Staff Platform Engineer, Real-Time Payments Data Platform

Global Payments Inc.; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Payments Inc. is seeking a Staff Engineer to join the Enterprise Data Platform Engineering Team in Alpharetta. You will help shape the next-generation Operational Data Store (ODS) powering real-time payments, fraud prevention, and merchant servicing.

You will own architecture, drive reliability, and accelerate automation while mentoring engineers and guiding platform strategy from inception to production.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed data platforms.
• Strong expertise with distributed NoSQL databases and low-latency architectures.
• Experience with Apache Kafka and high-volume data streaming.

Responsibilities

• Define scalable enterprise platform architecture and strategy.
• Drive performance, reliability, and enterprise-grade SLAs.
• Accelerate automation and self-service capabilities for engineers.
• Mentor engineers and establish technical standards across teams.
• Lead evolution of enterprise data services from PoC to production.

Skills

Distributed systems

NoSQL databases

Kafka

Data streaming

Mentoring

Architecture leadership

Job description

Global Payments Inc. is seeking a Staff Engineer to join the Enterprise Data Platform Engineering Team in Alpharetta. You will help shape the next-generation Operational Data Store (ODS) powering real-time payments, fraud prevention, and merchant servicing.

You will own architecture, drive reliability, and accelerate automation while mentoring engineers and guiding platform strategy from inception to production.