Senior Platform Engineer

Payrails GmbH; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading global payment software company is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer in Berlin to optimize and support their payment infrastructure. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with AWS, solid security practices, and proficiency in programming. This role offers the chance to work in a high-impact, hybrid environment with a talented team, alongside generous perks like a competitive salary, equity package, and 27 days of vacation.

Leistungen

Competitive salary and equity package

Hybrid working option

27 days of annual paid vacation

Discounted Urban Sports Club membership

Qualifikationen

• Extensive experience in large-scale systems.
• Understanding of network and application security best practices.
• Proficient in programming languages like Golang or Python.

Aufgaben

• Work with the infrastructure engineering team to deliver scalable solutions.
• Drive innovation by designing new architectures.
• Automate monitoring and operational workflows.

Kenntnisse

Extensive experience building and operating large-scale systems on AWS

Solid understanding of network and application security best practices

Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g. Golang, Python, or Bash)

Strong collaboration skills

Clear and efficient communication style

Curious, growth-oriented mindset

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Golang

Postgres

GitHub Actions

Jobbeschreibung

About Payrails

Payrails is a global payment software company helping leading enterprises to take control of their payment operations and maximize performance. With deep experience in the payments space and firsthand knowledge of merchants' challenges, we’ve seen how fragmented, complex, and inefficient these systems can become. Now, we are setting a new industry standard for how enterprises around the world manage and optimize payments, with more control, visibility and flexibility than ever before.

Our vision is to reimagine payments from the ground up. We are building a deeply integrated meta layer that spans the entire payment lifecycle with a modular architecture. This helps us give leading brands building blocks to craft solutions to most complex operational challenges, tailor seamless customer experiences and grow their business.

We are backed by some of the world’s top investors including Andreessen Horowitz, HV Capital, EQT Ventures and General Catalyst, who share our mission to simplify payment complexity globally.

At Payrails, we’re committed to building a team of exceptional people - not just talented, but driven to build, solve, and deliver at the highest level. Excellence isn’t just a value here; it’s a way of working. We believe that great people thrive in environments where there’s trust, clarity, and shared purpose. We work openly and collaboratively, with deep respect for each other’s craft. Everyone is encouraged to understand the bigger picture - what we’re building, why it matters, and what stands in the way. When people have that context, they move faster, take ownership, and make better decisions. We care about creating a culture where people feel inspired to do their best work and a deep sense of responsibility to help us bring our vision to life. Success at Payrails means staying focused on the problems that matter most, and executing with purpose.

Your team

Our Tech team offers you the chance to work alongside a group of highly ambitious and knowledgeable Engineers while being faced with complex problems that affect customers on a global scale. You as the Senior Systems Engineer will be responsible for defining, monitoring, supporting, and optimizing all infrastructure systems associated with our Payment Operating System.

Our Tech Stack

• Orchestration: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Terragrunt

• Continuous integration and delivery: GitHub Actions, FluxCD

• Static Application Security Testing: Semgrep, Trivy

• Observability: Prometheus, Cortex, Loki, Tempo, Grafana

• Applications: Golang, Temporal, Cassandra, Postgres

How you will make an impact

• Work with our infrastructure engineering team to deliver highly scalable, modern solutions.

• Drive innovation by designing and implementing new architectures.

• Build and evolve a state-of-the-art internal developer platform.

• Partner with software teams to enable true end-to-end application ownership.

• Automate monitoring, compliance evidence collection, and operational workflows.

What we are looking for

• Extensive experience building and operating large-scale systems on AWS.

• Solid understanding of network and application security best practices.

• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g. Golang, Python, or Bash).

• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to challenge ideas constructively.

• Clear and efficient communication style.

• A curious, growth-oriented mindset with a willingness to explore new technologies.

What we offer

• High impact and high velocity environment with the most talented and ambitious people you will ever work with

• A chance to shape the story of a company and a category from the ground up

• Real ownership. You’ll have the freedom and trust to build, test, and take lead

• A product used by the best brands around the world

• Visa and relocation support for you and your family where required

• Hybrid working with an office in the heart of Berlin

• Regular team events, activities and off-sites

• Discounted Urban Sports Club membership

• Competitive salary and equity package

• 27 days of annual paid vacation