Staff Platform Engineer: Real-Time Payments Platform

Global Payments Inc.; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Payments Inc. is seeking a Staff Engineer to join the Enterprise Data Platform Engineering Team and help shape the next-generation Operational Data Store powering real-time payment experiences, fraud prevention, and merchant servicing across global markets.

As a technical leader, you will influence architecture, technology choices, engineering standards, and platform strategy from day one, mentor engineers, and transform proofs-of-concept into production-ready capabilities that drive

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating large-scale distributed data platforms in production.
• Proven ability to optimize performance, scalability, and reliability under heavy workloads.
• Experience guiding architectural decisions and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Define scalable, resilient solutions for real-time access to payment data.
• Ensure high availability, low latency, and enterprise-grade reliability.
• Lead evolution of data services by turning experiments into production capabilities.
• Set technical standards and influence platform quality and sustainability.
• Drive automation and self-service to accelerate engineering productivity.

Skills

Distributed data platforms

Real-time data access

NoSQL databases

Kafka & streaming

Leadership & mentoring

Job description

Global Payments Inc. is seeking a Staff Engineer to join the Enterprise Data Platform Engineering Team and help shape the next-generation Operational Data Store powering real-time payment experiences, fraud prevention, and merchant servicing across global markets.

As a technical leader, you will influence architecture, technology choices, engineering standards, and platform strategy from day one, mentor engineers, and transform proofs-of-concept into production-ready capabilities that drive