Software Engineer

We're Littlepay - a growing fintech headquartered in Melbourne with operations in the UK, EU, LATAM, USA, and Australia. Our payments platform enables our customers to pay for public transport using any payment card, mobile wallet, or wearable device. Processing over USD 1 billion a year in 13 countries and continuing to expand globally, we're proud to move more people through better payment experiences.

Our Littlepay values:

• Trust and be trustworthy
• Embrace challenge
• Solve problems, together
• Deliver with speed and agility
• Be candid and kind

We're looking for a Software Engineer to join our highly skilled team, delivering on our exciting product roadmap and scaling our platform as we expand globally.

Our Luxembourg based Product Engineering team is responsible for both new and existing services, owning our retail payment processing products, integrations to payment networks, encryption and key management. This is an opportunity to be part of a growing team, having a real impact on millions of payment experiences

Reporting to the Tech Lead, you will:

• Collaborate with a talented team to deliver new integrations that expand our payment network and increase transaction volume
• Ensure the quality and performance of our existing payment network integrations in production
• Tackle and solve challenges in a supportive and agile team environment

As a Software Engineer, you'll:

• Be passionate about collaborative product development of solutions that drive business value.
• Be a strong advocate of best practices and continuous improvement
• Enjoy solving complex and interesting problems in an agile team setting
• Become a core owner of production services, responsible for their stability, performance, and ongoing optimisation.

From a technology standpoint, you'll work with:

• Java services (Quarkus/Spring)
• Open source and AWS cloud technologies (ECS/Lambda/DynamoDB/S3/SQS/APIGateway/SAM/CF/KMS)
• A blend of classic (e.g., ISO8583/CB2A/APACS) and contemporary (RESTful APIs, SDKs) technologies in the payment domain

Ideally, you'll have:

• At least 5 years' experience of hands-on, commercial experience in Java
• An ability to understand the business implications of technical decisions and contribute to strategic discussions
• Experience in the payment processing domain
• A grasp of coding best practices, producing testable and maintainable solution
• An enthusiastic attitude and a collaborative nature to share your knowledge and coach more junior members of the team
• A willingness to learn, fail, and try again
• Genuine curiosity, and a proactive and self-motivated approach to learning
• The ability to co-ordinate, and communicate clearly and effectively on a wide range of issues with colleagues and stakeholders, both technical and non-technical

We love to look after our people. At Littlepay, you'll be part of an inclusive and diverse team that celebrates the differences and unique gifts we each bring to work.

You'll have access to:

• A high trust working environment, with access to cloud collaboration tools like Notion, Slack, Miro, Google Workspace, and Jira to help us work together effectively
• Paid professional development (including conferences, courses, learning subscriptions, etc.)
• Harrison Assessments - our talent management provider that facilitates continuous professional development
• A variety of flexible leave options
• A company-wide paid day off
• Our generous employee referral program
• Mid-year, quarterly, and end-of-year corporate and team events and workshops
• Short-term remote working arrangements
• International travel opportunities (dependent on role)

At Littlepay, we believe great work happens when we solve problems, together. We see in-person collaboration as an important way to build connections, share ideas, and support each other meaningfully.

For those assigned to an office location, we generally expect a minimum two-day presence in the office each week. This may vary depending on your role, team, and location. For example, our team in Luxembourg works 4 days from the office, whereas our AU and UK teams currently work a minimum of 2 days onsite in our Melbourne/London offices. Some positions might require more frequent office attendance to support cross-functional collaboration, customer engagement, or specific team workflows. Your hiring manager will provide details relevant to your role.

We aim to strike a healthy balance between in-person connection and flexibility, while staying connected to deliver with speed and agility as we continue to scale, ensuring our ways of working support both our people and our shared ambition to move more people through better payment experiences.

If you've been shortlisted for the role, you'll first have a chat with our Talent team, who will set up an interview if the stars align. A short workplace preferences questionnaire will also be sent to help us learn more about the way you prefer to work. Following a successful first interview, you'll meet with a second set of Littlepay folks, and be invited to participate in the final stage before being presented with an offer.

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process or if you require any accommodations for any stage in the interview process, please don't hesitate to let us know. Additionally, if you don't meet all of the criteria (we know that some underrepresented groups tend to avoid applying if they don't), please still apply. We really enjoy meeting people who might bring a fresh perspective on a problem we need to solve

Ultimately, being part of our small but mighty team means you'll have the opportunity to learn about micropayments, and have a hand in the provision of services that impact millions of people. You'll help us deliver on our revolutionary product roadmap and help scale our platform as we continue to expand across the globe.

If this opportunity interests you, hit apply We look forward to learning about you.

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