Sr. SW Engineer, Instant Pay

Tink; Reading; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company is seeking a skilled developer to work remotely, focusing on Golang and AWS services. The role encompasses developing applications, managing infrastructure, and collaborating within a dynamic team. Ideal candidates have at least 2 years of relevant experience, including work with distributed systems and microservices, while promoting best practices in coding and testing. This opportunity encourages innovation and adaptation in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree, or 5+ years relevant experience.
• 2+ years of experience with Golang in production environments.
• Experience with AWS services such as SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, S3, and EventBridge.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain applications using Golang.
• Deploy and operate services in AWS.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams for technical solutions.
• Write and maintain unit and integration tests.

Skills

Golang experience

AWS services

Distributed systems understanding

REST APIs

Proficiency with Git

Testing mindset

SQL and NoSQL knowledge

Education

Bachelors degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Job description

Company Description

Founded by experienced entrepreneurs and engineers in 2016, Pismo is a technology company that provides a comprehensive processing platform for banking, card issuing and financial market infrastructure and helps customers innovate and build the next generation of banking and payment solutions. Pismo joined Visa in 2024.

Leveraging Visa’s solutions, our core platform, and an expanding suite of capabilities, Pismo addresses the technological challenges that large banks, marketplaces, and fintech companies face in migrating from legacy systems to more advanced technology in the market. Pismo’s cloud-based platform empowers firms to build and launch financial products rapidly, scaling as they grow to have a broader audience while keeping high security and availability standards.

Pismo’s 500+ employees are located in more than 10 countries around the world.

Job Description

What you\'ll do

• Develop and maintain applications using Golang, following best practices for clean and maintainable code.
• Deploy and operate services in AWS, including resources such as SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, S3, and EventBridge.
• Collaborate with the product and engineering teams to analyze, refine, and implement technical solutions aligned with business requirements.
• Use Terraform to provision and manage infrastructure resources on AWS.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and support integration with other microservices.
• Write and maintain unit and integration tests to ensure code quality.
• Monitor application health and performance using logs and metrics.
• Contribute to the evolution of a microservices architecture in a distributed system environment.

This is a remote position. A remote position does not require job duties be performed within proximity of a Visa office location. Remote positions may be required to be present at a Visa office with scheduled notice.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience
• 2+ years of experience with Golang in production environments.
• Experience with AWS services: SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, S3, and EventBridge.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and microservices.
• Experience with REST APIs.
• Proficiency with Git and version control workflows.
• Strong testing mindset with experience in unit and integration testing.
• Knowledge of SQL (MySQL or PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, MongoDB).
• Be based in UK.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in high-scale and high-availability environments.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Docker/Containers.
• Knowledge of messaging systems and event-driven architectures.
• Understanding of observability practices (monitoring, tracing, alerting).
• Background in Agile methodologies and production support.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform or other IaC tools

Additional Information

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.