Software Engineer Senior - Java

Global Payment Holding Company; Alpharetta (GA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Payments is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join Team Kerfuffle on our VAP Global Ecommerce platform. You will design and deliver scalable software, moving toward microservices while maintaining a high-volume payment processing system.

You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to translate business goals into technical solutions and drive features from conception to production, with a blend of hands‑on coding and architectural decisions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Java software engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering/CS or equivalent.
• Experience with financial systems, payments infrastructure, or high‑volume transactional systems.
• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and event‑driven applications using Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience with microservices and scalable platforms in a high‑availability environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test software for scalability, reliability, and data recovery in a high-volume platform.
• Collaborate with Product, Platform, Merchant Services, and Support to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Apply Agile practices like pair programming and TDD to improve quality.
• Deploy features to production with zero downtime and no impact to current processing.
• Build domain expertise in e‑commerce payments and develop new product features.
• Foster a team-focused culture with strong collaboration and communication.

Skills

Java Software Engineering

RESTful APIs

Event-driven architectures

Agile development

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering/CS

Tools

Spring Boot

Apache Kafka

SQL

AWS

OpenShift

Maven

Gradle

Jenkins

Snyk

SonarQ

Cucumber

Karate

Job description

Job Description

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship, now or in the future. Candidates must be a US Citizen or Green Card Holder.

This position is hybrid 3 days per week in the following office locations: Atlanta, GA

Are you ready to write your next chapter?

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our ever-evolving Team Kerfuffle on VAP Global Ecommerce platform and help us unleash the potential of every business.

As a Senior Software Engineer, your skills will be utilized to keep commerce moving. You’ll plan and manage application development and client delivery activities that range from small, simple software applications to components of large, complex software applications.

In this role you will contribute to a complex monolithic application that powers payment processing and value-added services for merchants. At that same time as we modernize our platforms, we will look for opportunities to design, develop, and maintain scalable microservices.

What you’ll own:

• Design, develop, and test software for scalability, reliability, and data recovery associated with a high-volume, high-availability platform
• Collaborate with other internal teams (Product, Platform, Merchant Services and Support) to convert business requirements into technical solutions
• Use Agile software techniques such as pair programming and test-driven development to maximize productivity and quality
• Deploy new features into production with zero platform downtime and no impact to end customers who are currently processing
• Build domain expertise in e-commerce payments and apply engineering expertise to develop new product features
• Work in a "team focused" culture, where strong collaboration and communication are critical

What you’ll bring:

• A bachelor's degree in computer engineering, computer science or other related discipline or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience.
• 7+ years of relevant job experience in Java Software Engineering, including internships.
• Exceptional database & schema design and SQL and Java programming skills
• Ability to quickly grasp high-level business goals, derive requirements, and translate them into effective technical solutions
• Ability to fluidly change context and priorities based on changing business needs
• Experience with financial systems, payments infrastructure, or high-volume transactional systems that require precision and auditability
• Ability to Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and event-driven applications using Java, Spring Boot, Apache Kafka, and related technologies, ensuring secure, scalable, and maintainable enterprise solutions
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It’s a bonus if you have

• Experience with Microservices architecture, globally distributed services, and 24/7 support
• Experience with design and implementation of monitoring and responsive, self-healing resilient immutable platforms
• Knowledge of scalability levers in high volume, low latency transactional systems
• Experience working in AWS, OpenShift Platform Experience with Ansible, Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, Harness, Snyk, SonarQ, Cucumber, Karate
• Experience with Splunk, Sysdig, OpsGenie, Open Telemetry, Instaclustr, Prometheus, JBehave, JGiven, Xmatters, ServiceNow
• Development experience with a unit testing framework (JUnit and experience employing TDD preferred)
• Pair programming experience. A willingness to try is a requirement

About the team

Our inclusive and global teams win together every day. We’re proud to have the best minds in the industry, who you can learn from as you grow your career. The people, the energy, the connections – it’s unmatched. Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.

What makes a Globalpayer?

Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We’re curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it’s our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.

Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Globalpayer.

EEOC Statement

Global Payments is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here .

If you are made a conditional offer of employment and will be working in the United States, you will be required to undergo a drug test. In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies and requirements needed to successfully perform the position. Reasonable accommodations will be provided for individuals with qualified disabilities both during the hiring process, as well as to allow the individual to perform the essential functions of the job, if hired.

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