> Djinni
senior
Software Engineer
company:Startup
php
> full description
💻 We’re hiring: Senior PHP Developer (Payments)
We’re building next-gen payment infrastructure for high-volume, high-risk merchants.
Looking for a Senior PHP Developer to build and scale core payment systems — integrations, APIs, and backend architecture.
⚙️ Must have
- 5+ years of hands-on production experience in fiat/card payments ⚙️
- Deep understanding of card payment infrastructure and full payment lifecycle
- Strong experience integrating acquirers, PSPs, and payment processors
- Solid knowledge of card network rules and technical specifications
- Hands-on expertise with 3-D Secure (3DS2), Merchant-Initiated Transactions (MIT), and card-on-file / recurring payments
- Strong understanding of payment authentication data (CAVV, trace IDs, transaction indicators, etc.)
- Proven ability to debug and audit payment flows at request/response level
- Experience implementing integrations strictly according to processor/acquirer/network specs
🧠 Engineering & Architecture
- Strong full-stack / backend engineering background
- Experience designing APIs and complex billing/payment systems
- Familiarity with MoR / PayFac architecture (strong plus)
- Ability to independently architect and build a V1 payment platform from 0→1
- Comfortable being the first/solo engineer in a high-ownership environment
- Strong debugging skills and experience handling production incidents
🤖 AI-native workflow
- Actively uses AI tools (Claude, Copilot, Cursor, or similar) 🤖
- Uses AI for coding, debugging, code review, and validating implementations against specs
- Treats AI as a core productivity multiplier, not just an assistant
⭐ Nice to have
- Experience with Merchant of Record (MoR) or PayFac models
- Building payment infrastructure (not just integrating PSPs)
- Experience with multiple acquirers/processors
- Exposure to complex international payment flows
- Crypto + fiat integrations (crypto as an addition, not a replacement for fiat expertise)
- Early-stage startup experience
💎 What we offer
- Opportunity to build a core payment platform from scratch
- Full ownership of architecture, infrastructure, and product decisions
- Fast-paced, low-bureaucracy environment with real impact
- Highly technical, challenging engineering problems
- Freedom to apply an AI-first engineering workflow