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title: 'Staff Software Engineer - Migrations at Paymentology'
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# Staff Software Engineer - Migrations at Paymentology

- **Company:** Paymentology
- **Location:** Portugal
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/paymentology/2fd9cf09-3455-4202-bd25-53155c532069

## Job description

Unstoppable starts with people. The future of payments is being built today, and at Paymentology, we are looking for people who want to help shape it. We power card issuing for leading banks, fintechs and digital brands across the globe, and as we continue to grow, we are looking for curious, ambitious people who thrive on solving complex challenges, embrace innovation and want to make a tangible impact at global scale.

We’re currently in the middle of rolling out our new strategic card issuing platform, it conforms to all the best practices that you’d expect from a cloud native product.

In your role you would bring your engineering mindset and help mature our ability to move customers from our current platforms into the new one. This is a complex journey, but you will not work on this alone as you’d join a team of client migrations experts.

We believe that you bring your technical leadership and challenge the status quo to make the processes fully automatic. In this role you also have access to a wide array of SMEs across the organisation.

Success in this role will not just be moving the needle for Paymentology as a company but creating a strong foundation for our success in the future.

## WHAT YOU’LL DO

- Drive the technical strategy for a significant engineering domain or cross-team initiative.
- Translate large, ambiguous or unfamiliar problems into a clear technical direction and an achievable delivery approach.
- Shape architectures that support Paymentology’s long-term product and business needs.
- Evaluate complex technical trade-offs and communicate clear, evidence-based recommendations.
- Create architectural patterns, engineering standards and sensible defaults that can be adopted across teams.
- Identify and mitigate long-term risks relating to reliability, scalability, security, maintainability and operational complexity.
- Ensure dependencies and technical decisions are understood and aligned across teams.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Operations and other stakeholders to inform roadmaps and delivery decisions.
- Unblock teams working through particularly difficult technical or organisational challenges.
- Mentor senior engineers and help them develop their technical leadership, decision-making and system-design capabilities.
- Lead working groups and cross-team initiatives that improve Paymentology’s wider engineering capability.
- Raise the standard of testing, observability, code quality, incident response and operational readiness.
- Contribute directly to critical systems when hands-on technical involvement is the most effective way to make progress.
- Help teams navigate complex situations with clarity, empathy and accountability.

## WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

- Extensive experience designing, building and operating complex backend or distributed systems. (As a guide, multiple projects with 10+ years of experience. Proving experience designing, building and operating highly availability, high throughput, business critical systems)
- A record of leading significant technical initiatives involving multiple teams or systems.
- The ability to establish technical direction without relying on formal authority.
- Strong architectural judgement and the ability to balance immediate delivery with longer-term sustainability.
- Experience breaking down ambiguous problems and creating alignment around practical solutions.
- A deep understanding of software design, system architecture and engineering fundamentals.
- Experience with microservices, APIs and event-driven architectures.
- Strong knowledge of relational databases, data modelling and system performance.
- Experience building and operating software in cloud environments, preferably AWS.
- An understanding of containerisation, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, observability and modern operational practices.
- A strong approach to automated testing and building quality into the development lifecycle.
- Experience improving the reliability, scalability and maintainability of production systems.
- The ability to explain complex technical topics clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience coaching and mentoring experienced engineers.
- A collaborative and pragmatic approach, with the confidence to challenge decisions constructively.
- Professional fluency in English, our shared company language.

Our primary backend technology is Java, and we are moving towards Java 21. Deep Java experience is valuable, but we also recognise that excellent engineers can transfer their knowledge between languages and technology stacks.

Experience in payments, fintech or another high-throughput or regulated environment would be useful, but it is not essential.

## WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

As a Staff Engineer, your impact will be visible in the effectiveness of the teams around you. Technical decisions will be clearer, teams will be better aligned and difficult initiatives will move forward with fewer surprises.

You’ll help Paymentology anticipate technical risks rather than simply react to them. The architectures, standards and practices you establish will enable multiple teams to deliver better software, while the engineers you support will become stronger technical leaders themselves.

## WHY JOIN PAYMENTOLOGY

- Work on real-time payment systems operating at a genuinely global scale.
- Influence the technical direction of a growing international engineering organisation.
- Solve complex distributed-system challenges in a business-critical environment.
- Work remotely as part of a diverse, globally distributed team.
- Continue growing along our individual contributor career path towards Principal Engineer.
- Join a culture that values engineering excellence, accountability, collaboration and leading with humanity.

At Paymentology, we believe that making a difference starts with the people behind the work. You will be part of a diverse, global team of Paymentologists who are united by a shared mission to advance the world through payments. This is an opportunity to contribute to meaningful work, collaborate across markets and functions, and help shape the future of a business with global reach and real impact.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on any unlawful ground, including race, colour, ethnicity, sex, gender, pregnancy, marital status, family responsibility, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, language or HIV status.

Paymentology will never request any form of payment from applicants at any stage of our recruitment process, including for applications, interviews, training or job placements. If anyone asks you for money while claiming to act on behalf of Paymentology, please treat this as fraudulent and do not make any payment. All legitimate Paymentology vacancies are advertised via our official careers https://www.paymentology.com/about-us/careers page , and our recruitment emails are sent only from official Paymentology domains.

