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EatClub

Staff Engineer, Payments

EatClub

. Shape the technical direction and roadmap of EatClub's payments platform across Australia, the UK and New Zealand .

Posted 10/19/2026full-timeSydney • AustraliaLeadWebsite

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Demonstrates extensive experience in designing and building production payment systems, with a strong focus on backend engineering, compliance, and risk management. Proven ability to lead technical discussions and mentor engineers while shaping the payments architecture across multiple regions.

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Payments Architecture DesignProduction Payment Systems DevelopmentBackend Engineering in Modern LanguagePCI DSS Compliance KnowledgeMentoring and Design Reviews

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Hard Skills
Software EngineeringCard Payments UnderstandingLedger DesignSettlement Systems DesignIncident Response LeadershipAI Development Tools FluencyIdempotency HandlingTransaction Authorisation ArchitectureLegacy Code ModificationFinancial System Migration
Soft Skills
Technical GuidanceCredibility with ExecutivesCollaboration with External Partners
Tools & Technologies
Serverless AWSEvent-Driven SystemsFraud and Risk Platforms
Certifications & Qualifications
ISO 27001 Knowledge
Industry Keywords
FintechPayments CompanyNeobankBNPLHospitality TechAustralian Payments SchemeUK Payments SchemeNew Zealand Payments SchemeCard IssuingTwo-Sided Marketplace

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSCloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Shape the technical direction and roadmap of EatClub's payments platform across Australia, the UK and New Zealand
  • Lead design of complex and consequential payment problems
  • Represent the squad in technical discussions with payment partners, acquirers and card schemes
  • Apply external payments-industry best practices
  • Strengthen platform reliability, risk and compliance
  • Write production code for consequential changes and review other code
  • Advise the CPTO and tech lead on future payments capability
  • Establish documented payment-process source of truth
  • Improve payment approval rates, reliability and customer experience
  • Strengthen ledger and settlement foundations
  • Shape payments architecture for Australia, the UK and New Zealand
  • Design reusable integrations for bank and loyalty partners
  • Contribute to the next stage of card and payments strategy
  • Mentor engineers through design reviews and technical guidance

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • At least 8 years of software engineering experience
  • 4+ years building production payment systems at a fintech, payments company, acquirer, issuer, scheme or bank
  • Track record of leading the design of significant payments work through to production
  • Deep practical understanding of card payments and schemes, acquirers and payment providers
  • Experience designing ledgers, settlement and reconciliation systems
  • Strong backend engineering in a modern language on cloud infrastructure
  • Working knowledge of PCI DSS and compliance-scope minimisation
  • Experience leading incident response for payment systems
  • Experience improving engineers through design reviews and mentoring
  • Credibility with executives and external partners
  • Fluency with AI development tools
  • Familiarity with idempotency and duplicate handling
  • Card issuing or issuer-processor experience
  • Experience in high-growth fintech, neobank, BNPL or payments companies
  • Familiarity with Australian, UK, New Zealand and US payments schemes
  • Experience with serverless AWS and event-driven systems
  • Exposure to fraud and risk platforms, QSAs or ISO 27001 programmes
  • Experience in a two-sided marketplace or hospitality tech
  • Experience migrating a live financial system
  • Experience safely changing legacy code on a money path
  • Experience architecting transaction authorisation under strict time limits

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Autonomy and flexibility
  • High-performing and collaborative culture
  • Access to restaurants and hospitality leaders
  • Staff discounts
  • Dining vouchers
  • Optional $5 voucher for first-time users who try EatClub using code ECAPPLY5