Tech Lead / Staff Backend Engineer – Payments (Go)

TL;DR

Tech Lead / Staff Backend Engineer – Payments (Go): Shaping the architecture, reliability, and evolution of the payment system with an accent on correctness, performance, and resilience. Focus on designing and maintaining systems that handle real-world financial transactions, ensuring reliability, consistency, and auditability.

Location: Hybrid work model with a strong on-site presence at our Belgrade office (3 days per week).

Company

hirify.global is an Australian technology powerhouse behind global brands Stake, KICK, and Twist Gaming.

What you will do

• Architect and implement high-performance software solutions in alignment with project requirements and company standards.
• Design and build robust backend services that ensure reliable, secure, and scalable handling of financial operations.
• Own the technical direction of key systems and services, making pragmatic architectural decisions aligned with business needs.
• Optimise existing services for performance, scalability, and reliability, identifying and resolving bottlenecks, reducing technical debt, and improving system resilience.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and operational stakeholders, clearly communicating technical concepts, trade-offs, and progress.
• Provide technical leadership through solution design, code reviews, and knowledge sharing, supporting the team's overall technical quality and consistency.

Requirements

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, focusing on scalable system design and development.
• Strong experience with Go, and familiarity with building and operating distributed systems, APIs, and shared services.
• Proven track record of designing and modernising systems with a focus on scalability, maintainability, and system optimisation.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to a broad audience and work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Experience debugging production applications and managing incidents.

Nice to have

• Experience delivering and maintaining distributed systems at scale
• Demonstrated a high level of autonomy and self-sufficiency in driving projects to completion.

Culture & Benefits

• Annual bonus linked to individual and company performance.
• Opportunities for development, learning, and career progression within a global organization.
• Private health insurance for you and your dependants.
• Daily catered lunch, snacks and beverages, parking reimbursement, and a modern Belgrade office.
• Opportunities to collaborate with—and occasionally visit—our Melbourne headquarters.
• Regular team-building activities and a professional, collaborative working environment.