Why Verifone

For more than 30 years, Verifone has established a remarkable record of leadership in the electronic payment technology industry. Verifone is one of the leading electronic payment solutions brands and among the largest providers of electronic payment systems worldwide.

Verifone has a diverse, dynamic, and fast-paced work environment in which employees are focused on results and have opportunities to excel. We take pride in working with leading retailers, merchants, banks, and third-party partners to invent and deliver innovative payment solutions around the world. We strive for excellence in our products and services and are obsessed with customer happiness.

Across the globe, Verifone employees are leading the payments industry through experience, innovation, and an ambitious spirit. Whether it’s developing the next generation of secure payment systems or finding new ways to bring electronic payments to emerging markets, the Verifone team is dedicated to the success of our customers, partners, and investors. It is this passion for innovation that drives every Verifone employee toward personal and professional success.

Verifone is proudly an in-office work culture as we see immense benefits to career development and business results from our colleagues being physically co-located.

What's Exciting About the Role

Verifone is seeking an experienced MySQL Lead DBA who will be responsible for ensuring database performance, high availability, and security of clusters and single instances of MySQL instances. You will also be responsible for orchestrating upgrades, backups, HA/DR, and provisioning database instances. You will work closely with other teams, including application architects/ Sr. Developers and application support engineers for architecture design and SQL optimization, establishing and documenting best practices.

We look for dedicated and versatile engineers who are passionate about working in a company whose culture is dedicated to delivering innovative software products that solve our customers’ most challenging business needs. As a Lead DBA, you’ll have the opportunity to make significant and direct impact on our database performance, applications, and solve some of the most complex challenges in cloud and on prem environments, while lead the team from a technical and development perspective.

This hybrid role is open to hiring candidates located in:

• Bucharest, Romania
• London, United Kingdom
• Riga, Lativa
• Warsaw, Poland

Key Responsibilities

You will be responsible for ensuring that database management policies, processes and procedures are established and followed, adhering to ITIL good practice principles and are subjected to continuous improvement as per PCI standards. They will be responsible for reviewing system design changes to ensure they adhere to expected service standards and recommend changes to ensure maximum stability, availability and efficiency of the supported applications.

The candidate should understand the application functionality, business logics and work with application stake holders to understand the requirement and discuss with the new application features and propose the right solutions. He must liaise closely and work in collaboration with the release management teams, support teams and the infrastructure DBAs. 

• Design, Install, Deploy and Manage MySQL on Physical, Virtual, AWS EC2 / RDS / Aurora.
• Build MySQL clusters with a high availability, active-active cluster setup in a large scale and multi datacenter environments having minimum RPO/RTO on a DR scenario
• Design and implement uniform backup strategy and business continuity plans across the MySQL environments using Percona XtraDB or custom automation scripts with reliable monitoring and alerting mechanisms
• Define thorough and validated database monitoring and alerting, along with documentation for future references
• Setup high availability with Master-Master/ Master-slave replication
• Maintain stable performance via server optimizations
• Guide engineering teams to best practices on server configurations and SQL tuning.
• Maintain security and compliance via OS and database version upgrades
• Work with application stake holders to create effective database solutions
• Create and maintain adhoc reports
• Adhere to the incident and change process, prepare thorough documentation, and peer review planned production tasks
• Support application release process, and automations
• Mentor and develop other engineers on MySQL skills

Required Qualifications/Skills

• Minimum 8 years of experience managing MySQL
• Experience with MySQL Active/Active cluster setup, Database Upgrade and Migrations, Scripting
• Experience administrating MySQL on Linux platform
• Experience with MySQL version upgrades in production environments with a zero or very minimum application down time
• Experience with design & architecting MySQL environments using any framework such as Galera Cluster or Percona XtraDB
• Experience deploying database monitoring using at least one of PMM, New Relic, Datadog, Nagios, Grafana, ELK, AppD, etc.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef
• Proficiency with cloud infrastructure, AWS RDS or equivalent.
• Automation/scripting skills in a modern language like Python, Shell scripting, Go, Java, Rust.
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, Github Actions, Gitlab.
• Advanced experience with database performance tuning including SQL tuning, hardware configuration and capacity planning.
• Strong technical leadership, mentoring and time management skills.

