Software Engineer - .Net

About Us:

The payments market is the most exciting technology market in the world today for good reason. McKinsey values it globally at over $2 trillion and it’s growing between 13-15% year-on-year. Some of the largest most dynamic brands are investing in this sector; Apple has ApplePay, Google has GooglePay, Amazon has AmazonPay, and it’s not just the Silicon Valley brands. Tencent owns WeChatPay, Alibaba owns Alipay and digital disruptors like Square, Stripe and Adyen all invest millions to grow the payments market.

Planet are a technology company that’s transforming payments by putting the customer experience first. We help our customers deliver a better experience for guests, shoppers, and consumers everywhere. We operate in a market that continues to evolve and expand, partnering with the world’s most prestigious brands across Retail and Hospitality, and with a network of Financial Services partners worldwide.

To meet consumer demands, payments must be simple, safe, and invisible. The only way to do this is to fully embed payments in the software that runs business. By combining software and payment technology, Planet’s creating a world of connected commerce, that makes payments feel good.

We’re growing organically, and with strong Private Equity investors, Advent International and Eurazeo, we’ve the financial capital and expertise to grow our capabilities and reach through acquisition.

Function Overview:

Planet’s Product & Technology team have a world class vision for pushing product innovation which helps reinforce Planet’s position as a revenue generating payments partner across the Retail, Hospitality, Food & Beverage and Parking verticals.

Planet operates a unique single payments platform that includes acquiring, processing, digital wallets, VAT refund and currency conversion services to deliver a better customer experience. Our Product & Tech team comprise of over 750 employees globally who all help drive the single platform vision, a key differentiator to other payment platforms in the market and deliver technical excellence both internally & externally for our customers.

Join us at Planet and be inspired by our overall technology expertise in enterprise architecture and digital transformation.

Role Overview:

We are looking for a talented .NET developer who has experience in developing backend APIs using ASP.NET Core, MongoDB and PostgreSQL databases, Kafka messaging and AWS cloud. You will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, deploying and maintaining scalable and reliable applications that meet the business requirements and follow the best practices. You will also collaborate with other developers, QA engineers, DevOps engineers and product managers in an agile environment, aswell as supporting the quality of our engineering work across multiple codebases and operational processes.

What you will do:

• Enhance Planet's unified payment platform.
• Work on new projects and enhancements to current applications.
• Work autonomously in agile teams and advise on solutions.
• Automate the development, test & deployment processes.
• Produce documentation on projects delivered for reference, audit and compliance purposes.
• Develop applications that communicate with external systems (e.g. credit card payment services).

Who you are:

• A solid foundation in software engineering – bachelor’s degree preferred with 5+ years of experience.
• Passionate about understanding algorithms, time and space complexity, data structures.
• Domain of software engineering best practices and patterns like DDD, TDD, GRASP, SOLID.
• Full-stack .NET web development experience, including knowledge of RESTful APIs, OpenAPI Specification, and ASP.NET Core features and components.
• Experience working with .NET open-source frameworks like FluentAssertions, FluentValidation, Mediatr, and Hangfire are a plus.
• Experience working with MS SQL databases
• Effective unit, integration, user acceptance testing
• Experience in working with highly scalable, available systems and good understanding of application monitoring, application metrics and centralized logging tools like Datadog.
• Experience in AWS cloud and container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience in implementing and developing using automated CI/CD pipelines like GitHub Actions.
• Experienced in taking ownership of tasks, commitments, quality, and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Able to efficiently break down problems and leverage business resources to establish a clear path toward customer value.
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate intent to other developers through code.

Why Planet :

Planet is an equal opportunity employer where diversity is valued, and all employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

Come and grow your career in the most exciting, fast paced technology market, with a business that delivers feel-good connected commerce. We would love to hear from you – Apply now.