Lead Software Engineer

Job description

**Why Verifone** For more than 30 years Verifone has established a remarkable record of leadership in the electronic payment technology industry. Verifone has one of the leading electronic payment solutions brands and is one of the largest providers of electronic payment systems worldwide. Verifone has a diverse, dynamic and fast paced work environment in which employees are focused on results and have opportunities to excel. We take pride in the fact that we work with leading retailers, merchants, banks, and third-party partners to invent and deliver innovative payments solution around the world. We strive for excellence in our products and services and are obsessed with customer happiness. Across the globe, Verifone employees are leading the payments industry through experience, innovation, and an ambitious spirit. Whether it’s developing the next platform of secure payment systems or searching for new ways to bring electronic payments to new markets, the team at Verifone is dedicated to the success of our customers, partners and investors. It is this passion for innovation that drives each one of our employees for personal and professional success. Verifone is proudly an in-office work culture as we see immense benefits to career development and business results from our colleagues being physically co-located. **About the role** We are looking for a Senior Java Developer Lead to lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable, high-performance backend applications. This role combines hands-on engineering with team leadership, overseeing a team of 4–8 developers while actively contributing to coding, architecture, and technical decision-making. The ideal candidate will drive engineering best practices, conduct code reviews, mentor team members, and ensure the delivery of high-quality software. Working closely with Product, QA, and DevOps teams, you will help define technical strategy, solve complex challenges, and deliver reliable, secure, and maintainable solutions that support business growth and operational excellence. **Key Responsibilities:** **Technical leadership** - Own the architecture and design of Java-based microservices and backend applications. - Define coding standards, design patterns, and best practices, and enforce them through code reviews. - Evaluate and recommend tools, frameworks, and technologies; drive modernization and technical-debt reduction. - Make sound trade-offs between performance, scalability, security, and maintainability. **Team leadership and mentoring** - Lead, guide, and mentor a team of developers; run regular 1:1s and support career growth. - Break down requirements into technical tasks, estimate effort, and assign work. - Take part in hiring: interviews, technical assessments, and onboarding of new engineers. - Build a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning. **Hands-on development** - Write clean, efficient, well-tested code using Java 17+ and Spring Boot. - Design and build RESTful APIs and event-driven services (Kafka or similar). - Optimize application and database performance; troubleshoot complex production issues. - Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with the DevOps team. **Delivery and collaboration** - Work with product owners and business analysts to refine requirements and define acceptance criteria. - Lead Agile ceremonies with the Scrum Master: sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives. - Track delivery, flag risks early, and keep stakeholders informed of progress. - Ensure releases meet quality, security, and compliance standards. **What qualifications will you need to be successful?** **Required Skills & Experience:** - Candidates need a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field - 8+ years of Java development, and 2+ years leading or mentoring a development team - Technical Expertise - **Core Java:** Java 11/17+, OOP, collections, multithreading and concurrency, JVM tuning, garbage collection - **Frameworks:** Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate - **Architecture:** Microservices, REST API design, design patterns, domain-driven design basics - **Messaging:** Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, or ActiveMQ - **Databases:** SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle) and at least one NoSQL store (MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra) - **Cloud and DevOps**: AWS, Azure, or GCP; Docker; Kubernetes; Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions - **Testing:** JUnit 5, Mockito, integration testing; TDD mindset - **Tools:** Git, Maven or Gradle, Jira, Confluence - **Practices**: Agile/Scrum, code reviews, secure coding (OWASP Top 10). **Preferred Qualifications:** - Experience in payments, fintech, banking, or other high-volume transaction systems. - Knowledge of reactive programming (Spring WebFlux, Project Reactor). - Experience with observability tools: New Relic, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or the ELK stack. - Infrastructure as code with Terraform or CloudFormation. - Cloud certification (AWS Certified Developer or Solutions Architect, or equivalent). - Exposure to frontend frameworks (React or Angular) for full-stack collaboration. **Soft Skills:** - Clear written and verbal communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking under pressure. - Ability to coach, give constructive feedback, and resolve conflicts within the team. - Ownership mindset: accountable for outcomes, not just tasks. - Comfortable balancing hands-on coding with leadership responsibilities. **Our Commitment** Verifone is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Verifone is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.