# Senior Backend Software Engineer - Employer **Company:** [Satispay](https://scaleengineer.com/companies/satispay) Satispay is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to drive digital welfare payment solutions, focusing on developing robust, scalable microservices that transform employer benefits and payment systems. The ideal candidate will leverage technical expertise to create innovative backend solutions that simplify complex financial processes while supporting Satispay's mission of revolutionizing everyday payments. **Role:** Backend Engineer **Seniority:** Senior **Locations:** Milan, Italy **Salary:** 70000–110000 EUR [Apply](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/satispay/424a7547-f4ba-4dc6-acd1-9b0da74872fd) Canonical: https://scaleengineer.com/jobs/satispay/senior-backend-software-engineer-employer --- ## Responsibilities - Multi-Service Solution Design: Conduct comprehensive technical analysis for medium to large projects impacting multiple services in the Employer domain, focusing on scalability, security, and system maintainability - Technical Quality Assurance: Implement robust testing strategies, balancing automated and manual testing approaches, and oversee careful system rollouts with precise monitoring - Technical Leadership: Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, provide technical guidance, and contribute to skill development across the engineering team - System Optimization: Proactively identify and resolve technical blockers, drive knowledge sharing, and ensure efficient backend integration for welfare benefit systems - User-Centric Engineering: Maintain a user-first approach, ensuring backend architectures create seamless experiences from employer registration to employee benefit utilization ## Requirements ### education - {"name":"Computer Science","description":"Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field preferred"} ### technical - {"name":"Backend Development","description":"5+ years of backend software engineering experience with microservices and cloud environments"} - {"name":"Programming Skills","description":"Expert-level Java programming and cloud platform expertise (AWS preferred)"} ### experience - {"name":"Technical Analysis","description":"Proven ability to conduct technical analysis for large-scope projects affecting multiple systems"} - {"name":"Agile Experience","description":"Extensive experience working in Agile methodologies and cross-functional team environments"} ## Skills ### required - {"name":"Java","description":"Deep expertise in Java programming with enterprise-level application development"} - {"name":"Microservices","description":"Proven experience designing and implementing microservices architectures"} - {"name":"Cloud Infrastructure","description":"Advanced knowledge of AWS cloud services and deployment strategies"} - {"name":"System Design","description":"Ability to conduct comprehensive technical analysis for large-scale projects"} - {"name":"Agile Methodologies","description":"Strong experience with Agile development practices and cross-team collaboration"} ### preferred - {"name":"Spring Boot","description":"Experience with Spring Boot framework for building robust backend applications"} - {"name":"PostgreSQL","description":"Proficiency in PostgreSQL database management and optimization"} - {"name":"AWS Services","description":"Familiarity with specific AWS services like EC2, ECS, Lambda, and Kinesis"} ## Tech stack ### tools - {"name":"AWS","description":"Cloud infrastructure and services"} - {"name":"AWS EC2","description":"Elastic Compute Cloud for hosting applications"} - {"name":"AWS ECS","description":"Elastic Container Service for container orchestration"} - {"name":"AWS Lambda","description":"Serverless compute service"} - {"name":"Kinesis","description":"Real-time streaming data service"} - {"name":"ElasticSearch","description":"Distributed search and analytics engine"} ### others - {"name":"Microservices","description":"Architectural approach for building scalable applications"} ### databases - {"name":"PostgreSQL","description":"Robust relational database for complex data management"} ### languages - {"name":"Java","description":"Primary backend programming language for enterprise applications"} ### frameworks - {"name":"Spring Boot","description":"Lightweight Java framework for building microservices"} ## Benefits ### benefits - {"name":"Health & Well-being","description":"Unlimited paid time off, psychological support, flexible hybrid working, extended parental leave"} - {"name":"Professional Development","description":"Professional development programs, internal mobility, language classes, internal workshops and training"} - {"name":"Financial Support","description":"Stock Option Plan, competitive salary, international relocation support, flexible benefit budget, meal vouchers"} ## Compensation - **max:** 110000 - **min:** 70000 - **currency:** EUR - **stockOptions:** true ## Interview process ### steps - {"name":"Initial Screening","description":"Review of application and initial resume screening"} - {"name":"Technical Interview","description":"Detailed technical discussion focusing on Java, microservices, and system design capabilities"} - {"name":"System Design Challenge","description":"In-depth assessment of candidate's ability to design scalable backend solutions"} - {"name":"Cultural Fit Interview","description":"Evaluation of alignment with Satispay's mission, values, and team collaboration approach"} - {"name":"Final Interview","description":"Meeting with senior leadership to discuss potential impact and role fit"} ## Full description **About Satispay** Satispay was born to revolutionise everyday payments – making them simple, fair, and accessible to everyone. Now, the focus has moved even further, aiming to shape the future of money. We're a movement empowering millions of people, driven by a shared purpose to tackle big challenges. And we’re just getting started. We move quickly, think boldly, and trust each other to challenge the norm, learning and growing as we go. If you’re looking for more than just your next job – if you want to build something impactful with a talented team – you’re in the right