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Senior Software Engineer - Remote

Reading, United Kingdom
Full-Time

At Currencycloud, you can work from home, or visit our lush offices in London, Cardiff or Amsterdam. You'll need to be based in either the UK or Netherlands for this role, and have the necessary work permissions.

About the role

Currencycloud was acquired by Visa in December 2021. Our Senior Java Engineers are responsible for implementing an industry-leading API that has already processed over USD50 billion of cross-border transactions for over 5 million end users, and is available to our clients 24x7. But we are not stopping there, and our engineers are at the forefront of taking us forward to meet the demands of even greater scale.

We have moved wholesale to AWS where our system runs as a set of distributed applications. We are currently in the process of migrating those applications over to Kubernetes and Jenkins-X as we further embrace a microservice-led event-driven architecture.

We are also utilising Kafka for our event streaming.

What you will get to do:

  • As a Senior Java Engineer you will play a key role within your cross functional team, taking responsibility for your services and the technology within them.

  • These roles fit in to squads who are building out brand new parts to our payments platform, focusing on high availability, cloud native, microservice concepts

  • You will get to work as the Senior Engineer in your squad, leading on discussions around technical direction and systems design, as well as mentoring more junior members of the team

You'll get:

  • Clear ownership of your domain
  • A clean modern codebase
  • An independent path to production
  • Strong platform and product support
  • The ability to make real changes with real business value. 
  • The ability to work with best in breed technologies

This is a remote position. A remote position does not require job duties be performed within proximity of a Visa office location. Remote positions may be required to be present at a Visa office with scheduled notice.

Basic Qualifications

  • Relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or a PhD.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 5+ years experience in Java Backend Development
  • Skills with functional Java (versions 8+) and Spring (ideally Springboot)
  • Skills with Kafka and Event Driven Architectures
  • Skills in SQL/NoSQL databases
  • Agile ways of working such as Scrum in cross-functional teams
  • Some knowledge of Docker, EKS, AWS (public cloud)
  • Proven knowledge with Kafka and Event Driven Architectures
  • Prior experience in working in a senior technical position in Treasury, Payments or FX Domains.

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

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