Senior Backend Developer

Geidea Established in 2008, Geidea epitomizes customer focused empowerment and commercial success through continuous innovation.

Geidea makes best in class digital payment solutions available for all by attracting and leveraging the best creative & entrepreneurial talent in the market

Our solutions give any business the chance to get ahead and reach for more no matter their size or maturity.

Our technology mirrors our people - Smart, Innovative & Forward Thinking

www.geidea.net

To maintain a competitive advantage as we grow, we are currently looking for a new Senior Backend Developer

Job purpose:

To lead the design, development, maintenance, and continuous enhancement of the organization's settlement platform, ensuring the delivery of reliable, secure, and scalable Java-based solutions that support accurate financial transaction processing, reconciliation, and settlement operations. The role is responsible for driving technical decisions, ensuring business continuity, optimizing system performance, and leading the evolution of critical payment infrastructure in alignment with business objectives, operational excellence, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Drive engineering excellence by establishing and enforcing high code quality, maintainability, and development standards across all services
• Lead architectural decisions for microservices design, API governance, and complex system integrations
• Provide technical leadership across cross-functional teams (Product, QA, DevOps, and Operations) to deliver resilient and scalable solutions
• Own the identification of system bottlenecks, scalability risks, and performance challenges, leading optimization initiatives
• Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and data protection requirements for financial and payment systems
• Oversee production stability by leading incident management, root cause analysis, and implementation of preventive measures
• Align technical roadmap and platform evolution with business priorities, operational goals, and enterprise architecture standards

Qualifications:

• 4–6+ years in backend development using Java
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java (Spring Boot / Spring Framework) and building enterprise-grade backend services
• Proven experience designing and maintaining RESTful APIs and service integrations
• Solid experience in microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and service orchestration
• Strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) including performance tuning and schema design
• Proficiency with Git and modern CI/CD practices
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, fault tolerance, and production troubleshooting in high-availability environments

Preferred:

• Messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Cloud platforms (AWS / Azure)
• Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• CI/CD pipelines

Our values guide how we think and act - They describe what we care about the most

Customer first - It's embedded in our design thinking and customer service approach

Open - Openness allows us to constantly improve and evolve

Real - No jargon and no excuses!

Bold - Constantly challenging ourselves and our way of thinking.

Resilient – If we fail, we bounce back stronger than before.

Collaborative - We know that we can achieve a lot more as a team.

We are changing lives by constantly striving for a better solution.