Principal Engineer
6 days ago
Alcobendas
ph3About Xe /h3 pXe is a cross-border payments platform. We help SMEs and consumers in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand collect, convert, hold, and send money across markets. Each year, over 300 million people use Xe for currency information and over 350,000 use us to send money overseas. /p pToday, we’re rebuilding the platform layer behind cross-border payments for corporate and consumer clients. We’re small enough that your code ships fast and your decisions matter, and Euronet Worldwide (Nasdaq: EEFT) backs us so the problems stay real‑scale. /p h3About This Role /h3 pWe’re hiring a Principal Engineer, a senior individual contributor who anchors complex, high‑impact work across the stack and sets the technical direction others build around. You stay hands‑on, bring the engineers around you up with you, and lead through technical judgment rather than authority over people. You already use AI as part of how you think, build, test, and ship, and shape how the team does the same. /p pYou’ll write code that moves money in production, anchor the engineering on complex, high‑impact, and open‑ended problems, and set the technical direction other engineers build around as Xe rebuilds its platform layer. You work across squads as a force multiplier: raising the bar through design review and mentorship, going deep where your judgment is needed, and bringing other engineers up as you go, while still shipping on the critical path. This is an individual‑contributor role: you lead through technical authority and influence, not by managing people, and you partner with team leads, architects, and engineering managers who own team delivery and the people. /p h3What You’ll Do /h3 ul liAnchor the engineering on complex, high‑impact, and open‑ended problems across the stack, setting the technical approach other engineers build around. /li liSet technical direction and own the consistency and standards the platform depends on across squads. /li liAct as a force multiplier: raise the level of the engineers around you through design review, mentorship, sponsorship, and how the team adopts AI, without managing them. /li liStay hands‑on, shipping production code on the critical path and the parts that most need senior judgment. /li liPartner with product, design, compliance, and engineering leadership to turn ambiguous goals into clear, shippable technical plans. /li liUse agentic coding tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or equivalent) daily across the SDLC, and lead modernization from legacy services into the modern stack alongside architects and team leads. /li /ul h3What We’re Looking For /h3 h3Must‑have /h3 ul li8+ years building production software across the full stack, end‑to‑end. /li liStrong frontend proficiency with Vue.js, React, or equivalent. /li liStrong backend proficiency in C# / .NET preferred; other OOP languages welcome (Java, Kotlin, Go, or equivalent). /li liFrontend fundamentals: responsive design, accessibility, web performance, and internationalization. /li liSolid SQL and relational database fundamentals. /li liDeep system design and architecture experience, including service‑oriented or microservices and event‑driven patterns. /li liTrack record anchoring large, ambiguous, cross‑team technical efforts as an individual contributor: setting the technical direction other engineers build around, with impact measured by the engineers and teams you raise, not by personal output. /li liExperience mentoring and growing engineers through design review, technical guidance, and sponsorship, without managing them. /li liDaily use of agentic coding tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or equivalent) across the SDLC, and a clear point of view on how an engineering team should adopt AI. /li liProduction experience on AWS, including hands‑on deployment, CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment practices, and native services such as SQS, DynamoDB, S3, ECS, and Lambda. /li liPayments, FX, or regulated‑industry experience. /li liStrong written and verbal communication, including the ability to align engineers and stakeholders around a technical direction. /li /ul h3Nice‑to‑have /h3 ul liExperience leading platform modernization or large migrations. /li liExperience setting engineering standards or technical strategy adopted across teams. /li liExperience with caching solutions like Memcached or Redis. /li liExperience using project management and documentation tools like Jira and Confluence. /li liWriting automated tests alongside development with AI tools (Claude Code or equivalent). /li /ul h3Perks Benefits /h3 ul liAnnual performance‑related rewards: performance‑based annual bonus /li liEmployee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP): open to all employees /li liCar allowance: monthly car allowance (subject to Direction Level) /li liMeal vouchers: 8 EUR per working day /li liPreferential currency exchange rates: exclusive rates for employees /li liMoney transfer discounts: special discounts on transfers /li liAnnual salary review: performance‑based process /li liHybrid working model: 2 days per week WFH with flexible scheduling /li liExtended vacation allowance: 25‑30 days annual leave /li liExtra bank holidays: additional company‑recognised holidays /li liBirthday off: fully paid day off /li liAnnual employee recognition events: HEROES awards seniority recognitions /li liAnnual social events: end‑of‑year celebration regional/departmental gatherings /li liSeasonal celebrations: Halloween, New Year, Christmas, and other festivities /li liVolunteer days CSR initiatives: Save the Children, environmental actions, food bank donations, and more /li liEmployee wellness weeks: global and local wellbeing activities /li liLeadership training: internal and external learning opportunities /li liCross‑functional project opportunities: available based on skills and project needs /li liInternal international mobility: relocation support and coaching for career development /li /ul pXE offers a competitive salary and benefits package. The reasonable estimated pay for this role ranges from 77,400 EUR to 127,800 EUR. Actual compensation is based upon factors such as the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. /p pWe want Xe to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organization that encourages diversity in all respects. /p pXe is a bEqual Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of age, national origin, race, color, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. /b We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at /p pThe position responsibilities outlined above are intended to define the general contents and requirements to perform this job. It is not to be taken as a complete statement of responsibilities or requirements. This job description does not restrict the Company’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job as needed. /p /p #J-18808-Ljbffr
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