Java Engineer (Payments and Settlement Services)

Location: Bucharest - Dacia One; structured hybrid work from home and office; 30 days abroad per year.

Company

hirify.global Romania is a global capability hub focused on technology, data, risk, compliance, and digital banking products, with more than 2,300 employees.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain Java-based real-time processing components for the Real-Time Payments Engine.
• Implement and maintain message-driven integrations using MQ, Kafka, and APIs, including ISO 20022 payment messages such as pacs.008, pacs.002, and camt.
• Own user stories end to end, including analysis, development, testing, release, and production support.
• Participate in incident analysis, root-cause investigations, and production improvements.
• Collaborate with SRE, product owners, and global engineering teams while contributing to Scrum ceremonies and stakeholder demos.
• Address performance, resilience, scalability, security, IT risk, audit, and compliance requirements in a 24/7 production environment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Java development experience, including Java 17 and Java 21.
• Understanding or work exposure to Kafka and experience with Java frameworks such as Spring and Spring Boot.
• Experience with CI/CD tools; the team will use AzDO.
• Some experience with XML, XSL, and XSD.
• Experience with TDD and BDD.
• Analysis and communication skills, including openness to receiving feedback.
• Experience with Scrum and a strong preference for agile ways of working.
• Advanced English.

Nice to have

• Additional experience or knowledge of Java frameworks.
• Knowledge of ISO 20022 standards.
• Project experience in financial market group treasury.
• Exposure to observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, logging, and alerting.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in an IT-related field.

Culture & Benefits

• Structured hybrid work from home and office with flexible hours starting between 7:30 and 10:30.
• Option of a 4-day work week and 30 days abroad per year.
• Collaborative environment with constructive feedback, knowledge-sharing events, meetups, and demo days.
• Wellbeing programs, onsite massage sessions, therapist helpline, and individual psychotherapy sessions.
• Opportunities to participate in sustainability and social-impact initiatives.