Your opportunity
In its journey to become the most loved payment service provider in Europe, Mollie is continuously investing and growing its Engineering department. We recently successfully launched an Engineering Hub in Lisbon and we are set to replicate this journey in one of the most vibrant cities in Europe: Milan! Milanโs hub will contribute to Mollieโs mission with multiple passionate agile engineering teams that will innovate, build and contribute to our portfolio of next-generation payment products. We bring to the table an international, English-spoken, open and diverse working culture based on our core values: Be Loved, Be Bold, Be Authentic!
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a vital role in our team, working on the development of cutting-edge, user-friendly financial products and APIs used by tens of thousands of merchants on a daily basis. Our focus is on creating highly scalable solutions that can handle a high volume of payments per second throughout the day. Code quality and system scalability are of paramount importance, and we value forward-thinking experts who can contribute to building scalable systems.
In Milan, you'll be part of the Customer Monitoring domain, where we oversee all monitoring activities necessary for Mollie in managing credit, integrity, and fraud risks. Your role involves building technologies to detect malicious or insolvent merchants before they harm Mollie or our customers. It's crucial for Mollie to stay profitable and compliant with regulations like anti-money laundering. You'll work in a cross-functional team with engineers, Data and ML specialists, enhancing existing tools and developing new ones using monitoring algorithms based on streaming and machine learning. Together, we ensure Mollie's success in a dynamic environment.
What you will be doing
Building large scale systems tailored to manage Mollie's risk appetite with data-driven approaches and technologies
Being part of cross-functional team that owns a dedicated problem space related to risk and customer monitoring
Working closely with other software engineers , ML and Data specialists to craft solutions, build products, and iterate on existing tools.
Designing and maintaining APIs, services and systems across Mollieโs engineering teams
Putting your skills to the test, allowing yourself to grow and learn rapidly
What you'll bring
An extensive background of developing large scale web applications
Knowledge with PHP is preferable, other languages (like Java, Python, Go) are a plus
A good understanding of Service Oriented Architecture patterns
A professional background working with the public cloud (either GCP, AWS or Azure)
A good grasp of building scalable systems
Creative problem-solving skills
Excellent communication skills and you have worked effectively with different stakeholders
Nice to haves
You have previously worked in a fast-paced environment
Previous knowledge of Google Cloud Platform
You know about event streaming and distributed systems
You have migrated services between microservices and monoliths and understanding the practical tradeoffs of one architecture versus the other
You have previously worked within the Payments or FinTech sector
Benefits
How we hire
Step 1
Apply
Our Talent Acquisition team and hiring manager will review your application, and respond within 2 weeks.
Step 2
Screening call
If you seem like a Mollie-in-the-making, weโll invite you to a screening call so we can learn more about each other.
Step 3
Are you the one?
You'll have two or more interviews. And if it's a highly technical role, we'll also assess the specific skills you'll need.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Mollie we embrace what makes you unique, and nurture a culture that feels like home. We celebrate diversity of people and perspectives every day and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate.
Every new Mollie is hired on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We bring open hearts and open minds, we donโt judge each other for our differences, we embrace the unique traits that make our products and culture stronger.
There is an energy at Mollie that canโt be contained. We are proud to be here, and inspired by the problems we have left to solve. So come join the ride.