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  • Location: Amsterdam
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #16604

Senior Software Engineer – Amsterdam, NL

PCN’s client is a early-stage start-up dedicated to enhancing payment experiences for merchants and customers across the African continent. By serving as an intelligent layer on top of diverse payment processors, they ensure seamless payment flows, optimising success rates for merchants and providing an improved experience for end users.

We are looking for a Senior Engineer to lead the development of a cutting-edge payment platform and merchant-facing portal. The role requires a versatile engineer with experience across back-end and front-end development, as well as architecture, testing, infrastructure, and observability. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with front-end frameworks such as Vue, and/or a background in Data Science.

Responsibilities as a Senior Software Engineer:
As a Senior Software Engineer, your day-to-day tasks will include:

  • Lead the development and enhancement of the payment platform and merchant-facing portal, ensuring the efficient delivery of new features and improvements
  • Collaborate with a small, dynamic team to implement solutions across both back-end and front-end technologies, while maintaining a strong focus on platform performance and reliability
  • Drive architectural decisions and ensure the platform scales efficiently, including managing testing, infrastructure, and observability within a Google Cloud environment
  • Contribute to the operational success of the platform, addressing live traffic issues, optimising payment routes, and implementing improvements to increase success rates for merchants
  • Take ownership of multiple projects, making fast decisions in a fast-paced startup environment, while being an integral part of shaping the company’s roadmap and long-term strategy

Qualifications/Required Skills for an ideal Senior Software Engineer:
Qualifications/Required Skills for an ideal Senior Software Engineer:

  • 7+ years of experience in software development, with at least 1 year in payments, fintech, or SaaS, and a strong understanding of payment systems and their challenges
  • Proven experience in designing, building, and shipping products end-to-end, particularly in dynamic and fast-paced environments such as startups
  • Proficiency in front-end technologies, particularly Vue.js, and back-end experience with Python, along with knowledge of cloud platforms (Google Cloud) and infrastructure management tools like Terraform
  • Strong experience with databases, database administration, CI/CD pipelines, and test automation to ensure a robust and scalable platform
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with a solution-oriented approach, able to work autonomously and take ownership of projects while collaborating effectively in a small team setting

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