OptioPay — Behind the scenes

Founded: 2014
Tech stack: JavaScript, Go, React, Redux, Docker, Kubernetes
Employees(#): 50 (20 techies)
Headquarters: Berlin

Now it’s time to tell everything about OptioPay! What problem are you solving?

OptioPay is a payment processor with a difference. Our mission is to integrate payments to employees or customers with effective marketing to create a completely new, performance based, advertising channel. For recipients we offer flexibility and value by offering diverse payout options.

Our company, backed by international venture capitalists and banks, is based in Berlin with a talented team of 50 hailing from no less than 20 nations. All possess exceptional drive and exceptional passion to change how people receive money. To this end we have created the first payment solution software for marketing payouts and aim to become the #1 processor for
companies paying individuals. How? By offering lower costs to senders, greater value & flexibility torecipients and an untapped new channel for advertisers.

What do you do and makes your service exciting?

We unlock the potential of payouts and create benefits for everyone by giving choice at the moment of payout!

What kind of talent are you looking for?

We are looking for people who are passionate about innovation, keen to learn and share, and ready to change the world with us!

Can you describe the work environment at OptioPay?

At OptioPay, we value Mastery, Empowerment, Trust, Quality and Focus on Goals. We are a very agile and collaborative team and a close and caring family……working in the HIGHEST office building in Berlin! You cannot have a better view than ours except on the top floor of the Berlin TV Tower!

We engage employees all kinds of decision making process. We encourage a learning and sharing culture by offering annual training budget and internal knowledge sharing projects eg.

OptioAcademy and internal meetups. We constantly improve the communication by having regular 1:1s, structured feedback talks and monthly engagement survey. We promote a “Work Smart”, “Play
Hard” spirit by offering various team events, eg. office yoga, lasertec, wine tasting, karaoke night.

Last but not least, we are dedicated to create a fair and friendly working environment for female employees. 40% of the management team are female. We also organise monthly “Women Power Lunch” to support each other at work.

What growth opportunities do you offer to your employees?

You are always encouraged to take the measures to step out your comfort zone and go beyond your limit. We offer training budget, flexible working hours, great mentors to help you achieve your goal.

What’s the tech scene like in Germany? Are you happy to have started OptioPay there?

Berlin is a f**king Silicon Valley!

Prove that you’re The One. What would attract candidates to work for you?

Join us, so that you will
- work in a tightly knit team of experienced professionals with lots of interesting challenges to dive into
- work with a modern technology stack
- have extensive individual responsibility and personal support to grow professionally
- become part of a talented multinational team of 50 working in Berlin
- learn and share knowledge via our semi-monthly knowledge sharing project, OptioAcademy
- work at the prime office location — top floor of the city’s tallest building, the best view in Berlin!
- enjoy various fun events (weekly team lunch, Friday after work drinks and BBQ, OptioAcademy, Meetups) — EUR 2,000 annual training budget for conferences, books, trainings, etc.
- have free educational library, breakfast, drinks and fruit to keep energy levels high
- have your choice of hardware and software

What’s the future of tech careers?

We think that tech careers will evolve and converge into more full-stack, user-centric, security-oriented mix of needed skills.