Senior Backend Engineer - Payments
at Ebury · 1001-5000 employees
Equity · $747.3M · May 2026
- Seniority
- Senior
- Work model
- Hybrid
- Location
- Porto
- Posted
- 5d ago
pythondjangofastapipostgreskafkaawskubernetesterraform
at Ebury · 1001-5000 employees
Ebury is an SME-focused cross-border payments platform.
<div class="content-intro"><p>Ebury helps ambitious businesses unlock global growth, and we take the same approach with our people. We encourage innovation and movement, collaboration and problem-solving, and foster an environment where everyone can feel they belong, are valued, supported and empowered to succeed.</p> <p>If you’re a collaborator who wants to help transform how businesses operate globally, get in touch - we’d love to discuss how Ebury can accelerate your career so you can shape the future.</p></div><p></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Senior Software Engineer (Money Flows)</span><br></strong><br><strong>Porto Office - Hybrid: 4 days in the office, 1 day working from home</strong></p> <p> </p> <h2 data-path-to-node="6">About the Role</h2> <p data-path-to-node="7">The Engineering team at Ebury is looking for a <strong data-path-to-node="7" data-index-in-node="47">Senior Software Engineer</strong> to play a pivotal role in evolving our core transactional platform. As a key member of our global team (spanning Europe and South America), you will own the development, scalability, and optimization of our multi-currency account systems, incoming funds, and outgoing payment processes.</p> <p data-path-to-node="8">We are <strong data-path-to-node="8" data-index-in-node="7">technology agnostic</strong>—we care about your fundamental software engineering craftsmanship, problem-solving abilities, and architectural mindset rather than the specific languages you’ve used in the past. If you understand how to build resilient, distributed systems, you will thrive here.</p> <p data-path-to-node="9">This is a critical role designed to take our high-volume transactional platform to the next level, delivering a seamless payment experience for both our global clients and internal operational teams.</p> <h2 data-path-to-node="11">Responsibilities</h2> <ul data-path-to-node="12"> <li> <p data-path-to-node="12,0,0"><strong data-path-to-node="12,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">Architect & Deliver:</strong> Lead the design and development of the next iteration of our global platform, streamlining complex cross-border payments and international fund collections.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="12,1,0"><strong data-path-to-node="12,1,0" data-index-in-node="0">Domain Ownership:</strong> Take full accountability for the services you build under our <em data-path-to-node="12,1,0" data-index-in-node="80">"You build it, you own it"</em> philosophy—embracing everything from initial system design to deployment and production health.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="12,2,0"><strong data-path-to-node="12,2,0" data-index-in-node="0">Technical Leadership:</strong> Lead product initiatives end-to-end, working closely with Product and Operations stakeholders to translate complex financial business requirements into elegant technical solutions.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="12,3,0"><strong data-path-to-node="12,3,0" data-index-in-node="0">Mentor & Coach:</strong> Guide and mentor less experienced engineers, fostering a culture of high engineering standards, thorough code reviews, and continuous learning.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="12,4,0"><strong data-path-to-node="12,4,0" data-index-in-node="0">Collaborate Globally:</strong> Partner with engineering leaders and distributed teams across different regions to design robust, modular services and components.</p> </li> </ul> <h2 data-path-to-node="14">About You</h2> <ul data-path-to-node="15"> <li> <p data-path-to-node="15,0,0"><strong data-path-to-node="15,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">Core Software Engineering Expertise:</strong> You have a proven track record of designing, building, and maintaining complex, highly available software systems at scale. You care deeply about clean code, design patterns, and testability (unit/integration testing).</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="15,1,0"><strong data-path-to-node="15,1,0" data-index-in-node="0">Payments Domain Experience:</strong> You have solid, hands-on experience working within the payments, fintech, or banking space. You understand the unique challenges of transactional consistency, ledger systems, multi-currency handling, or external financial integrations.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="15,2,0"><strong data-path-to-node="15,2,0" data-index-in-node="0">Tech-Agnostic Mindset:</strong> You are proficient in at least one major backend language and are excited about choosing the right tool for the job. You have strong experience with distributed architectures, asynchronous messaging, and relational databases.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="15,3,0"><strong data-path-to-node="15,3,0" data-index-in-node="0">Production & Observability Focus:</strong> You don't just write code; you know how to run it. You have experience building standard APIs, integrating external systems, and setting up robust monitoring and alerting.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="15,4,0"><strong data-path-to-node="15,4,0" data-index-in-node="0">Communication & Collaboration:</strong> You can communicate complex technical ideas clearly and concisely in English (both written and spoken) to both technical peers and non-technical business stakeholders.</p> </li> </ul> <h3 data-path-to-node="16">Our Current Tech Stack (What you'll work with)</h3> <p data-path-to-node="17"><em data-path-to-node="17" data-index-in-node="0">We don't expect you to know all of this on day one, but you should be excited to work with:</em></p> <ul data-path-to-node="18"> <li> <p data-path-to-node="18,0,0"><strong data-path-to-node="18,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">Languages/Frameworks:</strong> Python, Django, FastAPI</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="18,1,0"><strong data-path-to-node="18,1,0" data-index-in-node="0">Data/Messaging:</strong> PostgreSQL, Kafka</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="18,2,0"><strong data-path-to-node="18,2,0" data-index-in-node="0">Infrastructure/DevOps:<