Software Engineer - Java - Cambridge

Global Payments Inc.; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Payments Inc. in Cambridge is seeking a Software Engineer - Java to join our WPG Engineering team and help shape the future of global commerce.

You will work in cross-functional teams with developers, testers, a product owner and a scrum master to maintain and extend our ecommerce payments gateway, developing in Java and SQL, reviewing payment spec documents, and contributing to tests and production deployments.

Qualifications

• Solid experience with Java and SQL (PL/SQL desirable).
• Track record of delivering solutions to complex business problems.
• Experience applying secure software development practices.
• Experience with distributed systems technologies (IAM, PKI, observability, containerisation).
• Experience working in Linux-based development and production environments.

Responsibilities

• Join cross-functional teams to maintain and add capabilities to an ecommerce payments gateway.
• Develop changes in Java and SQL to the gateway.
• Work with Product Owner to specify detailed behaviours; review payments industry documents.
• Partner with test engineers to scope test coverage and contribute to automated tests.
• Support deployment of new capabilities to production, delivering value for customers.
• Participate in a release support rota, with occasional out-of-hours involvement.
• Use generative AI tools as part of workflow, supported by internal tooling.

Skills

Java

SQL

Tools

PL/SQL

Linux

Kafka

CI tools

SAST

SCA

Job description

Software Engineer - Java

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Software Engineer - Java to join our ever evolving WPG Engineering team and help shape the future of global commerce.

What You'll Own

You will join one of our cross-functional teams containing developers, testers, a product owner and a scrum master. The team works on features to maintain and add new capabilities to an ecommerce payments gateway operated by Worldpay.

• With the support of the teams' principle engineer, you will pick-up challenging work from the plan that needs your proven software skills to deal with the more complex problems
• Develop changes in Java and SQL and PLSQL to an ecommerce payments gateway operated by Worldpay.
• Work with the team's Product Owner to specify the detailed behaviours of new capabilities of the payments gateway. You'll need to review payments-industry specification documents and translate how they apply for WorldPay's technologies and payments lifecycle processes.
• Partner with the team's test engineers to help scope the test coverage and approach, and you may need to contribute to writing automated component, integration and system tests.
• Support the deployment of new capabilities to production, ensuring they deliver value for our customers
• Participate in a release support rota, with occasional out-of-hours involvement
• Use generative AI tools as part of your workflow, supported by well-established internal tooling

What You'll Bring

• Solid experience with Java and SQL (PL/SQL desirable). Each career journey is different but likely you'll have a number of years' experience to reach a high level of a skill with these technologies.
• A track record of success to design and deliver solutions to complex business problems.
• Experience applying secure software development practices
• Experience with technologies used in distributed systems (e.g. IAM, digital certificates/PKI, observability, containerisation)
• Experience working in Linux-based development and production environments

Added bonus if you have:

• Experience optimising performance for large-scale databases
• Experience in payments or financial services
• Experience working with SAST, SCA, CI tools
• Experience with Kafka

About The Team

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We are looking for a Software Engineer - Java to join our Cambridge‑based delivery teams to work on one of the highest‑volume global payment platforms in the world.

What makes a Globalpayer?

Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We’re curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it’s our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.