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Become a FlyMate!\nPassion, excitement & global collaboration are all core to what it means to be a FlyMate. At Flywire, we’re on a mission to deliver the world’s most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage - the combination of our next-gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software, to help our clients get paid, and help their customers pay with ease - no matter where they are in the world.\nWhat more do we need to truly be unstoppable? Perhaps, that is you!\nWho we are:\nFlywire is a global payments enablement and software company, founded a decade ago to solve high-stakes, high-value payments in education, using modern technology.\nToday, we’ve digitized payments for more than 3,300+ global clients across education, healthcare, travel & B2B, covering more than 240 countries and territories and supporting over 140 currencies. And, we’re just getting started!\nWith over 1000+ global FlyMates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 14 offices world-wide, we’re looking for FlyMates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow.\n Software Engineer, Payments Platform\nWork for a global payments leader, consistently ranked one of the best companies to work for.\nWe’re looking for a Software Engineer to help build and scale the platform behind Flywire’s global payment engine, moving hundreds of millions every day across education, healthcare, travel and B2B payments.\n*** This role is hybrid/office based in Valencia, Spain. This is crucial. We also welcome applications from candidates based in other cities in Spain who are open to relocating to Valencia.***\nThis is a role for someone with around 2 years ’ software engineering experience who wants to continue building strong technical foundations while working on real, high impact systems.\nYou’ll be working on business critical technology that directly affects payment speed, reliability and client experience. The role offers the opportunity to learn across backend, full stack, cloud, platform engineering and AI enabled development while contributing to systems used by clients across multiple industries.\nFlywire is actively adopting AI across the business, including within Engineering. 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