Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services.  Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results.  We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions.  Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow. 

Our Company

Global Payments helps businesses succeed by delivering secure and personalized payment solutions, allowing developers of business management solutions to accept payments through their systems and add value to their software. While many processors offer payments tied to antiquated platforms designed to support stand-alone systems, the Global Payments Integrated platform provides custom, scalable, and fast payment solution integration – accommodating the swiftly-shifting ways consumers pay for goods and services. With this visionary payment processing platform, Global Payments Integrated helps business management software companies grow their business through our embedded commerce services, bolster customer loyalty with unique payments solutions, and improve profitability.

Your new position

You, as a C/C++ Software Engineer are responsible for the design and development of our software components that are deployed to our countertop and handheld Payment Capture terminals (Genius). The Genius products are highly secure devices capable of handling contact and contactless smart cards, Android Pay, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay etc., as well as providing value added services for both the Merchant and paying customers. Working within a team, you will develop primarily on C++, and will be responsible for utilizing a variety of web protocols to integrate capabilities to our payment partner’s Point of Sale systems (PoS), providing web services to PoS, and consuming web services from our Payment Gateway.

What you will be doing

Designing and developing applications to leverage traditional card and evolving mobile payment technologies, including Smart Card (“Chip and PIN”), Contactless Cards, Android Pay, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay etc.

Using the C++ programming languages to deliver high quality, object oriented, easily maintainable production code

Developing secure software, using hardware acceleration and trusted computing modules to securely capture, store and transmit sensitive payment data

Implementing secure end-to-end transactions, featuring synchronous and asynchronous cryptographic algorithms and digital signatures

Using SOAP and JSON based web technologies as both client and server within the payment ecosystem

Participating in the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements analysis through software and test design, implementation and unit testing, to verification and release.

Learning and applying software design principles, including coupling/cohesion, decomposition/modularity, encapsulation/information hiding, and separation of interface and implementation

As part of a customer-focused team, seek understanding of and value in our customer’s requirements, and actively shape the product from an engineering standpoint

Participating in team workshops to generate ideas and high-quality technical solutions – picking the right solution whilst balancing idealism and pragmatism

Assisting with troubleshooting and repairing defects 

Simplifying and improving existing technical methodologies

Adhering to and applying overarching internal practices and policies with respect to coding standards, unit testing, lean development, and status reports.

What we ask for

BSc or MSc or equivalent in Computer Science or related field

Working experience in C++ or ability to learn C++ if you only have C background

Experience of at least one of XML, JSON, HTML

Passion for and self-motivated interest in Software Development as a profession, not just a job

Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication and organizational skills 

Must be proactive, self-motivated, attentive to detail, and able to work well under pressure 

Strong communication skills

Team player with a desire to learn from more experienced engineers and develop themselves

Able to take ownership of, and responsibility for, assigned work

Eligibility to work in the UK on a full time and permanent basis.

What we’d like you to have (but don’t need immediately)

Good knowledge of core Object Oriented Design practices

Experience with Design Patterns, Refactoring, and related areas is advantageous

Experience in Linux development is advantageous.

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