Senior Backend Engineer

In this role you will shape Teya's technology to deliver a high-performance payments platform for European merchants. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and maintain core systems spanning payments processing, core banking, and merchant lifecycle management. You drive scalable, secure software and own features end-to-end, contributing to a fast-paced, innovative fintech culture. This is a mission-driven opportunity to impact small businesses by enabling reliable, efficient digital payments at scale.

• flexible working hours
• health insurance
• health and wellbeing support with MyFitness
• 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
• opportunity to visit other offices
• hybrid work mode

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and well-tested backend code
• Own features through the full software development lifecycle
• Collaborate with product, design, data science, security, and operations to inform architecture
• Build tools and integrate systems to improve operational efficiency and reliability
• Improve CI/CD processes for a smooth deployment pipeline
• Participate in code reviews and elevate team quality
• Mentor other developers and foster an innovative, collaborative environment
• Stay updated on fintech trends and identify improvement opportunities
• Troubleshoot complex system issues to ensure uninterrupted service
• Promote best practices in code quality, testing, automation, and security
• Provide SME guidance to other teams

• 5+ years of professional software development
• Expertise in Java (17+), Spring Boot
• Experience with system design, microservices, API development
• Experience building high-throughput, low-latency, reliable systems
• Strong problem-solving and debugging across multiple services
• Experience in Agile/Scrum
• Ability to work well in teams and individually in a fast-paced environment

• excellent communication
• influencing and stakeholder alignment
• collaborative teamwork
• Java 17+
• Spring Boot
• microservices architecture