Software Engineer - Payments Systems
Clear Street5 hours ago
London, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Engineer highly reliable, API-driven payment systems for global operations and expansion.
- Translate product and design requirements into clean, maintainable, and well-tested software components.
- Collaborate with product managers, business, operations, designers, and backend engineers.
- Identify and resolve performance, accessibility, and usability issues.
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to shared component libraries and engineering standards.
- Support the operational health of features and maintain a high service-level agreement.
Requirements
- Master Java and Spring Boot, with the ability to make changes in TypeScript, React, Go, and Python.
- Demonstrated experience driving technical decisions and owning complex, large-scale engineering problems end to end.
- Hands-on experience building scalable architectures with Kafka and Kubernetes.
- Understanding of global payment ecosystems, external banking APIs, and complex operational workflows.
- Strong knowledge of software design patterns, distributed systems, clean code principles, and automated testing strategies.
- Ability to manage technical debt, negotiate requirements, and deliver reliable solutions.
- Willingness to improve tooling, processes, and engineering practices.
- Highly collaborative approach to solving architectural challenges.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package and company equity.
- Pension, gender-neutral parental leave, and full medical and dental insurance.
- Employees must work in the office a minimum of three days per week.
- Equal opportunity workplace focused on collaboration and diversity.
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About Clear Street
Clear Street builds a cloud-native brokerage and clearing platform for institutional investors, combining prime brokerage, clearing, and custody with APIs and modern infrastructure. It serves hedge funds, professional traders, and other market participants, helping them access multiple asset classes and markets through a unified system. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, the company is privately held and operates regulated entities supporting global capital markets.