Senior Software Engineer - FinTech Payments Lead

Okto Payments

Peru (IL)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+
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Work-from-home
Birthday leave

Job summary

Okto Payments is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to play a key technical leadership role in architecting and developing a cutting-edge payment platform. This position requires expertise in distributed systems and Java-based microservices, focusing on scalability and security.

The ideal candidate will have at least 7 years of backend development experience, with a strong background in payment systems. The role offers significant career advancement in an innovative company.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of backend software development experience.
  • 3+ years of leading teams and architecting payment systems.
  • Proven experience in fintech/payments.
  • Deep knowledge of transaction management and database tuning.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design and architecture of distributed systems for financial transactions.
  • Integrate payment gateways and banks.
  • Transition to microservices architecture for payments.
  • Mentor junior developers and guide best practices.
  • Optimize CI/CD pipelines with DevOps.

Skills

Java 11+
Spring Boot
Event-Driven Software Design Patterns
AWS (IAM, EC2, S3, Lambda)
Microservices Architecture
RESTful APIs and OAuth2
Technical Writing
Git

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

PostgreSQL
MySQL
NoSQL stores

Job description

Okto Payments is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to play a key technical leadership role in architecting and developing a cutting-edge payment platform. This position requires expertise in distributed systems and Java-based microservices, focusing on scalability and security.

The ideal candidate will have at least 7 years of backend development experience, with a strong background in payment systems. The role offers significant career advancement in an innovative company.

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