Cloud Backend Engineer - Java and GCP

Start: in ASAP (1 month’s time)

Duration: 12 months

Location: Hybrid setup from Stockholm (2-3 days per week in the office)

This role sits within our clients Credit Risk Organization, supporting the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Risk Platform. As a Cloud Backend Engineer, you will build and maintain scalable risk services that power global Pay Later products.

You will work closely with engineering teams and product stakeholders to understand requirements, independently drive execution, and deliver high-quality, production-ready solutions. Your work will play a critical role in protecting the platform, ensuring secure, reliable, and risk-aware transactions for millions of customers worldwide.

This is a fast-paced, high-impact environment where innovation is encouraged and ownership is expected. You will leverage modern cloud technologies to solve complex, mission-critical problems at global scale.

Main Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust Java Spring–based risk services, ensuring scalability, multi-tenancy, and seamless integration with PayPal’s internal platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Own the end-to-end quality of deliverables across the software development lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing, deployment, and post-production support.
• Build and deploy Java services on Cloud Run, integrating with BigQuery, Bigtable, and Apache Pulsar–based systems.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams—engineering, product, and business stakeholders—to define requirements and execute scalable solutions.
• Contribute to operational excellence, ensuring high availability, reliability, observability, and resilience of application services and infrastructure.
• Proactively identify and address performance, scalability, and reliability risks in production systems.

Key Requirements

• Strong expertise in Java/J2EE, Spring Framework, Hibernate
• Proven experience building RESTful APIs and web services
• Hands-on experience with GCP (Cloud Run, BigQuery, Bigtable, Apache Pulsar)
• Solid foundation in object-oriented design, system architecture, and scalability
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks
• 5–8 years of experience in software design and backend/web application development.

Other Details

This is a fast-paced, high-impact role requiring collaboration with various teams and stakeholders in an innovative environment, focusing on operational excellence in delivering scalable solutions.