Senior Full Stack Payments Engineer (AWS)
Summary
A senior engineer designs, builds, and evolves highly available payment microservices and full-stack applications on AWS (ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB) using TypeScript, Node.js, React, and Java/Spring Boot, while mentoring engineers and embedding AI-assisted development in a regulated banking and payments environment.
Senior Full Stack Payments Engineer (AWS | AI-Native Development)
The Challenge
This is a senior engineering role where you'll contribute across the full software lifecycle-from architecture and solution design through implementation, deployment, and continuous improvement. You'll help shape technical direction, mentor fellow engineers, and build resilient cloud-native solutions within a highly regulated banking and payments environment.
The team embraces modern engineering practices, leveraging AWS, GitHub, and AI-assisted software development as part of everyday delivery.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and evolve highly available payment services and platforms.
- Architect scalable microservices for mission-critical payment processing.
- Deliver full-stack solutions across backend services and frontend applications.
- Drive technical decision-making and influence engineering standards.
- Build secure, resilient cloud-native applications on AWS.
- Improve system performance, reliability, observability, and maintainability.
- Mentor engineers through code reviews, technical coaching, and knowledge sharing.
- Collaborate closely with product owners, architects, and business stakeholders.
- Embed AI-assisted development into engineering workflows to improve quality and delivery speed.
- Extensive senior-level software engineering experience building large-scale digital products or platforms.
- Strong experience within the payments domain, including:
- Transaction flows
- PSD2
- Acquiring
- Digital wallets
- Proven experience designing and implementing production-grade microservices architectures.
- Strong hands-on AWS experience, including:
- ECS
- Lambda
- DynamoDB
- SNS
- SQS
- CloudFormation
- Strong development experience with:
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- React
- Java
- Spring Boot
- AWS CDK
- Experience working with AI-native or Agentic Engineering practices.
- Daily professional experience using GitHub Copilot (or similar AI coding assistants).
- Experience with GitHub Actions and AI-assisted CI/CD workflows.
- Previous experience within banking, fintech, or regulated financial services.
About Levy Professionals
Since 2000, Levy Professionals has connected highly skilled professionals with leading organisations across Europe. From our offices in Amsterdam and London, we support global clients with specialist technology and business expertise.
Our international network spans professionals from more than 14 countries, supporting projects for innovative scale-ups through to global financial institutions. We believe our success comes from putting people first and building long-term relationships with both clients and consultants.