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Nium
San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted on May 28, 2025
Nium, Global Leader in Payments
Nium, the global leader in real-time, cross-border payments, was founded on the mission to deliver the global payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today. With the onset of the global economy, its payments infrastructure is shaping how banks, fintechs, and businesses everywhere collect, convert, and disburse funds instantly across borders.
Its payout network supports 100 currencies and spans 220+ markets, 100 of which in real-time. Funds can be disbursed to accounts, wallets, and cards and collected locally in 35 markets. Nium's growing card issuance business is already available in 34 countries. Nium holds regulatory licenses and authorizations in more than 40 countries, enabling seamless onboarding, rapid integration, and compliance – independent of geography. The company is co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore.
About the role
As a Software Engineer I at Nium, you will be part of a cross-functional team that designs and develops our core software platforms. In this early-career role, you will work closely with experienced engineers who will guide you to learn best practices, develop your technical skills, and contribute to the delivery of high-quality solutions.
You’ll focus on implementing well-defined tasks, debugging issues, and writing maintainable code. You’ll have the opportunity to work across the stack, gain experience with modern development tools, and build foundational knowledge in software engineering. Based in our San Francisco HQ, you’ll help build payment technologies that support Nium’s global mission while growing in a supportive and collaborative engineering environment.
Responsibilities:
- Actively learn widely used in the industry technologies such as Java, Spring and Spring Boot, and the business domain.
- Seek feedback regularly and apply it to improve technical and professional skills.
- Gain knowledge of the fintech industry especially in the realm of card payments.
- Implement well-scoped features or fixes with guidance from senior engineers.
- Write clean, maintainable code following team conventions.
- Participate in peer programming and code reviews as a learner.
- Communicate clearly with teammates about progress, blockers, and questions.
- Work effectively as part a cross-functional team.
- Write basic tests for your code and understand the value of automated testing.
- Follow established testing and quality assurance practices.
- Gain exposure to development tools such as version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, and containerisation (e.g., Docker).
- Begin learning about backend infrastructure and DevOps tools through hands-on experience.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 0–2 years of professional software development experience.
- Familiarity with Java and frameworks like Spring Boot (or willingness to learn).
- Basic knowledge of SQL and relational databases.
- Exposure to web technologies and RESTful APIs.
- Some experience with or interest in frontend frameworks like React or Angular.
- Demonstrated ability to break down problems and seek help when needed.
- Curious and willing to experiment, fail fast, and learn continuously.
- Comfortable asking questions and collaborating in a team setting.
- Able to communicate technical progress and blockers clearly.
What we offer at Nium
We Value Performance: Through competitive salaries, performance bonuses, sales commissions, equity for specific roles and recognition programs, we ensure that all our employees are well rewarded and incentivized for their hard work.
We Care: The wellness of Nium’ers is our #1 priority. We offer medical coverage along with 24/7 employee assistance program, generous vacation programs including our year-end shut down. We also provide a flexible hybrid working environment (3 days per week in the office).
We Upskill Ourselves: We are curious, and always want to learn more with a focus on upskilling ourselves. We provide role-specific training, internal workshops, and a learning stipend.
We Constantly Innovate: Since our inception, Nium has received constant recognition and awards for how we approach both our business and talent opportunities. Check out CNBC World’s Top Fintech Companies 2024.
We Celebrate Together: We recognize that work is also about creating great relationships with each other. We celebrate together with company-wide social events, team bonding activities, happy hours, team offsites, and much more!
We Thrive With Diversity: Nium is truly a global company, with more than 33 nationalities, based in 18+ countries and more than 10 office locations. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.
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Nium provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, Nium complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Nium expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.