Backend Developer – Payments Systems

About the role

Plan A Technologies is seeking an experienced Backend Developer to design, build, and scale high‑performance payment processing systems. You will work on core transaction services, financial integrations, and real‑time data pipelines while collaborating with product, finance, and engineering teams.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain secure backend services for transaction processing, ledgers, and financial integrations.
• Implement real‑time data pipelines and event‑driven architectures using Kafka.
• Optimize relational database schemas and queries in PostgreSQL.
• Create and manage distributed, containerized cron jobs and background workflows on Kubernetes.
• Identify bottlenecks, improve end‑to‑end performance, and ensure high availability of core services.
• Partner with product managers, finance teams, and engineering stakeholders to deliver robust software solutions.

Required profile

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in Go (Golang) for backend development.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
• Proven problem‑solving, analytical, and organizational abilities.

Required skills

• Go (Golang)
• Kafka (event streaming and message brokering)
• PostgreSQL (relational database design and query optimization)
• Kubernetes (container orchestration and cron job management)

What we offer

• 100% remote work option or access to global offices.
• Supportive, upbeat engineering team focused on collaboration, not competition.
• Opportunities to work on cutting‑edge fintech projects with top‑tier talent.