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Backend Engineer

Christchurch, Canterbury💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-11 → 2026-09-07

Core

Design, develop, and own backend services for cross-border payments, multi-currency balances, onboarding, compliance, and settlement.

Role type

Senior hands-on IC backend engineer (payments/fintech)

Builds

Scalable payment infrastructure, partner integrations, and settlement systems

Domain

Fintech / Cross-border payments

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

C#/.NET, Java/Kotlin/Go, SQL, AWS (SQS, DynamoDB, S3, ECS, Lambda), CI/CD, microservices, event-driven systems, automated testing, AI-assisted development tools

Preferred skills

Financial ledgers/double-entry accounting, platform modernization, Redis/Memcached, API testing tools

Technologies

GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Postman, Bruno, Jira, Confluence

Responsibilities

Design and own backend services for payments and financial services; lead delivery of new platform capabilities from definition to launch; build and maintain partner integrations and settlement infrastructure; own production health including observability and incident response; lead technical design reviews and establish engineering best practices; mentor mid-level engineers; drive modernization of legacy systems to cloud-native architectures

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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