Senior Platform Engineer — Real-Time Payments Data Platform

Global Payments Inc.; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Payments Inc. in Alpharetta, GA seeks a Senior Engineer to join the Enterprise Data Platform Engineering Team and help build the next-generation Operational Data Store powering real-time payments, fraud prevention, and merchant servicing at scale.

You’ll shape technology strategy, influence architecture, and translate proofs-of-concept into production-ready solutions while collaborating with engineers, architects, and product teams.

Qualifications

• Experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Hands-on with distributed NoSQL databases and data-serving platforms.
• Experience with Apache Kafka and event-driven architectures.
• Experience automating infrastructure using IaC, CI/CD, and cloud-native technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver core platform capabilities enabling low-latency access to operational data.
• Drive platform reliability, latency, scalability, and resiliency.
• Create self-service capabilities by automating tenant provisioning and governance.
• Influence platform strategy and engineering standards for a shared enterprise platform.
• Strengthen observability, resiliency, and recovery capabilities.

Skills

Distributed systems

NoSQL databases

Apache Kafka

IaC & CI/CD

Cloud-native tech

Tools

Kubernetes

Google Cloud Platform

Apache Iceberg

Job description

Global Payments Inc. in Alpharetta, GA seeks a Senior Engineer to join the Enterprise Data Platform Engineering Team and help build the next-generation Operational Data Store powering real-time payments, fraud prevention, and merchant servicing at scale.

You’ll shape technology strategy, influence architecture, and translate proofs-of-concept into production-ready solutions while collaborating with engineers, architects, and product teams.