Staff Engineer (payments)

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Sydney, Australia
On-site
Payment processing and settlement
Backend engineering skills
Distributed systems design
Lead the design of high-performance, resilient, and secure payment systems supporting multiple rails

Job Summary

  • Lead the design of high-performance, resilient, and secure payment systems supporting multiple rails.
  • Set and drive the technical strategy for payment infrastructure, identifying opportunities for optimisation, scaling, reliability, and cost-efficiency.
  • Collaborate across product, risk/compliance, operations, and finance to ensure the payment ecosystem meets business goals and regulatory needs.

Matching Summary

Lead the design of high-performance, resilient, and secure payment systems supporting multiple rails.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Payment processing and settlement
  • Backend engineering skills
  • Distributed systems design
  • Payment system challenges
  • Security and compliance in payments

Nice-to-have

  • Subject matter expert in Payments
  • Influence technical strategy
  • Mentor other engineers
  • Embrace AI and new tools
  • Risk management aptitude

Key Requirements

  • 8+ years software engineering experience
  • 3-5 years in payments/fintech
  • Deep understanding of payment rails
  • Strong backend engineering skills
  • Proven distributed systems experience
  • Solid understanding of payment system challenges
  • Familiarity with PCI-DSS, ISO 8583/20022
  • Excellent communication skills

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