Senior Backend Engineer
Join us at Riva, where we are rebuilding B2B cross-border payments from the ground up — making them seamless, fast, and cost-effective. We are building the infrastructure from scratch, and we are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help design and implement the systems that will power our payment platform globally.
Responsibilities
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will be responsible for building the backbone of Riva’s infrastructure—designing scalable, secure systems that handle mission-critical financial flows:
- Architect and implement our core payment processing engine.
- Develop reliable and scalable financial systems for global operations.
- Build integration layers with banking partners and an enterprise-grade reconciliation system.
- Design and optimize our payment routing engine to balance speed and cost.
- Contribute to technical architecture and long-term infrastructure planning.
Qualifications
We’re looking for a backend engineer with a strong foundation in systems design and a passion for solving complex infrastructure challenges in a dynamic environment. You should have:
- Deep experience with Java (Spring Boot)
- Proficiency in Python (not mandatory)
- Strong understanding of database design and performance optimisation
- Experience working with distributed systems
- 4+ years of experience in backend development
- Familiarity with event-driven and high-throughput architectures
Why Join Us?
At Riva, you’ll have the opportunity to build financial infrastructure from the ground up, working on scalable, high-impact systems in a fast-moving environment.
📩 Apply now to learn more.