Summary
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A software engineering role focused on cashless payment applications and large-scale transaction processing. You will design, build, test, and maintain payment software within an agile, DevOps-oriented cross-functional team, contributing to systems that require strong reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.
Highlights
Work on high-scale payment systems in an agile, cross-functional environment distributed across multiple countries. The role provides exposure to modern technologies and the opportunity to directly improve the reliability, scalability, and evolution of critical transaction-processing software.
Description
# Software Engineer – Cashless Payments
## About the Role
Worldline is a global payments technology company helping businesses accelerate growth through secure, reliable, and innovative payment solutions.
In the development office in **Biel/Bienne, Switzerland**, you will join the Frontoffice department and contribute to software solutions supporting cashless transactions across Switzerland and international markets.
You will work as part of an agile, DevOps-oriented, cross-functional squad distributed across Switzerland and Italy.
The team develops and operates applications that form part of the backbone of payment services and process **more than 20 million transactions every day**.
This role offers the opportunity to work with modern technologies while contributing directly to the reliability, scalability, and evolution of payment processing systems.
## Key Responsibilities
* Design, build, test, and maintain new features for cashless payment applications using modern technologies.
* Develop reliable, robust, and scalable software solutions for payment processing.
* Collaborate with Product Owners and Business Engineers to translate customer and business needs into effective technical solutions.
* Write clean, well-documented, maintainable, and testable code.
* Participate in code reviews and contribute to software quality and engineering standards.
* Take ownership of deployment, monitoring, and incident response for assigned components.
* Provide third-level support and participate in on-call duties.
* Improve application performance, scalability, reliability, and monitoring.
* Contribute to the optimization of deployment infrastructure.
* Participate in defining and evolving the future technology roadmap.
* Work effectively within an agile, cross-functional, and distributed engineering team.
* Support operational excellence across applications processing high volumes of payment transactions.
## Required Qualifications
* Higher education in **Information Technology**, such as a university degree or equivalent.
* Strong programming proficiency in **Jakarta EE**.
* Strong understanding and experience with **relational databases**.
* Experience with:
* Git
* Maven
* Quarkus
* Docker
* Kafka
* Linux
* Ability to work collaboratively as part of a cross-functional engineering team.
* Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to break down complex technical problems and drive solutions.
* Proven ability to work effectively under pressure, including during major outages.
* Fluent English.
## Preferred Qualifications
* French, German, or Italian language skills.
* Experience with payment processing or cashless payment technologies.
* Experience working in agile and DevOps environments.
* Experience with distributed systems and high-volume transaction processing.
## Technology & Engineering Environment
* **Backend:** Jakarta EE, Quarkus
* **Databases:** Relational databases
* **Messaging:** Kafka
* **DevOps & Infrastructure:** Docker, Linux, Maven, Git
* **Operations:** Deployment, monitoring, incident response, third-level support
* **Development Model:** Agile, DevOps, cross-functional squads
## Work Arrangement & Benefits
* Mobile working within Switzerland.
* Flexible working time models.
* Up to **25 days per year of international remote working**.
* Financial support for public transport tickets.
* Access to the company's staff restaurant.
* Comprehensive continuing education and training programs.
* Additional offers and support for families.
* Potential participation in the **Innovation Festival @ Worldline**.
* Employee Share Program providing employees with a financial stake in the company's long-term success.
* Sustainable and international corporate culture.
* Equal Opportunity employer.