Software Engineer - Java - Cambridge

About the team

Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We are looking for a Software Developer to join our Cambridge‑based delivery teams to work on one of the highest‑volume global payment platforms in the world.

What you will be doing

You will join one of our cross-functional teams containing developers, testers, a product owner and a scrum master. The team works on features to maintain and add new capabilities to an ecommerce payments gateway operated by Worldpay.

With the support of the teams' principle engineer, you will pick-up challenging work from the plan that needs your proven software skills to deal with the more complex problems

Develop changes in Java and SQL and PLSQL to an ecommerce payments gateway operated by Worldpay.

Work with the team's Product Owner to specify the detailed behaviours of new capabilities of the payments gateway. You'll need to review payments-industry specification documents and translate how they apply for WorldPay's technologies and payments lifecycle processes.

Partner with the team's test engineers to help scope the test coverage and approach, and you may need to contribute to writing automated component, integration and system tests.

Support the deployment of new capabilities to production, ensuring they deliver value for our customers

Participate in a release support rota, with occasional out-of-hours involvement

Use generative AI tools as part of your workflow, supported by well-established internal tooling

What you bring:

Solid experience with Java and SQL (PL/SQL desirable). Each career journey is different but likely you'll have a number of years' experience to reach a high level of a skill with these technologies.

A track record of success to design and deliver solutions to complex business problems.

Experience applying secure software development practices

Experience with technologies used in distributed systems (e.g. IAM, digital certificates/PKI, observability, containerisation)

Experience working in Linux-based development and production environments

Added bonus if you have:

Experience optimising performance for large-scale databases

Experience in payments or financial services

Experience working with SAST, SCA, CI tools

Experience with Kafka

What we offer you

A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities

A hybrid and flexible working environment with office and home working

Regular structured time to improve your skills through training, and time to experiment with new tech in hackathons

What makes a Worldpayer

At Worldpay, we take our Values seriously, and we live them every day. Think like a customer, Act like an owner, and Win as a team.

Curious. Humble. Creative. We ask the right questions, listening and learning to get better every day. We simplify the complex and we’re always looking to create a bigger impact for our colleagues and customers.

Empowered. Accountable. Dynamic. We stay agile, using our initiative, taking calculated risks to progress. Never standing still, never settling, we work at pace to achieve our goals. We champion our ideas and stay flexible to make them happen. We know that every action adds up.

Determined. Inclusive. Open. Unlocking potential means working as one global community. Our work spans borders, and we stay united by our purpose. We collaborate, always encouraging others to perform at their best, welcoming new perspectives.

Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Worldpayer.

To find out more about working with us, find us on LinkedIn.

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