Backend Engineer (Payments)

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The Payments Team

The goal of the Payments team is to enable revenue generation for the entire Proton ecosystem.

• As Proton is a global Company, the Payments Team works to continuously expand the possibilities for users to pay with various payment methods, beyond just plain credit cards or Paypal.
• The team works in tight collaboration with the Account Team (responsible for the Proton user lifecycle), the Proton Finance team, and every single Business Unit to ensure that plans, promotions and pricing meet user expectations.
• The mission of the team is to empower anyone in the world who wish to use Proton services, to become a Proton subscriber by building enticing interfaces, being able to progressively reach global markets, by providing the methods and tooling allowing users to pay, and for the Proton organization to properly being able to measure growth, and to follow the relative financial regulations

Tech Stack and Tools:

• Differently than many other stacks at Proton, the Payments stack depends largely on external services such as payment providers, tax-information providers, currency-conversion providers... As such it is critical, for the success of the service, to build with resilience.
• Internally our backend code is in general based on PHP/Symfony, our frontend is based on React, our mobile code is based on Kotlin (on Android) and on Swift (on iOS), with a growing shared codebase in Rust.
• All our client-code is open-source and GPL3.
• We are migrating our infrastructure to Kubernetes.
• Everything runs on premise in Proton's data-centers.
• To organize our work we use classic tools such as Jira and Confluence.

Future Plans:

• With payments being the backbone of any subscription business, we have ambitious plans to expand the team to cover a wide breadth of topics ranging from demystifying payment performance data across regions/products, to thinking about the holistic strategy of product catalogs, and everything in between.

What you will do:

• Build features in all of Proton's products.
• Close interactions with products and engineers across the company.
• Build scalable software architecture through software engineering best practices.
• Optimise user experience and design.

Job requirements:

• Proven experience with back-end development
• Expertise in building scalable, high-performance solutions
• Proficiency with profiling techniques and performance optimization tools
• Experience leading a team initiative from discovery to production
• Strong understanding of SQL (MySQL preferred) and data modeling best practices
• Familiarity with Redis or other caching technologies for performance optimization
• Knowledge of security best practices and experience implementing secure software solutions
• In-depth understanding of HTTP/REST, including both the development and consumption of web-based APIs
• Solid grasp of cryptographic concepts, including key exchange, and the distinction between symmetric and asymmetric encryption

Bonus points for:

• Experience within the payments domain
• Experience with iOS or Android app development
• Experience with managing Linux servers, including infrastructure as code (Puppet, Ansible) and containerization
• Experience with frontend design and development (JavaScript, React and Typescript)

Even if you don’t meet all the requirements listed above, but feel you could still be a great fit, please still apply.

What We Offer

• Office First: Collaboration is easier and more effective in person, which is why we have offices in Geneva, Zurich, Prague, Barcelona, Paris, London, Vilnius, Skopje, and Taipei.
• Technology: We provide all the devices and software you need to excel in your role, ensuring you have the best tools at your disposal to achieve your goals.
• Food: Lunch and snacks are provided by Proton every day at our offices.
• Transport: We will always support our employees with transport costs through subsidizing public transport, bike allowances, or parking spaces based on your office location.
• Stock Options: At Proton, we are all owners of the company and you get stock options when you join us.
• Flexible Working: You can define your own working hours as long as it works with team meetings.
• Learning and Development: We are committed to your professional growth.
• Employee Benefits: Comprehensive health insurance plans, competitive retirement savings options, generous vacation and leave policies, and wellness programs.
• Work that Matters: Proton is a community-first organization, started with the support of a crowdfunding campaign and built with community input.

If you need any extra support or reasonable adjustments during the hiring process, please let your talent partner know.

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