Senior Infrastructure Engineer Apply remote type Onsite locations Porto - Portugal time type Full time posted on Posted 30+ Days Ago job requisition id JR07377
About Us:
The payments market is the most exciting technology market in the world today for good reason. McKinsey values it globally at over $2 trillion and it's growing between 13-15% year-on-year. Some of the largest most dynamic brands are investing in this sector; Apple has ApplePay, Google has GooglePay, Amazon has AmazonPay, and it's not just the Silicon Valley brands. Tencent owns WeChatPay, Alibaba owns Alipay and digital disruptors like Square, Stripe and Adyen all invest millions to grow the payments market.
Planet are a technology company that's transforming payments by putting the customer experience first. We help our customers deliver a better experience for guests, shoppers, and consumers everywhere. We operate in a market that continues to evolve and expand, partnering with the world's most prestigious brands across Retail and Hospitality, and with a network of Financial Services partners worldwide.
To meet consumer demands, payments must be simple, safe, and invisible. The only way to do this is to fully embed payments in the software that runs business. By combining software and payment technology, Planet's creating a world of connected commerce, that makes payments feel good.
We're growing organically, and with strong Private Equity investors, Advent International and Eurazeo, we've the financial capital and expertise to grow our capabilities and reach through acquisition.
Function Overview:
Planet's Product & Technology team have a world-class vision for pushing product innovation which helps reinforce Planet's position as a revenue-generating payments partner across the Retail, Hospitality, Food & Beverage and Parking verticals.
Planet operates a unique single payments platform that includes acquiring, processing, digital wallets, VAT refund and currency conversion services to deliver a better customer experience. Our Product & Tech team comprise of over 750 employees globally who all help drive the single platform vision, a key differentiator to other payment platforms in the market and deliver technical excellence both internally & externally for our customers.
Join us at Planet and be inspired by our overall technology expertise in enterprise architecture and digital transformation.
Roles Overview:
Our payments backend ensures funds are delivered on time to merchants creating a seamless payment experience to the consumer. It is a mission-critical system that must reliably process millions of transactions within short time boundaries.
What you will do:
Build infrastructure from the ground up through Infrastructure as Code that can be deployed on a data center private cloud or on a public cloud.
Build and operate different high-volume technologies for messaging, storage, and compute (Kafka, Airflow, Nomad, K8s, RabbitMQ).
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in the Payments backend space.
Who you are:
A quick study committed to learning new concepts and skilled in evaluating the latest technologies and frameworks.
Experienced in taking ownership of tasks, commitments, quality, and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement in an Agile/Scrum environment.
Self-motivated and detail-oriented team player with a desire to work on a team and mentor team members when necessary.
Able to efficiently break down problems and leverage business resources to establish a clear path toward customer value despite the presence of ambiguity.
Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as the ability to communicate intent to other developers through code.
A solid foundation in software engineering – bachelor's degree preferred with 3+ years of experience.
5+ years of experience on building infrastructure with Infrastructure as Code practices in the context of scrum teams.
You deeply understand the components and challenges to build Kubernetes cluster, Kakfa cluster and you are used to mentor younger engineers.
You are an expert in Terraform or an alternative generic Infrastructure as Code toolset.
You have deep knowledge about one of the main public clouds and also experience with building equivalent solutions in private clouds.
Why Planet:
Planet is an equal opportunity employer where diversity is valued, and all employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need. Come and grow your career in the most exciting, fast-paced technology market, with a business that delivers feel-good connected commerce. We would love to hear from you – Apply now.
About Us Company Background
Planet provides integrated software, payment and technology solutions for its customers in the Hospitality and Retail sectors and worldwide via a network of global Financial Services Partners.
Founded over 35 years ago, we have evolved our services, delivering an innovative digital commerce platform that puts customer experience first.
With headquarters in London and around 3,000 expert employees located across six continents we serve customers in over 120 markets.
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