Card payment terminals, online payments and POS for independent UK businesses
takepayments provides card terminals, online payments and POS systems to small independent merchants. Job posts point to an engineering push around payment gateway resilience and uptime, plus a modernisation of the Storman platform into a SaaS web product on a .NET, Java, AWS, Kubernetes and Terraform stack. Sales-weighted, accelerating hiring alongside BDR buildout suggests a renewed acquisition drive.
Notable leadership hires: Product Marketing Director, Lead Administrator
takepayments Limited is a Stockport-based payments provider, founded in 1995 and operating as part of Global Payments. It sells card terminals, online payment tools and point-of-sale systems to independent businesses, pairing products with ongoing customer support. The company employs between 201 and 500 people and is privately held. Its hiring footprint spans the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Poland, Mexico and the United States, covering sales, engineering, finance, operations and product functions.
takepayments runs on AWS with C#, .NET, Java and Python, using Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab, Harness and SonarQube for delivery, plus Salesforce, SQL Server, Oracle Fusion and Dynamics 365 for business systems.
takepayments is headquartered in Stockport, United Kingdom, and also hires in New Zealand, Poland, Mexico and the United States.
Current initiatives include the Merchantware payment gateway, modernising the Storman platform into a SaaS web product, new product launches, BDR expansion and AI-assisted development workflows.
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