Senior Software Engineer

Edenred Paytech is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help shape the next generation of its transactional platforms. The role blends hands-on development with strong technical leadership, architectural guidance and mentoring within a cross-functional agile squad. It is based in the UK on a hybrid arrangement, with offices in London or Swindon and remote flexibility.

Edenred is a global leader in transactional solutions for the working world, operating in 45 countries and connecting more than 60 million users with 2 million partner merchants. The UK arm is investing heavily in modernising its technology platforms and adopting agile, cloud-native solutions, which means plenty of opportunities to influence how software is built and deployed.

If you enjoy building robust systems, guiding teams and shaping security and performance across the software lifecycle, this role could be a great fit for you.

Day-to-day in the Paytech space

The Senior Software Engineer will steer the technical direction of a cross-functional agile team, guiding architectural decisions while still getting hands-on with development. You’ll help translate complex business needs into scalable, reliable software that aligns with business objectives.

You’ll collaborate closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Solution Architects and Scrum Masters to convert requirements into practical technical solutions, while mentoring engineers and promoting DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks. Security, scalability and maintainability sit at the core of delivery across the full software lifecycle.

In addition, you’ll take part in sprint planning, participate in code reviews and help refine the backlog. Staying current with new technologies and evaluating their fit for Edenred’s platforms will also be part of keeping the team on the front foot, and you’ll contribute to the design and testing of the platform within the sprint team to meet published metrics and quality benchmarks.

What this role needs and what would help

Must-have skills and experience

• A proven track record as a Tech Lead or a senior Java developer working in agile environments
• A solid grasp of Agile frameworks and how they drive delivery
• Strong Java expertise (preferably Java 17+) with Spring Boot and RESTful API development
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, GitLab CI or GitHub Actions
• Solid knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
• Understanding of security best practices (OWASP) and performance optimization
• Excellent leadership, communication and mentoring abilities, with the capacity to influence technical direction

Nice-to-have qualifications

• Experience in fintech, payments, or enterprise SaaS platforms
• Exposure to event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Understanding of observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)

Pay, benefits and practical details

Compensation is described as competitive, with a performance-based bonus and a comprehensive benefits package. The role is full-time and permanent, and the location is hybrid with London or Swindon offices and remote flexibility in the UK. Edenred UK is actively modernising its technology platforms and adopting cloud-native solutions, so you’ll be joining a team focused on scalable, secure systems and thoughtful engineering practices.

Advice for applicants

Your resume should open with your strongest Java and leadership experience, especially where you’ve guided cross-functional teams and delivered enterprise-grade applications.

When you describe your must-have skills, include concrete examples of architecture decisions you’ve influenced, DevOps improvements you’ve implemented and security or performance optimisations you’ve delivered, with any measurable outcomes.

For interviews, be ready to discuss how you have steered design choices, modernised platforms, and mentored engineers in real-world projects. Practice explaining trade-offs between different architectures and how you balance speed of delivery with reliability and security.

Asking a targeted question can set you apart. Consider asking how Edenred Paytech measures platform reliability and what their current cloud-native roadmap looks like, including how they approach observability and incident response in production.