Senior Software Engineer – Payments & Enterprise Platform

Maya; Manila; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Maya is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and maintain secure, scalable payment and settlement platforms. You will independently drive technical initiatives, mentor peers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams while leveraging AI-assisted tools to improve delivery and quality.

You will design and implement backend services, ensure compliance, and lead medium-to-large engineering efforts across payment channels, settlement, and integrations.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience in enterprise or mission-critical systems.
• Strong expertise in Java, Kotlin, JVM-based technologies, OR TypeScript/Node.js.
• Experience with Spring Boot, REST APIs, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and Kafka or similar technologies.
• Strong knowledge of SQL databases, cloud platforms, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent problem-solving, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support backend services and payment platforms.
• Deliver secure, scalable, fault-tolerant, and compliant solutions aligned with business and platform requirements
• Lead medium to large engineering initiatives, manage technical dependencies, and collaborate with Product, Business, Risk, Compliance, and Engineering teams.
• Build integrations with payment channels, settlement systems, financial platforms, and enterprise services.
• Drive software quality through automated testing, code reviews, CI/CD, observability, and continuous improvement.
• Utilize approved AI-assisted engineering tools to enhance productivity, testing, troubleshooting, and documentation while maintaining security and quality standards.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

JVM

TypeScript

Node.js

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Distributed systems

Kafka

SQL databases

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Leadership

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Maya is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and maintain secure, scalable payment and settlement platforms. You will independently drive technical initiatives, mentor peers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams while leveraging AI-assisted tools to improve delivery and quality.

You will design and implement backend services, ensure compliance, and lead medium-to-large engineering efforts across payment channels, settlement, and integrations.