# Staff Software Engineer

About Us Planet is a leading technology company transforming payments by putting customer experience first. We offer integrated solutions that include payment processing, VAT refunds, dynamic currency conversion, and management services for merchants in the Retail and Hospitality sectors worldwide. In recent years, we have experienced significant growth, expanding our services and global presence. With strong private equity investors, Advent International and Eurazeo, we have the financial capital and expertise to grow our capabilities and reach through acquisitions. Our mission is to create a world of connected commerce where payments are simple, secure, and seamless, enabling our partners to deliver exceptional experiences to their customers. Role Overview We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to raise the engineering bar across the domain that clears, settles, funds and reports on the transactions Planet processes. It decides what every merchant, partner and scheme is owed, and it is business-critical every hour of every day. This is a hands-on, cross-team role reporting to the Director of Software Engineering. Working alongside the teams, you will play a key role in the

- **Id**: 3750363
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/planet-staff-software-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Porto, Portugal
- **Countries**: PT
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T15:04:30Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T03:02:19Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4793
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Hybrid work
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Payment Processing & Gateways, Travel Technology, Currency Exchange & FX Payments

## Company

- **Id**: 711629
- **Name**: Planet
- **Domain**: weareplanet.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/weareplanet>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 83
- **Open postings**: 9
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.667
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 40
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Technologies

- **Agentic Workflows** — Optional: no
- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **Portugal** — Iso: PT; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T15:04:30Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 40
- **Reasons**: conf:4, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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