Senior Software Engineer

About the role

We are partnering with a global organisation that is undergoing an AI‑first transformation of its payment and financial technology platforms. As a Senior Software Engineer you will combine deep engineering expertise with AI‑assisted delivery to create the next generation of event‑driven, cloud‑native payment services.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and ship scalable microservices and event‑driven systems that power modern digital experiences.
• Collaborate with product, architecture and data teams to embed AI and machine‑learning capabilities into workflows.
• Modernise legacy platforms using domain‑driven design and incremental transformation techniques.
• Implement AI‑assisted operations through robust observability, telemetry and automation.
• Drive engineering best practices in testing, resilience and system reliability.
• Improve developer experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure‑as‑code and AI‑enabled tooling.
• Mentor engineers on AI‑first development practices and responsible use of emerging tools.

Required profile

• Strong experience building software in complex, distributed environments.
• Expert‑level proficiency in Java with modern frameworks and tooling.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS (or equivalent cloud platform) and Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of event‑driven architecture and streaming platforms such as Kafka.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices and observability tooling.
• Familiarity with AI‑assisted engineering tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) or ML/LLM‑based systems.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work across technical and non‑technical teams.

Required skills

• Java
• AWS
• Kubernetes
• Kafka
• CI/CD pipelines
• DevOps
• Observability tooling
• AI‑assisted engineering tools (e.g., Copilot)