About Scorp

Scorp is a general mobile technology company reaching more than 100 million users through a portfolio of social and entertainment products.

Our live-streaming platforms connect millions of users worldwide through real-time interactions, virtual gifting, subscriptions, and creator monetization experiences. Our products have reached more than 100 million users globally, generating millions of transactions and interactions every day.

As we continue to grow, we're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Payments Team and help build the systems that power monetization at scale.

If you're excited about distributed systems, high-volume transaction processing, and building products used by millions every day, we'd love to hear from you.

What You'll Do

- Design, develop and maintain backend services that power subscriptions, virtual gifting and in-app purchases.
- Build reliable and scalable systems processing millions of payment-related events.
- Integrate with external payment providers and mobile platform billing systems.
- Improve platform reliability, performance and observability.
- Collaborate with Product, Mobile, Data and Finance teams to deliver monetization features.
- Participate in architectural decisions and contribute to engineering best practices.
- Monitor production systems and help ensure high service availability.
- Contribute to the evolution of our payment infrastructure as our products continue to scale globally.

What We're Looking For

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics or a related field.
- 5+ years of professional backend development experience.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and scalable architectures.
- Experience building and operating production backend services.
- Experience working with SQL, NoSQL and in-memory databases.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking and communication skills.
- Experience working in Agile development environments.




- Motivated to build stable, scalable and highly available systems.

Nice to Have

- Experience with payment systems, subscriptions, billing platforms or fintech products.
- Familiarity with Apple App Store and Google Play billing ecosystems.
- Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and containerized environments.
- Familiarity with monitoring, observability and performance optimization practices.

Engineering Environment

Our backend services are primarily built with Python. However, we value strong engineering fundamentals, system design skills, and experience building scalable distributed systems above experience with any specific programming language.

Our interview process is language-agnostic, and we welcome candidates from a variety of backend backgrounds including Java, Go, C#, Kotlin, Scala, Python, and others.

Location & Work Setup

- This is a full-time contract position.
- Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
- During your first month, you'll work fully onsite to get to know the team, products and systems.
- After onboarding, you'll follow a hybrid model: 3 days in the office and 2 days remote.
- Our office is located in the heart of Barcelona, providing an inspiring environment to collaborate and build together.

Why Join Scorp?

? Work on products used by more than 100 million users worldwide.

? Be part of a fast-growing international technology company.

⚡ Solve challenging engineering problems at massive scale.





? Build and scale payment systems that directly impact business growth and creator monetization.

? Enjoy a hybrid work model that combines flexibility with in-person collaboration.

? Work from our centrally located Barcelona office.

? Have a direct impact on technical decisions, architecture, and product success.

? Build systems that serve millions of users every day.

Interview Process

1. HR Interview
2. Technical Case Study
3. Technical Interview
4. VP Culture Fit Interview
5. Offer Stage

Join us and help build the payment infrastructure powering the next generation of live-streaming and creator monetization experiences. Any personal data you provide electronically via LinkedIn may be collected, stored, processed, and, where necessary for the provision and continuity of the services requested from our Company, shared with third parties located in Türkiye and abroad by Scorp, in accordance with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK”) and applicable legislation.

Your personal data will be processed solely for recruitment, candidate evaluation, talent acquisition, and related human resources processes. Such data will never be shared or used in a manner contrary to applicable laws, the principles of good faith, or for purposes other than those for which it was collected.

Your personal data will be retained only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by applicable laws and regulations. Upon your request, and subject to legal retention requirements, your personal data will be deleted, destroyed, or anonymized.

By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this notice and expressly consent to the processing of your personal data and the storage of your resume/CV in Scorp’s candidate database for current and future recruitment opportunities.

📌 Backend Engineer (Payments, Contract) – Barcelona (Hybrid)
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