Senior Software Engineer- Full Stack Developer (Backend)

Join CellPoint Digital: Shape the Future of Payments with Us!

At CellPoint Digital, we're revolutionizing the way businesses in the air, travel, and hospitality sectors manage their payments. 

Our leading payment orchestration platform helps some of the world's leading brands make payments simpler, smarter and profitable- from improving payment experiences and maximizing approval rates, to reducing costs and unlocking new opportunities.

But technology is only part of the story. It's our people who make the difference. 

We're a global team of innovators, problem-solvers and ambitious professionals who care about the work we do and the impact we have. We work across borders, functions and cultures, bringing different perspectives together to solve complex problems and deliver meaningful results for our customers.

Join us as a Senior Software Engineer- Full Stack Developer (Backend) on our mission to turn payments into possibilities!

Senior Software Engineer- Full Stack Developer (Backend) 

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer - Backend Full Stack Developer with 5+ years of experience in software engineering to design, develop, and support secure, scalable, and high-performance enterprise applications. This is a hands-on technical role primarily focused on backend development using PHP and Java, while also requiring working knowledge of front-end technologies, cloud platforms, APIs, databases, and production support.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience building enterprise-grade backend services, microservices, APIs, integrations, and cloud-native applications, with a passion for writing clean, secure, and maintainable code while supporting mission-critical production systems.

How You Will Make an Impact:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications using PHP and Java.

• Build and support REST/SOAP APIs, backend services, microservices, and enterprise system integrations.

• Develop XML/JSON data mapping, transformation, and integration workflows.

• Apply MVC architecture, SOLID principles, design patterns, and clean coding best practices.

• Develop applications using Spring, Spring Boot, Composer, Gradle, PostgreSQL, and SQL.

• Implement secure APIs using authentication, authorization, encryption, validation, and secure coding practices.

• Optimize application performance through API optimization, database tuning, caching, and query optimization.

• Develop unit and integration tests, mock services, and participate in code reviews and static code analysis.

• Perform application debugging, log analysis, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis across backend services and databases.

• Deploy and support cloud-native applications using Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Support production environments and contribute to application monitoring, reliability, and operational excellence.

• Collaborate closely with Product, QA, DevOps, and Engineering teams to deliver high-quality customer solutions.

• Leverage AI-assisted software engineering tools responsibly to improve development productivity, code quality, debugging, testing, and documentation while maintaining strong engineering standards.

Skills you will have fine-tuned:

• Backend: PHP, Java, Spring/Spring Boot, REST/SOAP APIs, Microservices, MVC

• API & Integration: REST/SOAP, XML/JSON, API integration, data mapping & transformation

• Database: PostgreSQL, database design & query optimization

• Architecture: SOLID, design patterns, API-first development, scalability, high availability & caching

• Security: Authentication/authorization, API security, encryption, secure coding

• Tools & Practices: Composer, Gradle, Git, static code analysis, code reviews, mocking & API testing

• Frontend: Working knowledge of React.js, JavaScript, HTML5/CSS3, Bootstrap

• Payments domain experience including payment gateways, PSP integrations, Cards, Digital Wallets, and Alternative Payment Methods (APMs).

• Knowledge of distributed systems, asynchronous processing, retries, idempotency, caching, and fault tolerance.

• Experience with OpenAPI/Swagger, monitoring, logging, metrics, and observability.

• Knowledge of PCI DSS, tokenization, encryption, secure payment processing, and compliance.

• Experience building highly available, scalable, and transaction-intensive enterprise applications.

What's in it for you:

• We offer you the opportunity to be an innovator, challenge the status quo, and redefine the payments category

• Competitive salary in a fast-growing start-up

• Opportunity for personal and professional growth in a dynamic industry 

• Medical insurance 

Please note, we retain applicant data for 12 months for recruitment purposes and future opportunities, after which it is securely deleted. At CellPoint Digital we are committed to be globally compliant with robust data protection.