Senior Software Engineer, Payments Platform — Remote & Flexible

VGS; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Flexible PTO

Stock options

401k with 4% match

Job summary

VGS is the world’s leader in payment tokenization. We are seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to develop and maintain our Credential Management Platform (CMP) and enhance the Event Pipeline.

You will work with cross-functional teams to design, build, and optimize high-throughput, fault-tolerant services in a SaaS environment. The role requires 6+ years in Java/Spring, experience with Kafka, cloud-native microservices, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, and AWS, plus strong observability skills.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on Java and Spring Framework experience for building high-scale, production-ready microservices.
• Strong practical experience with Kafka (MSK) and other message brokers for event-driven architectures.
• Cloud-native architecture and microservices with CI/CD (CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Argo), GitOps, APIs, API Gateway, Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).
• Experience with Observability solutions (OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus) for diagnosing production issues.

Responsibilities

• Engage in all phases of the software lifecycle: design, implement, test, deploy, and support services in production.
• Maintain code quality through testing, automation, and code reviews.
• Be proactive and innovative, contributing feedback to build a world-class product.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team to uphold transparency, collaboration, grit, and humility.

Skills

Java & Spring

Kafka

Cloud-native & microservices

CI/CD tools

Docker & Kubernetes

Python

AWS

Observability tools

Communication

PCI DSS familiarity

Tools

Kafka (MSK)

CircleCI

GitHub Actions

Argo

GitOps

APIs & API Gateway

Docker

Kubernetes (EKS)

OpenTelemetry

Grafana

Prometheus

AWS services

Job description

VGS is the world’s leader in payment tokenization. We are seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to develop and maintain our Credential Management Platform (CMP) and enhance the Event Pipeline.

You will work with cross-functional teams to design, build, and optimize high-throughput, fault-tolerant services in a SaaS environment. The role requires 6+ years in Java/Spring, experience with Kafka, cloud-native microservices, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, and AWS, plus strong observability skills.