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Platform Engineer - Cards and Payment

Listed 7 days Ago
TSB
Financial Services

Cards and Payments Engineer
Auckland/Wellington/ Christchurch
Permanent Full Time

We are seeking a Cards and Payments Engineer to drive the design, build, and delivery of scalable and resilient payments systems. Alongside projects and change initiatives, you’ll support BAU activities — Request, Incident, and Change Management. In this role you will collaborate with product, digital, and vendor teams to deliver secure, compliant, and future-ready solutions. With strong technical and problem-solving skills, you’ll play a key role in ensuring successful delivery of change while helping to shape the future of our payments platforms.

Key Responsibilities

  • Contribute to project delivery and change initiatives, including new payment features, platform upgrades, and integrations.
  • Design and implement solutions that ensure resilience, scalability, and security of cards and payments platforms.
  • Collaborate with product owners, architects, and vendors to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions aligned to business needs.
  • Provide technical input into design decisions for payments systems, APIs, and integrations.
  • Identify opportunities to modernize and automate platforms using Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Participate in project planning, estimating, and technical scoping for change initiatives.
  • Contribute to design documentation, technical standards, and best practices.
  • Ensure that all change activity aligns with regulatory and compliance requirements (PCI-DSS, ISO standards).
  • Contribute to and maintain design and operational support documentation & resources, including clear support procedures, standards & best practices guides.
  • Provide expert hands-on engineering technical support and guidance. This includes participating in a 24 x 7 on-call roster as required. 

Tech Stack

  • Payments & Cards: Payment gateways, card management systems, ISO 8583/ISO 20022 protocols, tokenization services, fraud monitoring.
  • Databases: MariaDB, MySQL.
  • DevOps & Cloud: Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD (GitLab CI), Terraform, Ansible, Azure / AWS.
  • Monitoring & Logging: Splunk.
  • Collaboration Tools: Git, Jira, Confluence, Postman, Figma.
  • OS & Infra: Linux, Windows Server, VMware.

Required Skills & Experience

  • 3+ years experience as a Software/Platform/Payments Engineer working on project delivery.
  • Strong understanding of payments and cards platforms (e.g., gateways, acquiring/issuing systems, ISO 8583).
  • Experience in designing, building, and integrating complex systems in financial services.
  • Proficiency with API development and integration.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Bicep).
  • Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
  • Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional project teams.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with real-time payments systems and regulatory frameworks.
  • Knowledge of PCI-DSS and financial compliance standards.
  • Experience working with vendors and third-party partners on solution delivery.
  • Exposure to Agile/Scrum project environments.

What’s in it for me?
At TSB, we’re small enough to really care about our customers but big enough to have great rates, innovative products, and digital solutions. We are looking for people to help us achieve our goal of being the easiest bank to deal with.  

We aim to create remarkable experiences for our people, who in turn create remarkable experiences for our customers. 

By working with us, you’ll be a part of a profit for purpose organisation.  We’re 100% owned by Toi Foundation, a philanthropic trust, and our annual dividends contribute to Toi’s transformational impact in our community.  

We believe that we all bring something unique to our workplace and when we are encouraged to be ourselves, TSB is stronger for it. That’s why we’re committed to supporting your wellbeing, creating space for you to be your best self, both in and out of work, and enabling you to make a meaningful difference in our communities.  

If you are ready to get stuck in as part of a collaborative team where you’re supported to be your best self…. Apply Now! 

Closing date for applications is 5.00 p.m., Sunday 21st September

Applications will be reviewed as they come in

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