Software Engineer, Global Payment Privacy & Security

Responsibilities

About the Team
The Global Payments team is responsible for building a secure, compliant, and seamless payment infrastructure that supports a wide range of financial transactions, including payment onboarding, pay-in, pay-out, refunds, billing, clearing, settlement, and taxation. Our mission is to enhance user experience, increase revenue opportunities, reduce costs, and ensure compliance with international regulations.

The Privacy & Security Engineering team plays a critical role in safeguarding user data, ensuring compliance, and implementing security best practices across our payment systems.

- Contribute to the development of secure and privacy-aware payment solutions, improving the payment experience for billions of users.
- Assist in building scalable, high-performance backend systems to support payment security, fraud detection, and compliance.
- Collaborate with product managers, senior engineers, and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality features.
- Support ongoing security and privacy initiatives, ensuring adherence to industry standards and regulations.
- Participate in code reviews, debugging, and optimization efforts to maintain system reliability and performance.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
- BS or higher degree (PhD preferred) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Security, Cryptography, or a related field.
- Strong programming skills in one or more languages: Go, Java, Python, C/C++, etc.
- Familiarity with distributed systems, backend API development, or cloud computing.
- Basic understanding of security principles, cryptographic techniques, and data privacy regulations (e.g., PCI-DSS, GDPR, CCPA).
- Passion for building secure and privacy-first applications.
- Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to learn from senior engineers.
- Good communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work in a fast-paced, global environment.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Hands-on experience with security or privacy-related projects (internships, research, or open-source contributions).
- Knowledge of payment security, fraud detection, pen testings or others
- Understanding of secure coding practices and common vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10).

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $137040 - $250000 annually.​

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.​

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).​

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.​

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:​

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:​

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;​

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and​

3. Exercising sound judgment.​

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