An Introduction to Primer
Primer is the unified infrastructure for global payments. We give finance and payments teams the visibility and control to reduce complexity, improve performance, and capture more revenue - all from a single platform.
Backed by Sofina, Peak XV Partners, ICONIQ, Tencent, Accel, and Balderton, we're building the payments layer the world's best companies rely on.
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What We’re Looking For
We're looking for a software engineer who thrives at the intersection of data, software and infrastructure. You've worked in data-intensive environments and enjoy designing clean systems that move and transform data at scale. You’re someone who approaches data engineering as a software discipline — building reliable, tested, maintainable systems that empower others.
You'll work on building internal tools, pipelines, and APIs that support analytics, product features, and machine learning applications. You'll collaborate closely with both product and engineering teams to make our data infrastructure seamless, efficient, and delightful to use.
Stack
Cloud: AWS
Data Stores: Relational and non-relational e.g. CockroachDB, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch
Data Warehouse: Snowflake
Processing: Batch & streaming including CDC pipelines
Languages: Python
Infrastructure: Kubernetes + Helm, Terraform (IaC)
Orchestration & Transformations: dbt
Observability: OpenTelemetry, Datadog
Dev Practices: CI/CD, automated testing, containerisation
Core Skills
Strong software engineering fundamentals: testing, code reviews, clean abstractions
Proficient in Python and SQL
Comfortable working across infrastructure and data systems
Experience building and maintaining batch and/or streaming data pipelines
Familiarity with modern data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake) and transformation tools like dbt
Comfortable navigating cloud-native ecosystems (AWS, K8s, Terraform)
Mindset & Collaboration
Clear and thoughtful communicator (written and verbal)
Detail-oriented
Team player (“our code,” not “my code”)
Eager to learn and share
Adaptable — comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities
You may not like it here if:
You enjoy working in an office-setting, we are remote-first and always will be!
You are not comfortable with shifting context and navigating ambiguity
You don’t enjoy testing your code, we have no testers or QA’s here at Primer
An initial intro call with a Talent Partner
An interview with the Hiring Manager
Challenge Stage - Contextualised to the role
A final, values-alignment interview
We're building a culture where people can do their best work and be proud of the impact they have. You'll be working with people who are mission-driven, smart, and reflective, and who are genuinely invested in building exce