Java Software Engineer Specialist - AWS & Spark

We’re looking for a Java Software Engineer Specialist to join the Billing and Funding team to help unleash the potential of every business.

Are you ready to make your mark? Then you sound like a Worldpayer.

Overview

Billing and Funding within Worldpay has built a pricing and billing engine using big-data tech. We are near the end of the first phase of re‑engineering our core payments platform to be more cost effective, scalable and cloud ready. The next phase involves moving to the cloud, making our software cloud native, infrastructure code, and using CI/CD to increase delivery speed.

What you’ll own

• Design and build highly scalable, loosely coupled, event-driven, distributed systems.
• Write Java applications using a variety of persistence including databases, S3 and Kafka.
• Experience building production applications using AWS and EMR would be beneficial.
• Lead by example and establish industry best practices across software development, TDD/BDD, DevOps & cloud.
• Guide the teams on adopting DevOps best practices, tools and technologies.
• Foster an engineering mindset within the team and establish best practices for software development.

What you bring

• Technical Skills (Must)
• Experience in functional programming using Java 8 or higher
• SQL and NoSQL databases
• Knowledge of building scalable applications in AWS
• Knowledgeable on development best practices, technologies and tools

• Technical Skills (nice to have)
• Kafka
• Knowledge of EMR Serverless
• Knowledgeable on service architecture
• Knowledge of current architectures and approaches such as Event Driven Design, Domain Driven Design, Event Sourcing & CQRS

• General
• Experience of leading change and establishing engineering best practice in technical teams
• Accountability for a production service and contributions to its build
• Great communication skills (written and verbal)
• Knowledgeable on BDD / TDD practices and have worked with these approaches

Worldpay perks

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Parental leave policy
• Global recognition platform
• Virgin Pulse access
• Global employee assistance program
• Employee wellbeing and lifestyle support

Application steps

Application steps explain how to apply, what we’ll ask, and the interview process. You’ll typically upload your resume and a cover letter.