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We’re looking for a Staff Engineer to join our ever evolving Enterprise Data Platform Engineering Team and help shape the future of global commerce. As a technical leader on a ground-floor platform build, you’ll help create the next-generation Operational Data Store (ODS) that powers real-time payment experiences, fraud prevention, merchant servicing, and business-critical applications across Global Payments. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence architecture, technology selection, engineering standards, and platform strategy from the very beginning while solving complex challenges in scale, resiliency, and performance. Your work will directly support Global Payments’ mission to deliver secure, innovative, and seamless payment solutions, enabling the business to move faster, serve clients better, and build the future of global commerce on a modern, data-driven foundation.\nWhat you'll own\nShape the architecture of a strategic enterprise platform by defining scalable, resilient solutions that enable real-time access to critical payment data and support business growth across global markets.\nDrive performance and reliability outcomes by ensuring the platform consistently delivers high availability, low-latency experiences, and operational excellence at enterprise scale.\nAccelerate innovation through automation and self-service by creating capabilities that reduce onboarding time, increase engineering productivity, and empower teams to deliver value faster.\nInfluence engineering excellence across the organization by establishing technical standards, mentoring engineers, and guiding architectural decisions that improve platform quality, scalability, and long-term sustainability.\n Lead the evolution of enterprise data services by transforming proof-of-concept initiatives into production-ready capabilities that strengthen business agility, client experiences, and competitive advantage.\nWhat you'll bring\nProven experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed data platforms in production environments, including leadership responsibility for complex technical initiatives.\nDeep expertise with distributed NoSQL databases and low-latency architectures, with a track record of optimizing performance, scalability, and reliability under demanding workloads.\nStrong experience with Apache Kafka, event-driven systems, and high-volume data streaming solutions that deliver reliable, business-critical outcomes.\nDemonstrated success leading technical direction, influencing architecture decisions, and mentoring engineers while driving adoption of engineering best practices.\nA product-focused mindset with strong communication skills, accountability, and the ability to translate complex technical challenges into scalable business solutions.\nIt's a bonus if you have\nExperience within payments, financial technology (fintech), or other highly regulated industries where security, compliance, and operational resilience are essential.\nExperience building internal platform products, database-as-a-service capabilities, or multi-tenant self-service solutions used by engineering teams across an enterprise.\nFamiliarity with Apache Iceberg, lakehouse technologies, active-active multi-region architectures, or contributions to the data infrastructure open-source community.\nAbout the team\nOur 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.\nWhat makes a Globalpayer?\nGlobalpayers 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.\nCome and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.\nDoes this sound like you? Then you sound like a Globalpayer. Apply now to take your career global.\nEEOC Statement\nGlobal Payments is an equal opportunity employer. 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