Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services. Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results. We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions. Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow.
Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Lead Full Stack Developer to join our ever-evolving Software Engineering Team and help shape the future of global commerce. In this role, you’ll serve as a technical leader responsible for building the scalable, secure, and high-performing applications that power critical payment and merchant experiences around the world. Your expertise will influence architecture decisions, engineering standards, and development practices while helping teams deliver innovative solutions that support Global Payments’ growth and technology transformation. Working across front-end, back-end, and data platforms, you’ll have the opportunity to mentor engineers, drive modernization initiatives, and create lasting impact through solutions that strengthen reliability, performance, and client value across our global ecosystem.
What you'll own- Drive engineering excellence by establishing scalable architecture, development standards, and best practices that improve application quality, performance, and long-term maintainability.
- Deliver innovative full-stack solutions that transform complex business requirements into secure, reliable, and user-focused products that support business growth and client success.
- Influence technical direction by guiding architectural decisions across front-end, back-end, and data platforms, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient, and aligned with strategic objectives.
- Accelerate team performance through technical leadership, mentorship, and code quality initiatives that strengthen engineering capabilities and improve delivery outcomes.
- Strengthen security and operational resilience by embedding secure development practices, optimizing system performance, and ensuring solutions meet Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance standards.
- Proven experience leading the design and delivery of complex full-stack applications using Java, Spring Boot, React.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript in enterprise environments.
- Demonstrated ability to architect scalable solutions, solve complex technical challenges, and guide engineering teams through successful delivery in Agile environments.
- Strong expertise working with relational databases and data warehouses, including advanced Structured Query Language (SQL) development and performance optimization.
- Experience mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and influencing technical decisions that improve software quality and business outcomes.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, with 6+ years of software engineering experience and 3+ years in a technical leadership capacity.
- Experience building and optimizing solutions on Snowflake, Oracle, or Microsoft SQL Server data platforms, including large-scale reporting or data processing environments.
- Hands-on experience with Apigee, continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and cloud-native development practices.
- Experience within payments, merchant services, financial technology, or highly regulated environments where security, performance, and scalability are critical.
Our inclusive and global teams win together every day. We’re proud to have the best minds in the industry, who you can learn from as you grow your career. The people, the energy, the connections – it’s unmatched. Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.
What makes a Globalpayer?Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We’re curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it’s our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.
Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.
Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Globalpayer. Apply now to take your career global.
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Skills Required
- Proven experience designing and delivering full-stack applications using Java and Spring Boot
- Experience building front-end applications with React.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript
- Strong expertise with relational databases and data warehouses, advanced SQL development and performance optimization
- Experience architecting scalable, secure solutions and solving complex technical challenges in enterprise environments
- Experience mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and providing technical leadership
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field plus 6+ years software engineering and 3+ years technical leadership
- Knowledge of Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance and secure development practices
- Experience with Snowflake, Oracle, or Microsoft SQL Server data platforms
- Hands-on experience with Apigee, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native development
- Experience in payments, merchant services, fintech, or other highly regulated environments
Global Payments Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Global Payments and has not been reviewed or approved by Global Payments.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage includes medical, dental, vision, and employee assistance programs, and is commonly regarded as a strong component of the total package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs feature a company 401(k) match and an employee stock purchase plan, which are positioned as meaningful parts of overall rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays, PTO, and parental/family‑friendly policies are part of the offering, contributing to perceived overall value even when cash pay is seen as average.
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What We Do
Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) is a Fortune 500 payments technology company, delivering the leading complete worldwide commerce ecosystem. Our unique, connected infrastructure unifies every aspect of commerce, from issuer solutions to payments, and the innovative software that delivers seamless customer experiences. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we’re a worldwide team of over 24,000 people—including local experts on the ground in nearly 40 countries. Together, we support thousands of businesses across more than 100 industries. Empowering commerce for everyone.
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