{"id":1115492,"url":"https://alion.io/job/bvnk-senior-software-engineer-backend-cards","title":"Senior Software Engineer (Backend): Cards","company":{"id":11320,"name":"BVNK","domain":"bvnk.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/bvnk","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":88,"open_postings":18,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.5,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":[],"countries":[],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":70000,"max":110000,"currency":"EUR","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":125603},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Claude Code","optional":false},{"name":"Docker","optional":false},{"name":"Java","optional":false},{"name":"Kubernetes","optional":false},{"name":"Spring Boot","optional":false},{"name":"Tokenization","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-06-02T15:19:28Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-22","last_verified_at":"2026-10-01T17:54:27Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":121,"trust":{"level":"stale","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale"],"days_open":120},"description":"About us:\nBVNK is the stablecoin-powered financial stack for enterprises. We're now part of Mastercard, and together we're building a network for every form of money - one that delivers more reach, more capability and more choice.\nWe enable businesses to build financial products, unlock new markets, and move money in seconds across 130+ countries, with 40+ licenses for fiat and digital assets globally. Processing billions annually, we empower enterprises worldwide to send, receive, convert, and settle stablecoins and fiat seamlessly through a single integration.\nOur mission is to accelerate global money movement, and we're assembling a world-class team to make it happen.\nTrusted by industry leaders like Corpay, Worldpay, Deel, and Flywire, we deliver the infrastructure that makes new forms of money usable within the financial systems customers already rely on today.\nBy combining Mastercard's global payment reach and trusted networks with BVNK's stablecoin infrastructure, we're building the trusted operating layer for the evolution of money movement, helping customers participate in emerging digital networks without having to rebuild their businesses around every new innovation.\nWe're a diverse team spread across EMEA, North America, and APAC, with a shared belief that stablecoins are the new infrastructure layer for financial services, and that BVNK is at the forefront of this shift.\nWe're incredibly honored to have been recognized by:\nCNBC World's Top Fintech Companies (2026)\nFXC Intelligence Top 100 Cross-border Payment Companies (2026)\nNewsweek's The Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces (three years running, most recently 2025)\nLinkedIn as one of the Top 20 Startups in the UK (2025)\nLocation: We offer a Hybrid/Remote working policy. \nFUNCTION: Engineering\nWe're looking for a talented Senior Software Engineer to join our Cards team. Our goal is to build out a seamless card issuing and transaction platform that bridges crypto and fiat - enabling merchants to offer their customers instant access to funds through physical and virtual cards.\nTraditional card programmes have often been rigid, slow to integrate, and limited in their ability to handle multi-currency flows across crypto and fiat rails. With our platform, we're breaking down these barriers by delivering a modern card infrastructure that handles everything from tokenization and sensitive card data to real-time transaction enrichment and settlement. This allows our merchants to offer card products that work fluidly across currencies, with the security, speed, and reliability their customers expect. By building this from the ground up, we're creating a best-in-class card experience that sits at the intersection of traditional payments and digital assets.\nOur product and engineering organisation is split into small autonomous squads empowered to own their problem space. You’ll be expected to form strong opinions and execute in a fast but sustainable way, advocating for the simplest solution that achieves the outcomes our customers are looking for. \nKey Areas of Responsibilities:\nDesign and implement card platform features end-to-end - from tokenization and sensitive card data handling to transaction enrichment and settlement workflows\nBuild and maintain integrations with card issuers and payment processors\nArchitect systems spanning multiple services, ensuring scalability, security, and PCI compliance\nOwn features and projects from inception to completion, breaking down complex domains into deliverable work items\nDrive cross-team technical initiatives around shared libraries, patterns, and infrastructure\nActively review code across the team, providing constructive and in-depth feedback\nContribute to our engineering culture by mentoring teammates and setting quality standards\nWhat we need from you:\n5+ years experience as a Backend Engineer, preferably in FinTech or payments\nExpertise in Java and Spring Boot\nExperience building and maintaining APIs and services in a microservices architecture\nStrong understanding of card payments, issuing, or transaction processing.\nEnthusiasm for adopting AI-assisted development tooling (e.g, Claude Code, AI code review agents) to accelerate delivery and improve code quality across the squad.\nAbility to self-direct work and scale from well-scoped tasks to multi-sprint initiatives\nExcellent problem-solving skills, comfortable working independently or collaboratively across squads\nExperience with containerisation and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.\nExperience with code review as a tool for mentoring and raising team-wide standards\nGood written and verbal communication skills\nFamiliarity with crypto/fiat payment rails is a plus\nOpen to participating in an out-of-hours on-call rota\nWhat you can expect from us:\nFair and competitive salary at every stage of your growth\nFlexible working hours, with hybrid working at its heart\nA culture built on passionate, growth-minded people\nA flexible approach to holiday\nOpportunities to travel to our offices around the world\nAn open and creative environment where you can help us define the future of BVNK, its culture, and its opportunity sets\nAt BVNK, we are focused on building a diverse and inclusive team. While you may not meet all of our requirements, we’d encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of our expectations. You may be a great fit for this role or another role in our team. \nCompensation packages are based on candidate experience and relevant certifications.\nBulgaria Salary Range\n€70.000—€110.000 EUR\nCompensation packages are based on candidate experience and relevant certifications.\nSpain Salary Range\n€85.000—€110.000 EUR\nCompensation packages are based on candidate experience and relevant certifications.\nPoland Salary Range\n250 000 zł—480 000 zł PLN","description_format":"text","description_chars":5824,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible schedule","Hybrid work"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Kingdom","iso":"GB","kind":"country"},{"name":"South Africa","iso":"ZA","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Blockchain & Crypto","Cryptocurrencies","Stablecoins"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-22T15:20:58Z"}],"liveness":{"score":8,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.289,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":120,"expected_fill_days":42,"reasons":["conf:11","stale_co","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":125603,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/bvnk-senior-software-engineer-backend-cards","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/bvnk-senior-software-engineer-backend-cards.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T19:46:06Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"search","counted_by":"address","units_charged":0,"used_today":0,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":null,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}