Payment Platform Implementation Engineer

BRAINS WORKGROUP, INC.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

BRAINS WORKGROUP, INC. is assisting a major bank in New York City by hiring a Payment Platform Implementation Engineer. This hybrid role requires 2–3 days in the office and offers exposure to critical payment processing and settlement platforms.

You will design, build, and support scalable Java-based services, APIs, and data workflows across SWIFT, FED, ACH and other channels, with strong controls and regulatory alignment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on STP payment solutions experience required.
• Strong Java development with APIs, microservices, scripting.
• Experience with payment platforms and banking tech environments preferred.
• Eligibility to work in local market.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Java-based applications for payment processing.
• Build and integrate APIs, microservices, and event-driven components.
• Develop automation scripts for deployment and monitoring.
• Design and optimize relational databases for payments.
• Collaborate with business, risk, compliance, and IT teams.
• Support testing, reviews, release management, and production readiness.

Skills

Java development

APIs

Microservices

Scripting

Relational databases

Production support

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

SQL

Web services

Job description

Payment Platform Implementation Engineer

• New York, NY
• Information Technology

Our client, a major bank in New York City, is looking for Payment Platform Implementation Engineer
New York City Location.
This is hybrid commute, 2/3 days per week in the office.
Must be authorized to work for ANY employer in US - NO H1 Visa support for this role

Salary is up to 165K, plus around 15% bonus, plus great benefits package.

Payment Platform Implementation Engineer

The Payment and Settlement Technology group is seeking a Payment Platform Implementation Engineer to design, build, and support scalable technology solutions for critical payment processing, settlement, and transaction banking platforms. In this role, you will partner with business, operations, product, and technology teams to deliver secure, resilient, and well-controlled applications that support high-value payments, settlement workflows, regulatory requirements, and ongoing platform modernization initiatives across SWIFT, FED, ACH and other global internal and external channels.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Java-based applications and services supporting payment processing, settlement workflows, and transaction banking capabilities across internal and external channels.
• Build and integrate APIs, microservices, and event-driven components that enable secure, resilient, and scalable payment orchestration, validation, enrichment, routing, and status tracking.
• Develop scripts and automation utilities to support application deployment, data analysis, operational support, monitoring, reconciliation, and controlled production support activities.
• Design, query, and optimize relational databases supporting payment transactions, reference data, audit trails, exception handling, and settlement reporting.
• Collaborate with business analysts, operations, risk, compliance, infrastructure, and vendor teams to translate payment-domain requirements into reliable technical solutions with strong controls and traceability.
• Support testing, defect resolution, code reviews, release management, and production readiness activities for payment and settlement platforms, ensuring high availability, security, and regulatory alignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field required; Master’s degree in Computer Science preferred.
• Must have hands-on experience working on payment straight-through processing (STP) solutions, including payment initiation, validation, enrichment, routing, settlement, exception handling, and status reporting.
• Strong Java development experience with practical knowledge of APIs, microservices, scripting, relational databases, and production-grade application support.
• Experience with payment platforms, financial messaging, clearing and settlement processes, or banking technology environments preferred.
• Eligibility to work in the local market required.

Keywords: Payment Swift ISO20022 straight-through processing STP API Java microservices scripting