Preferred Skills (Not Mandatory)

• Experience working with PCI (Payment Card Industry Data Security) standards
• ITIL environment experience
• Deep experience with SQL, stored procedures, functions, triggers, batch jobs, reporting, analytics.
• Experience managing PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and/or Oracle.
• Experience and knowledge with NoSQL and data engineering technologies such as Kafka, Redis, Snowflake, Databricks, Spark, Redshift, ETL, etc.
• Experience with data analytics and Business intelligence

Our Commitment

Verifone is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Verifone is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

The role

Reporting to the Director of People Operations, Reward and People Partnering, we are seeking an experienced People Operations Manager to join us and hit the ground running! You will oversee our core people operations team based in Riga and Lisbon, focusing on employee lifecycle processes, data, compliance and internal mobility & immigration. You will play a pivotal role in enabling our HR operating model which centres around people partnering, ensuring seamless employee experiences, operational excellence, and strategic HR delivery across our global locations. This is an opportunity to bring fresh thinking to how we operate and partner closely with our People Partners, Finance, Talent Acquisition and wider HR team to ensure we drive excellence across the People function. 

What excites you 

• Employee Lifecycle Ownership: You will own, manage and optimise end-to-end People lifecycle processes from onboarding to offboarding and everything in between, ensuring seamless and positive experiences for employees at every stage.
• Compliance & Risk Management: You will ensure compliance with local employment laws and regulations across all regions, coordinating audits and compliance reviews related to People operations.
• Scalable Process Design: You will develop and implement scalable People operations processes that support our multi-hub strategy as we continue to grow into new locations, driving ongoing process improvement and manager self-serve capability.
• HR Systems & Data: You will oversee our HR system (Hibob) to optimise functionality and data quality, maintaining robust data privacy, confidentiality and security standards, and using HR analytics to inform decision-making and improve operational efficiency.
• Finance & Payroll Partnership: You will partner closely with Finance and Payroll to drive improvements across pay-related processes, ensuring accuracy and efficiency at every step.
• Team Leadership: You will lead and manage the People Operations team based in Latvia and Portugal, building an inclusive high-performance team that puts the employee experience at the centre of everything.
• Documentation & Governance: You will ensure documentation is in place for all People Operations processes and changes, driving continuous improvement across internal workflows to ensure they are scalable, efficient and support positive employee experiences.

What excites us

• People Operations Expertise: Proven experience in a senior People Operations or HR Operations role, with a strong track record of owning and improving end-to-end HR processes in a global, multi-site environment.
• Operational Excellence Mindset: A natural process improver who loves to find smarter ways of working — someone who can balance attention to detail with a drive for efficiency and scale.
• Strong Data & Systems Acumen: Experience managing and optimising HRIS platforms (ideally Hibob), with the ability to use HR data and analytics to drive decisions and ensure data integrity.
• Compliance Confidence: Solid knowledge of employment law and regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions, with experience coordinating audits and ensuring local compliance.
• Collaborative Leader: A genuine team player who builds strong relationships across People, Finance, Talent Acquisition and the wider business, and inspires their team to deliver excellent employee experiences.
• Immigration & Mobility Experience: Familiarity with internal mobility and immigration processes is a plus, particularly in a multi-hub context.

Base salary range: € 3300- € 5000 (gross).

Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data.  Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point (€ 3300 - € 4150 gross) of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager with a background in Business Analysis and/or Product Management to lead strategic business initiatives. This role is responsible for the end-to-end execution of projects focused on analyzing, planning, implementing, and automating business processes. The ideal candidate combines project management expertise with analytical skills to drive business process improvements at both departmental and company levels.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously across different departments, ensuring timely delivery within scope and budget
• Own end-to-end project planning, including solution design, budgeting, resource allocation, and risk management
• Conduct in-depth analysis of workflows and business processes to identify optimization opportunities and translate them into actionable project requirements
• Drive business process improvements through research, process modeling, data analysis, and gap analysis
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle - gathering requirements, reporting progress, presenting results, and managing expectations
• Lead change management efforts, ensuring smooth transitions and stakeholder engagement during implementation
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful integration of business systems, processes, and technology solutions

Qualifications

• 4+ years of proven project management experience
• Proven experience as a Business Analyst or Product Manager
• Proven experience in managing digital and operational business process improvement projects
• Hands-on experience in business process analysis and workflow optimization with a proven track record of implementing improvements directly into products or operational processes
• Experience managing cross-functional teams and collaborating with business and technical stakeholders
• Fluency in English (Upper-Intermediate or Advanced level)
• Experience implementing AI into products and/or business processes with measurable results is a plus
• Proficiency in no-code/low-code tools (n8n, Zapier, Make, Bubble, Bolt, etc.) is a plus

What We Offer

• Opportunity to shape the backbone systems of a modern, data-driven digital company.
• Autonomy to lead meaningful projects from ideation to impact.
• A collaborative, innovation-first environment that values initiative and experimentation.
• Reduced working hours on Fridays during the summer.
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 1:00/2:00 PM – 9:00/10:00 PM EET.

Why Join Us

You’ll be at the intersection of technology, process innovation, and business growth - building systems that empower our teams to work smarter, faster, and more collaboratively. If you’re a strategic thinker who loves turning complexity into clarity and ideas into scalable solutions, we’d love to meet you.

The role

Fraud prevention is an ever-evolving puzzle, making it one of the most rewarding and impactful areas in fintech. At GoCardless, our Fraud Prevention team develops the intelligent systems that protect our platform, our merchants, and their customers.

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will guide the design and delivery of models that operate in real time across our global payment network. You’ll work at the intersection of machine learning, graph-based detection, and behavioural modelling to stay ahead of changing patterns turning research into production systems that make a tangible difference in the fight against financial crime.

You’ll collaborate closely with Engineers, Fraud Analysts, and Product Managers to help shape the technical roadmap as we expand into new markets. Our stack is centred around Google Cloud Platform and Vertex AI, using Python, SQL, and BigQuery to build and support high-performance models at scale.

What you'll do

• Contribute to the full model lifecycle, from initial discovery and feature engineering through to production, experimentation, and continuous monitoring.
• Design and refine real-time ML systems that reduce false positives and ensure a smooth, secure experience for legitimate customers.
• Foster a responsive feedback loop, adapting models as patterns evolve to ensure our defences remain robust and effective.
• Help shape the technical direction of fraud prevention ML at GoCardless, exploring new approaches as we grow globally.
• Support the team’s growth through technical mentorship, knowledge sharing, and a commitment to high-quality code.

What excites you

• Solving complex, dynamic problems: Developing systems that can adapt and respond to changing environments.
• End-to-end ownership: Seeing a project through from a conceptual business need to a live, impactful solution.
• Strategic influence: Contributing to the ML roadmap and helping determine what we build next, rather than just how we build it.
• Holistic Data Science: Engaging in deep-dive analysis, prototyping, and live experimentation.
• Modern Infrastructure: Building production-grade models on GCP and Vertex AI, with the flexibility to explore advanced architectures.

What excites us

• You hold a degree (or PhD) in a STEM discipline, or bring equivalent depth through commercial experience.

