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We give finance and payments teams the visibility and control to reduce complexity, improve performance, and capture more revenue - all from a single platform.\nBacked by Sofina, Peak XV Partners, ICONIQ, Tencent, Accel, and Balderton, we're building the payments layer the world's best companies rely on.\nWatch our showcase >\nRead up on our $100m Series C\nLearn more about our culture >\nWhat will you be doing?\nLeading the design and implementation of core backend services for high-performance, complex distributed systems\n\nTaking ownership of key technology decisions, building for scale and optimising for output\n\nDriving and using modern development practices such as BDD and TDD would be highly beneficial\n\nCreating clear, modern, well-tested code\n\nCollaborating across teams in a product-driven environment\n\nConducting code reviews and continuously look at ways of improving our ways of working\n\nCreating detailed internal documentation for the projects you work on\n\nWhat we’d love to see:\nIn-depth understanding of the entire development process (design, development and deployment)\n\nKnowledge of building developer frameworks and workflows, allowing both customers and third parties to integrate as seamlessly as possible\n\nExperience 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\n\nHighly motivated self-starter who values autonomy and getting things done\n\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills\n\nPayments knowledge, always looking for ways to optimise our merchant developer experience\n\nYou will need to be based in: Poland, Portugal, Hungary, Romania or South Africa.\n\nA typical interview process\nAn initial intro call with a Talent Partner\n\nAn interview with the Hiring Manager\n\nChallenge Stage - Contextualised to the role\n\nA final, values-alignment interview\n\nWhat's the culture like at Primer?\nWe're building a culture where people can do their best work and be proud of the impact they have. 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