Senior Software Engineer (Payments)

We are partnered with a financial institution to look for a Senior Software Engineer.

You will join a central payments and settlement technology team that supports financial market infrastructure. The platforms enable high-value payments, securities settlement, and linkages with external clearing and settlement systems. You will work on mission-critical systems where stability, security, and correctness matter.

Responsibilities:

• Lead modern software engineering practices across build, test, and release
• Drive CI/CD adoption to improve reliability and deployment speed
• Review and validate vendor-delivered source code against approved designs
• Design and build backend services and cloud-based applications
• Define and implement infrastructure-as-code across environments
• Shape application and system architecture, including non-functional requirements
• Oversee testing strategies across functional, performance, and security domains
• Guide frontend and backend technical decisions and trade-offs
• Support integration across internal platforms and external market systems
• Improve operational processes through automation and tooling

Requirements:

• Experience leading software engineering initiatives or workstreams
• Strong grasp of Agile delivery and DevOps practices
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Solid Java or J2EE development background
• Working knowledge of SQL and shell scripting
• Experience with microservices, REST APIs, and containerised applications
• Familiarity with Linux-based environments and enterprise middleware
• Experience with container platforms and orchestration tools
• Strong understanding of secure coding and application security testing
• Experience with automated testing integrated into delivery pipelines