Senior Software Engineer

Job description

Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services.  Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results.  We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions.  Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow.  Ready to take your career global? Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Senior software Engineer to join our ever evolving Core Payments (GSAP Database) team and help shape the future of global commerce. What you’ll own • Technical Guidance & Best Practices: Provide technical leadership to development teams, ensuring all database code is optimized for maximum performance, scalability, and strict adherence to development standards. • Architecture & Modernization: Drive the design and architectural considerations for critical Tier 0 database changes, leveraging emerging database technologies to modernize UI and transaction processing flows. • Roadmap Execution: Track, own, and implement complex technical roadmap tasks to deliver system resiliency and scalability, accommodating a projected influx of 2.4 billion annual transactions. • Production Resolution & Root Cause Analysis: Investigate complex production issues to deliver both immediate hotfixes and strategic, long-term architectural solutions. What you’ll bring • Senior Database Engineering Expertise: Extensive experience designing, coding, debugging, and validating database logic within a highly flexible software development life cycle (SDLC). • High-Volume Transaction Management: Proven track record of managing and scaling databases for high-volume, Tier 0 core transaction processing platforms or massive data migrations. • Performance Tuning & Optimization: Deep technical knowledge in optimizing database processing, flowcharting, and data growth management to prevent delivery delays and system degradation. It’s a bonus if you have • Experience with large-scale merchant platform migrations, payment network routing interfaces (such as Interac), or UI modernization projects sized over 10,000 hours. • A background working in horizontal database teams that span multiple modules from transaction processing to reporting. This is a good opportunity to bring in some of our values and behaviors: • Think like a client: We care deeply about our clients' success. We ask, listen and learn — curious to understand first. Our passion drives excellence in everything we set out to do. • Act like an owner: We take accountability — working at pace to own our outcomes. We empower each other to make decisions. We’re innovative — always finding better ways to deliver impact. • Win as one team: We value personal connections — moving forward together with clarity. We build inclusive and global teams — embracing different perspectives and ideas. It’s always ‘we,’ never ‘me.’ We’re determined to succeed together. About the team Our inclusive and global teams win together every day. We’re proud to have the best minds in the industry, who you can learn from as you grow your career. The people, the energy, the connections – it’s unmatched. Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders. What makes a Globalpayer? Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We’re curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it’s our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do. Global Payments Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Global Payments provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by law. If you wish to request reasonable accommodations related to applying for employment or provide feedback about the accessibility of this website, please contact jobs@globalpayments.com.