybersource, or mada) is a requirement for this role.
- Strong understanding of microservices, REST API design, relational databases, and automated testing.
- Proficiency in delivering solutions using containers (Kubernetes) with CI/CD practices.
- Familiarity with AI-augmented engineering; you actively use AI coding tools such as Claude Code in your daily development, which is a requirement for this role.
Nice to Have
- Experience with more than one payment processor or gateway.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (OCI, AWS, or Azure) and event-driven systems (Kafka).
