Boku Inc. (BOKU.L) is the leading global provider of local mobile-first payments solutions. Global brands including Amazon, DAZN, Meta, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Sony, Spotify, and Tencent rely on Boku to reach millions of new paying consumers who do not use credit cards with our purpose-built payment network of more than 300 local payment methods across 70+ countries. Every year, Boku processes over $10 billion in value for our customers. Incorporated in 2008, Boku is headquartered in London and San Francisco and has employees in over 39 countries around the world, including Brazil, China, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, and the UAE. Boku is a truly global company that takes pride in its diversity and thriving equal opportunity workplace.
The Merchant Settlement Engineering Team at Boku is looking for a experienced Software Engineer to join us. This position is based in London and will work collaboratively with team members in Sibiu, Mumbai, London and San Francisco. As part of the Money Flow Engineering team, you will be responsible for end-to-end development and support of our Payment Operations components to ensure we process money across multiple currencies and regulated entities with robust process and systems .
About Boku:
Incorporated in 2008, Boku is one of the world’s leading providers of carrier billing and mobile identity solutions. Using nothing more than a user’s mobile phone, Boku’s technology can verify a user’s identity, execute a payment, or provision a new service, radically simplifying common, everyday mobile interactions between consumers and businesses. This is possible because Boku’s platform can access the internal billing, identity, and sales systems of mobile operators globally. Businesses who utilize Boku’s platform include major brands such as Apple, Google, Microsoft, Sony, Facebook, Spotify, Netflix, Paypal, Experian, Fiserv, Western Union, Uber, and Discover. Boku was originally financed through top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark, DAG Ventures, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures and NEA. Today, Boku is publicly traded on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange (AIM:BOKU.L)
We’re a small company, but we have a global reach. We work face-to-face with colleagues and collaborate across disciplines. But our clients, partners and operations are all over the world. Boku is a busy, exciting, and demanding place to work, but it’s the people that make the company. The mix of cultures, viewpoints, and experiences are vital for a global company like ours and every person’s contribution is valued. If you are looking for a new challenge in an exciting, innovative and international working environment, we are the ideal company for you.
What you will do:
- Be highly motivated and maintain a positive, 'can-do' attitude in a fast moving environment.
- Work hands-on with a highly skilled team of Engineers and stakeholder to ideate, build, and improve Boku settlement and money movement products and features.
- An ability to think through user's pain points and requirements and to come up with a simple, elegant solution.
- Design, build, and enhance the frontend UI and backend APIs required for the products.
- Own the products that you build, become the domain expert, and be actively involved in strategic direction and product decisions.
- Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, including design, development, testing and release.
- Foster the spirit of collaboration across multiple internal and external teams.
About You:
- Self-starter – You require little to no supervision
- Growth-minded – You are curious and enthusiastic to expand your skills
- Ownership –You are confident, driven, self-motivated and quickly take ownership of your work.
- Product minded – You enjoy working with stakeholders on requirement discovery and building out new features
- Multiplier – You are passionate about sharing knowledge with others and growing junior team members
- Desire for impact - You are willing to take on more responsibilities as opportunities arise
We’re looking for someone who has:
- Experience shipping high-quality products
- Strong software design and architecture skills
- Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with cross-functional teams: Product Management, Quality Assurance, Operational Support, etc
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to document and explain technical design, best practices, and integration guide to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Hands-on software development experience in Java.
- Experience with service-oriented architecture.
- Experience integrating with third party web services across a variety of technologies, e.g. REST
- Experience with some (or all) of the following technologies/frameworks/tools: Maven, Git, MySQL, JMS, Spring, JPA/Hibernate, Jersey, Jetty, Kubernetes.
Bonus:
- Experience building and maintaining applications in the cloud (AWS, GCP, etc).
- Has worked or currently working in Payment industry
