For more than 30 years, Verifone has been a global leader in electronic payment technology. We work with leading retailers, merchants, banks, and technology partners to deliver secure, reliable, and innovative payment solutions worldwide.
Verifone offers a fast‑paced, collaborative environment focused on engineering excellence, customer impact, and continuous innovation. We are proudly an in‑office organization and currently support a hybrid work model, which is reviewed regularly.
We offer a fast‑paced, collaborative environment focused on results, innovation, and customer impact. Verifone is proudly an in‑office culture, with a hybrid work schedule currently available and reviewed regularly.
This London‑based Principal Software Engineer role sits at the heart of Verifone’s global payment gateway platform. You will help shape the technical direction of systems responsible for processing high‑volume, mission‑critical financial transactions worldwide.
At this level, the role goes beyond feature delivery. You will drive architectural decisions, set engineering standards, and influence how teams design, build, and operate secure, scalable backend systems. Success in this role is defined by technical leadership, sound judgment in complex trade‑offs, and ownership of systems that must perform reliably under real‑world load and regulatory constraints.
We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer based in Londonto provide technical leadership across backend services supporting our global payment gateway system. You will design and evolve core platform capabilities, guide architectural decisions across microservices, and mentor engineers while remaining hands‑on with critical systems built using Java and Spring Boot.
You will work closely with senior engineering, platform, product, and infrastructure partners to ensure our systems scale globally, remain secure, and meet the highest standards for availability and performance.
Verifone is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Verifone is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
The world’s leading brands trust Verifone for global payments. We power the boundless payments grid for merchants, fintech companies, and financial institutions worldwide. By combining a flexible payments platform comprised of devices, applications, services, acquiring and more, an open ecosystem of 2,500+ integrations, and four decades of payments expertise, Verifone eliminates complexity and expands what’s possible across every payment channel. Verifone operates in 165 countries and processes $8 billion in transactions annually. At Verifone, we believe payments should never be a barrier—they should be a launchpad for growth.
Looking to join a global team shaping the future of payments? Learn more about life at Verifone and our open opportunities at https://www.verifone.com/en/global/careers.
