Payments Tech - IS Tech Specialist

About the role

The IS Technical Specialist provides technical and consultative support on the most complex technical matters and will lead code development within the Payments Organization. We are seeking an experienced tech specialist with strong engineering skills (Java/API development) and deep GCP expertise to support our Enterprise Payments platform. This role focuses on building cloud‑native services and user experiences, system integration, and production support in an agile environment, enabling high‑volume charge card origination, card servicing, payment processing, and expense management capabilities. The ideal candidate brings strong hands‑on experience with Java (e.g., Spring/Spring Boot), designing and implementing secure APIs (REST; familiarity with API management such as Apigee/API Gateway), while collaborating closely with product, business, and enterprise IT partners. Experience with distributed systems and modern DevOps practices on GCP is essential.

Exempt status: Yes (not eligible for overtime pay). Workplace type: Office with flexible work arrangement (in‑office and work‑from‑home).

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain back‑end services using Java (e.g., Spring Boot), including performance tuning and resiliency patterns.
• Design, build, and version RESTful APIs, including contract‑first design, documentation, and integration testing within the payment’s ecosystem.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and deliver solutions using GCP, CLI, services and integrations.
• Work closely with direct manager to ensure that assigned deliverables are planned and completed (planning/scope estimates, detailed design, development, unit testing, defect fixes, implementation planning/execution, change controls).
• Own end‑to‑end delivery for assigned team initiatives by ensuring team members are aligned, accountable, and delivering productively toward project milestones, quality expectations, and overall project success.
• Work with offshore/onsite teams to ensure timely and quality delivery of technical and testing artifacts, including code, design documentation, and test deliverables, while ensuring all coding and testing guidelines prescribed by HNB are consistently followed.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and deliver solutions using DevSecOps tool chains and processes.
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