## About Paymentology

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Paymentology is a global card issuing and processing platform that enables fintechs, digital banks, and financial institutions to launch, run, and scale card programs across 60+ countries from a single cloud-native platform.
- **Entity Type**: Private (venture-backed)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom (with major hubs in South Africa and the UAE)
- **Founded**: 2014 (Paymentology UK); merged with Tutuka (founded ~1998) in 2021
- **Founders**: Information not publicly available (merged entity from two legacy companies)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Payments infrastructure / Financial Technology (Fintech)
- **Target Customers**: B2B — Fintechs, digital banks, financial institutions, and enterprises (issuing and processing side)
- **Mission/Purpose**: To build the platform modern payments need — making payments infrastructure work always, everywhere, for everyone. Business growth and social impact go hand in hand through their "Changing Lives" initiatives.

## Products & Services
- **Cloud-Native Card Issuing & Processing Platform**: A modular, API-first platform that allows clients to issue and process credit, debit, prepaid, and virtual cards across any market. Supports multi-currency, real-time data feeds, and instant card issuance.
- **Mastercard & Visa Principal Member**: Enables clients to launch card programs without needing individual sponsorship in each market.
- **Multi-Rail Processing**: Supports cross-border and real-time payments, including crypto/stablecoin players, remittances, and travel payments.
- **Program Management**: End-to-end support from launching a first card program to scaling or pivoting into new markets without replatforming.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Over 1 billion transactions processed annually across 65+ countries; 500+ employees
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Clients include fintechs, banks, and digital banks across 5 continents. Partnership ecosystem includes Mastercard, Visa, as well as crypto/stablecoin players.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Formed in 2021 through the merger of Paymentology UK (cloud-native pioneer) and Tutuka (25+ years processing in LATAM, SEA, and Middle East) — creating a global footprint with deep local expertise.
  - 500+ employees across 65 countries, speaking 40+ languages, spanning 14 time zones.
  - Offices/hubs in London, South Africa (Durban/Johannesburg), and UAE (Dubai), plus staff on the ground in 60+ countries.
  - Processes payments across 5 continents with income generated in just one year across all continents.
  - 400+ clients globally.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Global Infrastructure**: Principal membership with Mastercard and Visa, enabling instant market entry across 60+ countries without local sponsorship.
- **Cloud-Native + Legacy Depth**: Combines modern cloud-native technology with 25+ years of real-world processing experience (via Tutuka heritage).
- **Single Platform, Multi-Market**: Clients can launch, scale, pivot, or enter new markets without rebuilding — a massive moat against legacy processors.
- **Local Expertise**: Employees on the ground in 60+ countries, not just remote support, providing deep regulatory and market knowledge.
- **Multi-Currency & Multi-Rail**: Supports everything from traditional card rails to crypto, stablecoins, and real-time cross-border payments.
- **Social Impact**: "Changing Lives" initiative makes technology accessible for financial education in developing markets — differentiating from purely profit-driven competitors.

## Strategic Focus
- Continuing to expand geographic reach, with a specific focus on enabling fintechs, digital banks, and crypto/stablecoin players to issue and process payments globally.
- Deepening multi-rail capabilities to handle "this century and the next" — from traditional cards to digital assets, real-time, and cross-border payments.
- Scaling the platform to process billions more transactions while maintaining 24/7 customer support and local presence.
- Growing the team (currently 500+) to match the exploding demand for global payment infrastructure.

## Why Work Here
- **Global & Remote-First**: 500+ employees in 65 countries, speaking 40+ languages. The company provides flexibility, tools, and trust to do best work from anywhere.
- **Engineering & Problem-Solving Culture**: The company seeks "puzzle solvers" — people who think deeply, take ownership, stay curious, and care about what they build. The culture emphasizes "we raise the standard" and "we build for what's next."
- **Growth & Learning**: "We grow together" — the best ideas move when people share them. The company invests in learning and upward mobility.
- **Humanity First**: "We lead with humanity" — respect, empathy, and integrity are core values. The company actively warns candidates about job scams and protects applicants.
- **Tangible Impact**: Work that directly enables financial inclusion and payment access across developing markets (e.g., Nairobi, Mexico City, Dubai).
- **Interviews**: Structured process — application review, shortlist, video interviews, a project challenge (to see how candidates think), final interview, then offer. No rushed offers or shady practices.
- **Background Checks**: Enhanced financial-sector background checks are standard, with full support from the team.
- **Perks**: Remote-first, flexible work, tangible benefits, and room to "grow, scale, pivot, and build" — echoing their own platform philosophy.

## Sources
1. [Paymentology About Us](https://www.paymentology.com/en/about-us)
2. [Paymentology Website (Home)](https://www.paymentology.com/en/)
3. [Paymentology Careers Page](https://www.paymentology.com/en/about-us/careers)
4. [Paymentology Team Page](https://www.paymentology.com/en/team)
5. [Paymentology Jobs Portal](https://jobs.paymentology.com/)

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