place. **What you’ll be doing** As a **Senior Backend Software Engineer** in the **Business Team**, you’ll play a critical role in shaping the future of digital welfare payments - handling everything from employer benefits to complex products. You will support the end-to-end journey for both employers and employees, ensuring long-term satisfaction. You will be responsible for the technical direction, quality, and delivery of complex systems, impacting multiple services across teams that empower thousands of employers to manage their corporate welfare effectively. Here’s what your day-to-day will look like: * **Drive multi-service solutions**: Conduct technical analysis for medium-to-large projects impacting multiple services for the Employer domain. You'll design comprehensive, highly-available solutions considering scalability, security, and maintainability for products that define the welfare core. * **Ensure technical quality**: You will implement robust testing strategies, balancing automation and manual coverage, and oversee gradual rollouts with careful monitoring to ensure that welfare distributions are always precise and reliable. * **Resolve and anticipate blockers**: Proactively anticipates and resolves technical blockers, driving knowledge sharing across your organization. You’ll tackle the unique challenges of B2B registration flows and high-volume benefit allocations while ensuring code quality through active review. * **Execution and ownership**: Take ownership of your work from start to finish, delivering features that truly meet user needs - from the moment an employer signs up to the moment an employee spends their first welfare benefits - through seamless and efficient back-end integration. * **Mentor peers**: Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior and mid-level engineers, actively contributing to their skill development and ensuring high-quality engineering practices across the team. * **System maintenance and stability**: Actively contribute to Satispay's mission by simplifying payments and improving accessibility through efficient back-end systems that handle the complexity of welfare regulations with ease. * **User-first engineering**: Maintain a "user-first" mindset, understanding that your backend architecture directly impacts the daily lives of employers and employees. You’ll build products where technical excellence translates into a frictionless journey, from initial registration to the ultimate satisfaction of the final user. Expect challenges, collaboration, and the freedom to bring your ideas to life. Our tech stack includes (but it’s not limited to) **PostgreSQL, Java, Spring Boot**. We rely on **AWS** for our infrastructure, with **microservices** deployed on **EC2/ECS, S3** for storage, **AWS Lambda** for serverless functions, and **Kinesis** and **ElasticSearch** for log streaming. You'll take ownership of your work from start to finish. **Who we’re looking for** We need a proven problem-solver who takes initiative, excels in cross-team collaboration, and is a technical quality champion. Does it sound like you? * **Extensive experience**: You have at least 5 years of related experience in back-end software engineering, with a proven track record of working with microservices, cloud environments, and Agile methodologies. * **Programming expertise**: You have deep experience working with Java and a strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS is a plus). * **Technical leadership:** You have a proven ability to conduct technical analysis for large-scope projects affecting multiple systems, drive knowledge sharing, and mentor peers. * **Structured communication**: You communicate in a professional, convincing, and structured manner, adapting your style to build trust with stakeholders and coordinate implementations across teams. You take pride in writing and maintaining reliable technical documentation and leading structured technical analyses with the team. Whether it’s an architectural deep-dive or a cross-departmental sync, you ensure that complex technical decisions are clearly documented, easily understood, and followed through to execution. * **Passion and language skills**: You are passionate about FinTech or startup environments and fluent in English. Don't worry if you don't tick every box. We believe in the power of different viewpoints and strengths. Your unique perspective is important as we build something special. If you're passionate and can make a difference, we truly encourage you to apply. **Our benefits & perks** We believe high commitment, effort, and impact deserve to be highly rewarded and supported. That’s why we created **Satispay CareAbout**, our way of making sure you’re supported in your well-being, growth, and finances: **👨‍👩‍👧 CareAbout health & well-being** * Unlimited paid time off * Psychological support & mental health webinars with Serenis * Flexible hybrid working system * Extended parental leave * Childcare leave **📚 CareAbout growth & development** * Professional development programmes * Internal mobility program * Language classes with Preply * Internal workshops & training **💰 CareAbout financial support** * Stock Option Plan (with additional grants often provided based on performance) * International relocation support * Competitive salary * Flexible Benefit budget * Meal vouchers **Equal-Opportunity Employer** At Satispay, we're proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and inclusion, welcoming individuals of all backgrounds. This opportunity is open to everyone, regardless - for instance - of race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and national origin. Join us in a workplace where everyone belongs! **Learn more about us** Curious if our way of working clicks with yours? Our values and pillars aren’t just fancy words on a page - they really shape everything we do. Explore them[ here](https://www.satispay.com/en-it/company/values/). **Sounds like your kind of place?** **Awesome! We’d love to hear your story.** **#LI-VR1** **#LI-Hybrid** _By submitting this application, I acknowledge that I have read and understood the content of the_ [_Privacy Policy_](https://www.satispay.com/en-it/legal-hub/privacy-policy/candidates/)