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  • We are Billie, the leading provider of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) payment methods for businesses, offering B2B companies innovative digital payment services and modern checkout solutions. We are to create a new standard for business payments and have made it our mission to simplify the purchasing experience for all businesses making it a tool for growth. Our solutions are based on proprietary, machine-learning-supported risk models, fully digitized processes and a highly scalable tech platform. This makes us a deep-tech company building financial products, not the other way around. We love building simple and elegant solutions and we strive for automation and scalability.

    About the Role

    As a Software Engineer on our Payments team, you'll play a pivotal role in building and scaling our core systems. You'll be part of a dynamic and empowered engineering team, working on challenging and impactful projects.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Design, Develop, and Deliver: as well test, deploy, and maintain high-quality software solutions for our payments platform.
    • Drive Innovation: continuously improve our systems through smart refactoring, new features, and architectural enhancements.
    • Mentor and Collaborate: mentor junior engineers, share knowledge with other teams, and actively participate in code reviews.
    • Champion Best Practices: develop and implement robust CI/CD pipelines and foster a culture of engineering excellence.
    • Take Ownership: be a self-starter, drive initiatives from conception to completion, and take ownership of your work.

    Who You Are

    • A Passionate Engineer: You have 7+ years of strong PHP development experience in large-scale, high-availability production systems.
    • A Framework Expert: You're proficient in Symfony or similar frameworks and possess a deep understanding of software architecture and design principles.
    • A Versatile Technologist: You have experience with a variety of technologies, including JVM-based languages, and a strong understanding of microservices, event-driven architectures, and cloud-based environments.
    • A Product-Driven Mindset: You thrive in a product-driven environment and have a solid grasp of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and its practical application.
    • A Team Player: You excel in collaborative environments, embracing practices like TDD, mobbing, and pair programming.
    • A Strong Communicator: You possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and can effectively convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

    Benefits of Joining Billie

    • Impactful Work: Contribute to a cutting-edge fintech company and make a real difference in the lives of businesses.
    • Growth Opportunities: Learn and grow alongside talented engineers in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
    • Empowered Teams: Work with empowered teams that value autonomy and ownership.
    • Competitive Compensation: Enjoy competitive salaries and benefits.
    • Meaningful Work: Join a company that is making a positive impact on the financial landscape.

    What we offer:

    • Challenging and impactful work that drives personal and professional growth
    • One of the best Virtual Shares Incentive Programs in the market, so that everyone at Billie is invested in our success
    • Flexible work hours and trust in your ability to deliver, empowering you to take control of your work-life balance
    • A hybrid working approach that allows you to work from home for up to 3 days per week
    • Enjoy 30 days vacation per year on top of paid public holidays, sabbatical opportunities, and extra child sickness leave for parents
    • Our "Catch a Ride with Billie" program that enables discounted access to Berlin Public Transport (BVG), Deutschland-Ticket, OR JobRad
    • A yearly development budget to broaden your skill set and horizons
    • Free German group classes
    • An English-speaking, multicultural team with more than 40 nationalities represented
    • Building meaningful connections with your colleagues through company and team events, interest groups, the Billie run club, game nights, and more, powered by our Formula Fun Team!
    • Great office space at Checkpoint Charlie with free gym access, barista coffee, drinks and more

    Billie offers you the opportunity to be a part of one of the fastest-growing Fintech startups in Europe following the mission to innovate to create new freedom for businesses of all sizes. Our combined decades of experience in B2B Financing and Payments in a market thirsty for innovation and change make this a fantastic possibility to get into the most dynamic space in tech.

    Join an international team of talented, passionate people where drive and merit matter. We work in nimble, cross-functional teams with open communication lines across the company. You'll be surrounded by smart people from a wide variety of backgrounds from which you can learn and that want to learn from you.

    Are you ready to join Billie?

    Billie is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment in our workplace. By embracing talents and abilities of all kinds, we aim to boost motivation and team creativity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, age, marital status, gender, political views, beliefs, sexual orientation, color, disability status, or any other demographic factors.

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