Java Software Engineer

Overview

Join a globally recognized leader in payment solutions as a Java Software Engineer in Cambridge. Become a key contributor to one of the largest and most secure global payment platforms processing millions of transactions daily.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate within a cross-disciplinary team including developers, testers, a product owner, and scrum master while engaging in quarterly planning and design sessions based on the SAFe agile framework.
• Take ownership of complex development tasks, utilizing your established software engineering capabilities and working closely with the principal engineer for guidance.
• Act as an authorized gating code reviewer, collaborating with peers to ensure code quality and elevate the team's technical standards.
• Develop and maintain enhancements using Java, SQL, and PL/SQL for Worldpay's ecommerce payment gateway.
• Analyze payment processing workflows, review production data, dive into product code, and interpret payment industry specification documents to define and plan work.
• Partner with test engineers to devise testing strategies including automated integration and system tests when necessary.
• Design deployment and monitoring strategies for new features and occasionally provide out-of-hours support during release rollouts.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Proven software delivery experience in a high-quality-critical environment.
• Ability to solve intricate business challenges through software solutions.
• Strong expertise in Java programming and experience working with large-scale databases.
• Competence with database systems, ideally Oracle or other SQL-based platforms.
• Experience navigating extensive codebases and utilizing version control systems.
• Familiarity with Linux environments for both development and production use.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of the financial services sector.
• Experience with agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe, including awareness of their benefits and drawbacks.
• Exposure to AWS cloud technologies and relevant architectural patterns.
• Understanding of enterprise computing, storage, and networking systems.

About the Team

• Contribute to one of the world's highest-volume payment platforms, focusing on robustness, security, and scalability—handling over 800 transactions per second and more than 10 million successful payments daily.
• Be part of a diverse and passionate group committed to delivering innovative and reliable payment services globally through collaborative knowledge sharing and technological innovation.

Culture and Values

Globalpayers embody client-focused thinking, ownership mentality, and teamwork that leads to collective success. Curiosity, innovation, and empowerment define our environment, driving us to excel in delivering impactful solutions worldwide.