Java Software Engineer

About Planet

Planet is a global provider of integrated technology and payments solutions for retail and hospitality customers.

We create great experiences for the millions of people who use our payments, software, and tax-free solutions every minute of every day.

Planet empowers its customers to deliver great customer experiences by combining payments and software in ways that drive greater loyalty, increase revenue and save time.

Founded over 35 years ago and with our headquarters in London, today we have more than 2,500 employees located across six continents serving our customers in more than 120 markets.

Role overview:

As a Java Backend Engineer, you will join the team responsible for our e-commerce payment platform.

Our platform enables merchants to process online payments and offer their customers a wide range of payment methods. You will help develop, improve, and operate the systems behind these payment flows, from integrations with payment providers to our payment page and server-to-server APIs.

This is a hands-on development role where you will work on both new functionality and the continuous improvement of an established, business-critical platform.

What You Will Do

• Integrate new payment methods into our payment platform
• Develop and integrate clients that communicate with payment providers and other third parties
• Design and implement new platform features
• Develop, enhance, and maintain our hosted payment page
• Develop and maintain public and internal APIs
• Write unit and integration tests
• Contribute to the design and architecture of new software components
• Improve our internal framework by refactoring, simplifying, and generalising the codebase
• Review code and exchange feedback with other developers
• Deploy new versions of our products
• Take part in the team’s compensated second-level on-call rotation outside regular working hours

Who You Are

• A bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field
• At least three years of professional experience with Java
• Experience developing applications with a modern framework such as Spring
• Experience with Git, Maven, and relational databases
• The ability to design reusable, robust, and maintainable software components
• A strong awareness of software quality and engineering best practices
• Experience writing unit and integration tests
• Good problem-solving skills and a willingness to take ownership
• An interest in payment systems, integrations, and business-critical backend applications
• Experience with Linux, CI/CD pipelines, containers, Kubernetes, or cloud platforms is an advantage, but not a requirement.

Why Planet:

Planet is an equal opportunity employer where diversity is valued, and all employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

Come and grow your career in the most exciting, fast paced technology market, with a business that delivers feel-good connected commerce.

We would love to hear from you – Apply now.

At Planet, we embrace a hybrid work model, with three days a week in the office.

Reasonable accommodations may be made in order to allow for an individual to perform the essential functions of this role successfully.