Software Engineer (E-Comm)

About Us

We’re Littlepay - a growing fintech headquartered in Melbourne with operations in the UK, EU, LATAM, USA, and Australia. Our payments platform enables our customers to pay for public transport using any payment card, mobile wallet, or wearable device. Processing over USD 1 billion a year in 13 countries and continuing to expand globally, we’re proud to move more people through better payment experiences.

Our Littlepay values:

• Trust and be trustworthy
• Embrace challenge
• Solve problems, together
• Deliver with speed and agility
• Be candid and kind

About the opportunity

Join our dynamic, multi-disciplinary E-Commerce Team as we build the leading mobility and transit eCommerce checkout solution for merchants, integrators, and partners. Our mission is to deliver a compelling, scalable payment platform that sets the standard in the industry.

We foster a collaborative and innovative environment where open communication, continuous learning, and proactive problem-solving are at the core of everything we do. As a Software Engineer, you’ll partner with talented engineers, business analysts, and product managers to deliver impactful solutions.

In this role, you’ll take ownership of high-impact projects and help drive a culture of engineering excellence. Your work will directly enhance the transit and mobility end-to-end experience for our customers and partners.

Key responsibilities

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deliver high-quality applications and APIs
• Have a deep understanding of domain boundaries and be able to identify and articulate design trade-offs.
• Champion best practices and continuous improvement within the team.
• Take full ownership of delivering public-facing applications that exceed customer expectations.
• Enjoy solving complex and interesting problems in an agile team setting.
• Care about your team and provide constructive feedback

About you

Ideally, you'll have:

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering, with a backend development in Java.
• Extensive experience with building microservices and serverless architectures.
• In-depth understanding and practical experience with event-driven architectures.
• Professional experience with AWS cloud services and related tools.
• Knowledge of common security threats such as the OWASP Top 10 and how to address them.
• Can demonstrate an analytical approach to reach conclusions and solve problems.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in complex systems.
• Ability to work with React using TypeScript for creating dynamic web applications.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
• A proactive approach to identifying opportunities for improvement and driving initiatives.

Desirable but not required:

• An interest or experience in cryptographic algorithms and transaction security.

Our Benefits

We love to look after our people. At Littlepay, you'll be part of an inclusive and diverse team that celebrates the differences and unique gifts we each bring to work.

You’ll have access to:

• A high trust working environment, with usage of cloud collaboration tools like Notion, Slack, Miro, Gmail and Jira that help us work together effectively
• Paid professional development (including conferences, courses, learning subscriptions, etc.)
• Harrison Assessments - our talent management provider that facilitates continuous professional development
• A variety of flexible leave options
• Superannuation contributions on all paid parental leave payments
• A company-wide paid day off
• Our flexible public holiday program
• Flexible (hybrid) working conditions
• Wellbeing support- including a free School of Life subscription for all employees, and counselling via the School of Life (UK) or our EAP program (Australia)
• Our generous employee referral program
• Mid-year, quarterly, and end-of-year corporate and team events and workshops
• Short-term remote working arrangements
• International travel opportunities (dependent on role)

In-Office Expectations

At Littlepay, we believe great work happens when we solve problems, together. We see in-person collaboration as an important way to build connections, share ideas, and support each other meaningfully.

For those assigned to an office location, we generally expect a minimum two-day presence in the office each week. This may vary depending on your role, team, and location. For example, our team in Luxembourg works 4 days from the office, whereas our AU and UK teams currently work a minimum of 2 days onsite in our Melbourne/London offices. Some positions might require more frequent office attendance to support cross-functional collaboration, customer engagement, or specific team workflows. Your hiring manager will provide details relevant to your role.

We aim to strike a healthy balance between in-person connection and flexibility, while staying connected to deliver with speed and agility as we continue to scale, ensuring our ways of working support both our people and our shared ambition to move more people through better payment experiences.

Our Recruitment Process

If you’ve been shortlisted for the role, you’ll first have a chat with our Talent team, who will set up an interview if the stars align. A short workplace preferences questionnaire will also be sent to help us learn more about the way you prefer to work. Following a successful first interview, you’ll meet with a second set of Littlepay folks, and be invited to participate in the final stage before being presented with an offer.

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process or if you require any accommodations for any stage in the interview process, please don’t hesitate to let us know. Additionally, if you don’t meet all of the criteria (we know that some underrepresented groups tend to avoid applying if they don’t), please still apply. We really enjoy meeting people who might bring a fresh perspective on a problem we need to solve!

Ultimately, being part of our small but mighty team means you'll have the opportunity to learn about micropayments, and have a hand in the provision of services that impact millions of people. You’ll help us deliver on our revolutionary product roadmap and help scale our platform as we continue to expand across the globe.

If this opportunity interests you, hit apply! We look forward to learning about you.

Littlepay are a 2025 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.