Staff Engineer - SatispayStaff Engineer (Java/Spring) for Satispay: lead microservices on AWS, PostgreSQL and DynamoDB; end-to-end ownership, mentorship and impact on fintech products.🚗 Work mode: Hybrid📍 City: Milan👾 Key tech skills: Java, Spring 3, AWS, Microservices, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB📊 Years of experience: 7+💰 Gross annual salary: up to €80kAbout the companySatispay is a European fintech born in Italy that has redefined how people pay, exchange and manage money on a daily basis. Founded in 2013, Satispay offers a simple, secure mobile payment platform independent from traditional banking circuits, used by millions of users and hundreds of thousands of merchants across Europe. Beyond payments, the product includes savings features and financial services, built with a strong focus on scalability, reliability and user experience.We are looking for two Staff Software Engineers (L8-L9) with distinct domain focus but the same level of seniority, responsibility and impact: one position in the Consumer Wealth team and one in the Core team.What "Staff" means at SatispayThe Staff Engineer at Satispay works toward the success of the organisation and the entire technology ecosystem. They operate at cross-team and multi-service scale, manage technical ambiguity and contribute to defining the long-term architectural strategy for their area/product. They are a multiplier: they raise the bar, develop future technical leaders and align diverse teams on shared practices and decisions. The impact is strategic and systemic (months/years): they help the company "do the right things" technologically.Important note: this is a hands-on role - you will write code and contribute to delivery every week.The two teamsConsumer Wealth Team Focus: features for the Satispay consumer app. You will work on B2C products with direct visibility into user impact, in constant collaboration with Product and Design, with attention to quality, reliability and experience. Ideal if you have experience on: consumer apps or fintech products, product-led environments, systems that need to scale while maintaining a reliable UX.Core Team Focus: core platform services and mission-critical financial infrastructure. High-criticality systems such as interbank flows, e-money ledger and IAM, designed for high traffic and maximum reliability. Ideal if you have experience on: complex distributed systems, reliability, resilience, data consistency and architectural trade-offs in mission-critical environments.What you'll do (shared responsibilities)Design, develop and maintain backend services in Java in a microservices architectureOwn the end-to-end lifecycle: definition, implementation, release, post-launch, maintenanceDirectly contribute to system design and architectural decisions, making trade-offs explicit (performance, resilience, consistency, costs)Work on scalability, reliability and observability (monitoring, troubleshooting, continuous improvement)Act as technical reference and mentor: structured coaching, raising the bar, common standards across teamsIdentify improvement opportunities at scale (efficiency, cost reduction, quality, processes)Stack & tech requirementsEssentialJava (solid and recent experience)Spring Boot (3.x) / Spring ecosystemMicroservices architectureAWS: EC2, ECS, RDS, S3, CloudWatchPostgreSQL (performance, query optimisation, monitoring)Event-driven systems: SNS/SQS (conceptual understanding + practical application)Nice to haveKubernetes / EKSKafka or streaming systemsAPM / advanced observabilityExperience in fintech/payments or high-criticality systemsYou're the right fit if:You've worked in product companies (preferred) and have delivered projects end-to-endYou have real experience in system design, scalability and architectural trade-off evaluationYou have concrete evidence of hands-on mentoring/technical leadershipYou have excellent written and spoken English (at Satispay, work and documentation are in English)You're interested in working on long-lived systemsYou identify with an ownership cultureNot a good fit if…You prefer primarily consulting / client delivery environmentsYou're looking for a purely "architecture" or "management" role (this stays hands-on)You're looking for full remote (see below)Work arrangements and constraintsHybrid: 3 days on-site in Milan (Garibaldi area) + 2 days remoteNo visa sponsorship: we evaluate candidates already eligible to work in the EU (relocation support may be available)What the company offersNational metalworking collective agreement (CCNL Metalmeccanico), permanent contractMeal vouchers €8/dayStock OptionsGross annual salary up to €80kWelfare budget €1,200/yearHybrid work (3 days on-site Garibaldi area, 2 remote)Unlimited PTOMental health support via SerenisTechnical training with unlimited access to O'ReillyLanguage lessons with PreplyThis job posting is addressed to candidates of all genders, ages and nationalities, pursuant to Italian laws on equal opportunities.
