AttractPay is New Zealands Alibaba-authorised payment acquirer, providing secure and scalable cross-border payment solutions for local businesses.

We support Alipay, WeChat Pay, and UnionPay, powering transactions for 330+ merchants, including leading retailers inside Auckland International Airport.

As we expand our technology capability, we are looking for an experienced Programmer / Developer to strengthen our payment platform, integrations, and backend systems.

About the Role

This is a senior technical role focused on building high-performance backend services, developing API-driven payment features, and ensuring reliable system integration with global payment partners.

You will work across platform development, merchant integration, and data processing, contributing directly to the stability, scalability, and security of our core systems.

 

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain backend components for the AttractPay payment platform

Build and enhance RESTful APIs, SDKs, and integration tools for merchants

Develop secure, efficient, and maintainable code for payment processing

Improve system performance, monitoring, and error-handling mechanisms

Support integrations with Alipay, WeChat Pay, UnionPay, and other partners

Build data workflows, reports, and tools for internal analytics

Troubleshoot complex technical issues and support major merchant onboarding

Contribute to architecture discussions and technical planning

 

Skills & Experience

5+ years of professional software development experience

Strong proficiency in Java, Python, Go, or Node.js

Solid experience with backend/API development and system integration

Good understanding of databases (SQL/NoSQL), caching, message queues, Linux

Experience with payment systems, telecom platforms, or high-availability systems is an advantage

Ability to analyse requirements, propose solutions, and work independently on end-to-end tasks

Excellent communication and documentation skills

Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field