Backend Developer

Fueled by a fundamental belief that having access to financial services creates opportunity, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is committed to democratizing financial services and empowering people and businesses to join and thrive in the global economy. Our open digital payments platform gives PayPal’s 305 million active account holders the confidence to connect and transact in new and powerful ways, whether they are online, on a mobile device, in an app, or in person. Through a combination of technological innovation and strategic partnerships, PayPal creates better ways to manage and move money, and offers choice and flexibility when sending payments, paying or getting paid. Available in more than 200 markets around the world, the PayPal platform, including Braintree, Venmo and Xoom enables consumers and merchants to receive money in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds in 56 currencies and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 25 currencies.


In 2018, iZettle became part of the PayPal family. iZettle is on a mission to help small businesses succeed in a world of giants. Tens of millions of small businesses worldwide are still being underserved by the traditional players. By giving small businesses the tools to get paid, sell smarter and grow, we’re empowering them to reach their full potential. Together with PayPal, we can reach 24 million merchants across the world with more of the affordable tools they need to thrive. Join us in putting an end to the ordinary way the world defines financial freedom.


As we continue our quest to democratise financial services, we are now looking for a Backend Developer with a great deal of experience and a (legendary) Agile mindset to join our Checkout Team.
As part of a diverse and cross-functional bunch of iZettlers, you would be working on the core component enabling our Merchants from all around the world to efficiently checkout purchases using a variety of options available for financial settlement.
If this brief introduction already looks like a possible match to you, the best is yet to come so please scroll down and read on!


Go where people speak your language
At iZettle, every single soul actively contributes in building the best one-stop-shop for small businesses. Part of our Point of Sale Alliance, the core mission of Checkout consists in providing iZettle's Merchants with easy, reliable and compliant checkouts and receipts solutions to maximise retention.
By joining Checkout, you will get the opportunity to continuously flourish in a fully cross functional environment including Mobile and Web Developers among other dedicated Professionals. With Checkout being a central piece in our technical solution, you will also regularly interact with Developers from other Teams handling surrounding functionalities. Are you still with us? Great, please keep scrolling!


A glimpse of what you would get here
From a Tech perspective, we believe in using the best tools for the task and that's why we steadily review our toolkit, architecture and ways of working. Today we work with Java 15, Kotlin, GraphQL, Dropwizard, Wildfly, Docker, Terraform, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, and everything is hosted on Amazon Web Services.
On a day-to-day basis, you will have for mission to architect and develop your code while taking care of the infrastructure and monitoring our systems.


Overall, your everyday life would include:
Design, implement, maintain features with a high level of autonomy;
Take part in system design and collaborate with other Teams and Developers across the whole Backend Chapter, including code reviews, bouncing ideas and Mob Programming;
Experiment and learn about design, technology and processes;
Ensure a high level of quality, usability and maintainability of the reusable components and code.



The skills to succeed
A proven experience in Backend Development with Java 8+ and both traditional SQL and NoSQL Databases (ideally Cassandra);
An expertise in designing and maintaining Libraries/APIs for external users;
An inner ability to strive in a diverse, inclusive, and Agile work environment;
Security / Authorisation;
JSON + REST/Web based API's in Java;
Proven skills in building stable, performant and maintainable code.



The traits to exceed
We believe that you are a great Teammate known for your inner ability to take and solve technical challenges for a common purpose. Grounded and humble, you naturally share your knowledge, experience and opinions without ever losing sight of the importance for everyone to have a chance to contribute to the team's success. Lastly, you can make it fun.


Earn extra points if you are...
Consistently keeping up to date with the latest evolutions in Tech;
Experienced (+ happy) in Pair/Mob programming;
Familiar with Kotlin (it would be a real +).



Sounds like you? Bring your talent to our attention! If you also believe in financial inclusion, let's take things further! We’d love to hear from you so go on, hit apply and/or let's talk!


We are all for equality for all.
Tattoo artists. Dog groomers. Cake bakers. Jewlery makers. You name them - at iZettle - we help them. And to do that well, we need our people to be as unique and diverse as they are. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and together we uphold PayPal’s One Team Behaviour, striving to be a place where everyone can benefit from equal access to professional development, bring their whole self to work and most of all, feel like they belong. How does that resonate with you?


We're a purpose-driven company whose beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We hold ourselves to our One Team Behaviors which demand that we hold the highest ethical standards, to empower an open and diverse workplace, and strive to treat everyone who is touched by our business with dignity and respect. Our employees challenge the status quo, ask questions, and find solutions. We want to break down barriers to financial empowerment. Join us as we change the way the world defines financial freedom.