Senior Engineer, Backend - Orchestration

🔍 What will you be doing?

• Leading the design and implementation of core backend services for high-performance, complex distributed systems
• Taking ownership of key technology decisions, building for scale and optimising for output
• Driving and using modern development practices such as BDD and TDD would be highly beneficial
• Creating clear, modern, well-tested code
• Collaborating across teams in a product-driven environment
• Conducting code reviews and continuously look at ways of improving our ways of working
• Creating detailed internal documentation for the projects you work on

👀 What we’d love to see:

• In-depth understanding of the entire development process (design, development and deployment)
• Knowledge of building developer frameworks and workflows, allowing both customers and third parties to integrate as seamlessly as possible
• Experience in Python is advantageous (it's what we use!) but we have had success hiring engineers of any technical background and understand that people can adapt
• Highly motivated self-starter who values autonomy and getting things done
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Payments knowledge, always looking for ways to optimise our merchant developer experience
• You will need to be based in: Poland, Portugal, Hungary, Romania or South Africa.

✅ A typical interview process

• An initial intro call with a Talent Partner
• An interview with the Hiring Manager
• Challenge Stage - Contextualised to the role
• A final, values-alignment interview

What's the culture like at Primer?

We're building a culture where people can do their best work and be proud of the impact they have. You'll be working with people who are mission-driven, smart, and reflective, and who are genuinely invested in building exceptional products and delivering success for our merchants.

We work remotely, and have done since day one. We believe that building a successful, profitable company goes beyond proximity. We invest in our relationships through great remote working practices and thoughtfully designed face-to-face time, including workations, our annual company retreat, and access to co-working spaces across most major cities.

The work is challenging. Scaleups are a challenge, and building category-defining products is a challenge. But there's a meaningful difference between a challenge and a struggle. At Primer, the right challenge comes with the right support: strong onboarding, a collaborative environment, and a team that is genuinely invested in your success. It's never something you face alone.