Senior Software Engineer

Bucharest, Romania
GPO EMEA – GPO EMEA - Engineering /
Full-time /
Hybrid
About PayU 
PayU, a leading payment and Fintech company in 50+ high-growth markets throughout Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, part of Prosus group, one of the largest technology investors in the world is redefining the way people buy and sell online for our 300.000+ merchants and millions of consumers. 

As a leading online payment service provider, we deploy more than 400 payment methods and PCI-certified platforms to process approximately 6 million payments every single day. 

Thinking of becoming a PayUneer and you are curious to know more about us? Read more about the life in PayU here 

Responsibilities and key activities
 
                     Own and drive development, testing and delivery of best quality features in a cross functional environment; understand business needs and push great software to production
                     Design core, backend and frontend software components that can scale as our product does;
                     Responsible for resolving any production issues when they arise;
                     Conduct design and code reviews;
                     Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various product components and system resources;
 
Professional Requirements MUST HAVE
                     Solid knowledge of software engineering principles (OOP, Domain Driven Design, Programming and Agile best practices, etc.);
                     Advanced knowledge of relational and non-relational databases, preferably MySQL;
                     Advanced knowledge of APIs, web protocols and services (REST, SOAP, HTTP, SOA, Microservices, API First approach)
                     Experience building large-scale applications and refactoring it;
                     Experience with unit/integration/functional/exploratory tests
                     Ability to deliver value in an Agile development environment – experience in working Agile (Scrum, LeSS, Kanban)
 
Professional Requirements NICE TO HAVE
                     Not be afraid to code across several programming languages from PHP to Java, Python or JavaScript;
                     Async processing (RabbitMQ, SQS);
                     Systems knowledge and basic shell scripting (RedHat/CentOS but not only);
                     Cloud computing knowledge (not just buzzwords, we use: Docker, Ansible, Terraform, AWS);
                     Virtualization solutions and alternatives (what we use: Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes, ECS);
                     Continuous Integration (we have 3 different environments before pushing to production);
                     Blue-green deployment pattern (one button and we're moving code to production without downtime);
                     Monitoring the application and infrastructure for the best performance (we use JMeter, AppDynamics, NewRelic, Zabbix, and play with a bunch of others);
                     Knowledge about Security concepts;
                     Open Source contributor (we use tools built by the community and want to contribute also);
About us
At PayU, we are a global fintech investor and our vision is to build a world without financial borders where everyone can prosper. We give people in high-growth markets the financial services and products they need to thrive. Our expertise in 18 high-growth markets enables us to extend the reach of financial services. This drives everything we do, from investing in technology entrepreneurs, to offering credit to underserved individuals, to helping merchants buy, sell and operate online. Being part of Prosus, one of the largest technology investors in the world, gives us the presence and expertise to make a real impact. Find out more www.payu.com 

Our Commitment To Building A Diverse And Inclusive Workforce 
As a global and multi-cultural organization with varied ethnicities thriving across locations, we realize that our responsibility towards fulfilling the D&I commitment is huge. Therefore, we continuously strive to create a diverse, inclusive and safe environment, for all of our people, communities and customers. Our leaders are committed to create an inclusive work culture which enables transparency, flexibility and unbiased attention to each and every PayUneer so they can succeed, irrespective of gender, color or personal faith. An environment where every person feels they belong, that they are listened to, and where they are empowered to speak up. At PayU we have zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice whether a specific race, ethnicity, or of persons with disabilities or the LGBTQ communities.