• You have hands-on experience with modelling approaches such as deep learning, graph-based methods, or sequence models. While fintech experience is great, we value transferable skills from fields like cybersecurity or risk modelling.
• You have a track record of deploying models in production that create measurable value.
• You can translate complex ML concepts into clear, practical solutions for stakeholders across the business.
• You enjoy writing clean code and helping the team thrive through thoughtful reviews and shared learning.

Base salary range: €64,000 - €96,000

Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data.  Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.

The role

As a Product Security Engineer, you will enable development teams to take ownership of the security and privacy of their product by collaborating to set requirements and standards, performing design reviews and vulnerability assessments, and helping build security controls. You will also work closely with the dedicated Security Operations and Security Engineering teams. 

You will be someone who has experience securing a cloud-native environment, and, in particular, in embedding security and privacy standards in engineering functions. You should also be comfortable automating security and privacy engineering and performing various security assessments.

What excites you 

• Developing high-quality code for extensive tasks, showcasing proficiency in leading systems and architecture design independently. 
• Leading the design and documentation processes for complex tasks, breaking them down into manageable segments for team collaboration while also handling the most challenging portions.
• Contributing significantly to the company-wide systems architecture, impacting the organisation's technological landscape.
• Providing guidance to developers and architects on secure coding methodologies, architectural design, and security best practices, fostering a culture of excellence within the team.
• Overseeing the vulnerability management program, conducting routine assessments, prioritising resolutions, and tracking progress towards securing systems.
• Demonstrating advanced proficiency in security testing, ensuring comprehensive evaluations of system, application, and network security postures.
• Creating and maintaining robust security policies, procedures, and guidelines for effective programme management.

What excites us  

• Experience in cloud-based application and infrastructure security - especially, DevSecOps
• Background in threat modelling and security architecture/secure design
• Awareness of or exposure to security and privacy standards, such as ISO27001, SOC1, CyberEssentials, GDPR, or similar
• Nice to have: Cybersecurity certifications, such as CISSP, CEH, Professional Cloud Security Engineer, or similar
• Technical experience in working with cloud computing providers such as GCP or AWS
• Technical leadership qualities -  setting direction alongside the managers and supporting the security team in technical development. 

Base salary range: €40,000 to €60,000 gross annually

Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data.  Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.

The role

As a Product Security Engineer, you will enable development teams to take ownership of the security and privacy of their product by collaborating to set requirements and standards, performing design reviews and vulnerability assessments, and helping build security controls. You will also work closely with the dedicated Security Operations and Security Engineering teams. 

You will be someone who has experience securing a cloud-native environment, and, in particular, in embedding security and privacy standards in engineering functions. You should also be comfortable automating security and privacy engineering and performing various security assessments.

What excites you 

• Developing high-quality code for extensive tasks, showcasing proficiency in leading systems and architecture design independently. 
• Leading the design and documentation processes for complex tasks, breaking them down into manageable segments for team collaboration while also handling the most challenging portions.
• Contributing significantly to the company-wide systems architecture, impacting the organisation's technological landscape.
• Providing guidance to developers and architects on secure coding methodologies, architectural design, and security best practices, fostering a culture of excellence within the team.
• Overseeing the vulnerability management program, conducting routine assessments, prioritising resolutions, and tracking progress towards securing systems.
• Demonstrating advanced proficiency in security testing, ensuring comprehensive evaluations of system, application, and network security postures.
• Creating and maintaining robust security policies, procedures, and guidelines for effective programme management.

What excites us  

• Experience in cloud-based application and infrastructure security - especially, DevSecOps
• Background in threat modelling and security architecture/secure design
• Awareness of or exposure to security and privacy standards, such as ISO27001, SOC1, CyberEssentials, GDPR, or similar
• Nice to have: Cybersecurity certifications, such as CISSP, CEH, Professional Cloud Security Engineer, or similar
• Technical experience in working with cloud computing providers such as GCP or AWS
• Technical leadership qualities -  setting direction alongside the managers and supporting the security team in technical development. 

Base salary range: €4,133 to €6,200 gross monthly

Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data.  Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.