Your mission As a Senior Backend Engineer in the
Payments team at Playtomic, you will be responsible for developing
robust and scalable payments solutions for our product, ensuring
high performance, consistent and secure transactions. What you’ll
be doing Develop and maintain APIs and their services, enabling
seamless communication between the frontend and backend, and
facilitating third-party integrations to enhance the overall
functionality of the payments services. Work closely with
cross-functional teams, including product managers, product
designers and frontend/mobile engineers, to devise innovative
solutions. Collaborate with third-party payment gateways to
integrate and optimize secure payment processing, ensuring
compliance with industry standards and regulations. Ensure high
performance and responsiveness to requests from the frontend
Maintain a high code quality by continuously optimizing and
improving our backend through code reviews, profiling, and
implementing best practices and company's standards. Who you’ll be
playing with You will be part of the engineering team (+50 people)
reporting directly to an Engineering Manager, working in the
Payments team in daily collaboration with Product and other
engineers. Our Ideal "Player" Experience with payment gateway
integrations and secure transaction processing is a must. Proven
experience as a Backend Engineer. Familiarity with the whole web
stack, including protocols, system architecture, database design,
and web server optimization techniques. In particular, experience
with Spring Boot 3, Java 17, MongoDB, MySQL (aurora), Kubernetes is
preferred. Extensive experience in designing, developing, and
maintaining APIs. Strong communication skills to convey complex
technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Strong analytical




and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying
and addressing technical challenges. Ability to adapt to a
fast-paced and dynamic work environment, with a focus on delivering
high-quality solutions within specified timelines. Located in
Madrid or able to travel to Madrid when needed Excellent spoken and
written English is a must Degree in Computer Science, Engineering,
or related field Extra points Proven track record in designing and
implementing payment systems or financial platforms. Experience
working with remote and partially remote and multicultural teams.
Experience working in start-ups and scale-ups What’s in it for you
Social benefits (63 € a month in one of these: health
insurance/tickets restaurant), versátil salary in training and
kindergarten. Gympass discounts in several plans that include gyms,
personal classes, access to free apps of wellbeing, nutrition etc.
Annual budget for training Opportunity to work in a top
international team 23 days of vacation + day off on your birthday +
2 days off for Wellness days in August. 1 additional day off per
year worked. Our hiring process 1st interview with People Team 2nd
interview with Playtomic's Engineering Managers, Technical
Leadership and Product to assess your technical, product and
communication skills. About PLAYTOMIC We are world’s largest racket
sports App for players and clubs. Our goal is to socialize sports
practice: through the app, players can book courts, find other
players with similar skill levels, and join a social community
dedicated to playing. Since 2017, Playtomic has earned the trust of
national and international investors, consolidating it as one of
the main world players in sports digitalization. You will find +150
co-workers around the world with headquarters in Spain and offices
in Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, UK, EEUU and Mexico.
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📌 Payments Backend Engineer (Madrid)
🏢 Playtomic
📍 Madrid