Software Engineer - Java

Currencycloud was acquired by Visa in December 2021. Our Java Engineers are responsible for implementing an industry-leading API that has already processed over USD50 billion of cross-border transactions for over 5 million end users, and is available to our clients 24x7. But we are not stopping there, and our engineers are at the forefront of taking us forward to meet the demands of even greater scale. We have moved wholesale to AWS where our system runs as a set of distributed applications. We are currently in the process of migrating those applications over to Kubernetes and Jenkins-X. We are looking to embrace a microservice-led event based architecture using Kafka. What you'll get to do:

• As a Java Engineer you'll play a key role within your cross functional team, taking responsibility for your services and the technology within them.
• These roles fit in to squads who are building out brand new parts to our platform, focusing on high availability, cloud native, microservice concepts
  
  3+ years experience in Java Backend Development
• Skills with functional Java (versions 11+), REST and Spring Boot
• Agile ways of working such as Scrum or Kanban in cross-functional teams
• Some knowledge of Docker, EKS, AWS (public cloud), RabbitMQ
• Working knowledge of SQL
• (Nice to have) exposure and working knowledge of working with Kafka or similar event streaming tooling
  
  Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose - to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid., At Currencycloud, you can work from home, or visit our lush offices in London, Cardiff or Amsterdam. You'll need to be based in either the UK or Netherlands for this role, and have the necessary work permissions.