Optimal Payments Plc (LSE: OPAY), a leading provider of online payments,  won three awards at the Prepaid365 Awards 2012  yesterday.
The Net+ Prepaid MasterCard® was selected as the winner in three major categories: Best General Spend Prepaid Card, Best Gaming Prepaid Card and Best Free Prepaid Card categories. This is the fourth consecutive year of wining the Best Gaming Prepaid Card award for Net+.
The Net+ Prepaid MasterCard® was also named runner up in four categories: Best Prepaid Card Website; Best Prepaid Card Design; Best Privacy Prepaid Card; and Best Online Shopping Prepaid Card. This recognition by consumers improves upon the performance achieved in 2011.
This is the fourth year of the Prepaid365 Consumer Awards, with over 86 prepaid card entries across 22 categories being voted for by over 345,000 consumer respondents. Prepaid365 is the UK’s leading prepaid card comparison website and has been at the forefront of raising consumer awareness of the prepaid card product and industry. The full list of winners is available here: http://www.prepaid365.com/buzz/prepaidcards/news/
Optimal Payments has a long standing track record in delivering innovative and customised solutions for its customers, bringing together the payments, fraud and risk management and technology solutions required for today's fast-moving markets. The Net+ Prepaid MasterCard®, linked to the NETELLER eWallet account, remains one of the leading prepaid cards available to consumers today in nearly 100 countries.

Danny Chazonoff, Chief Operating Officer at Optimal Payments, commented:
“We are delighted that the Net+ Prepaid MasterCard has been recognised – again – by consumers as the best general spend, best gaming, and best free prepaid card in the market. Our commitment to continued investment in innovative product developments is unrivalled in the industry and the fact that these awards are voted by consumers is a wonderful commendation of our prepaid card offering.”

To view the latest job from Optimal Payments, go to
http://www.cardandpaymentjobs.com/hot/jobs/software-developer-3016.htm

Optimal Payments recruiting Software Developer - Cambridge based

Optimal Payments specializes in high security payment gateway and money transfer services through its NETBANX and NETELLER platforms, giving merchants and consumers the freedom to safely manage and move their money online. We are a market leading international payments provider that offers innovative payments solutions that help reduce fraud, increase conversions and revenues.

Role Summary:

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Perl Developer to help build and integrate focused, finance-based products into e-commerce and banking payment systems. This role reports to the Lead Developer and will interact closely with several internal departments and end users in the UK as well as in North America, and will liaise with merchants and integrated third parties and banks.

Primary duties and key performance targets will include:

- Development of new products and applications
- Support and maintenance of existing applications
- Resolution of queries and tickets from internal and external users

Technical Requirements:

- Experience as a software developer
- Perl 5, DBI, POD, Linux, a version control system
- MVC frameworks, ORM, SOAP/XML-RPC, JSON, IPC
- Excellent (X)HTML, Document Object Model, Web Standards
- In Depth knowledge of Cascading style sheets
- Excellent JavaScript, AJAX and JQuery
- Multi Browser development
- Awareness of web accessibility
- Awareness of workflows and user experience patterns
- Ability to clearly estimate effort
- Clearly translate customer requirements into deliverables
- Creation of custom graphics from scratch

Preferable skills:
- JSON and XML familiarity
- Data presentation skills (Graphs, Tables, Charts)
- Application interface design skills
- Any financial systems experience
- Knowledge of PCI practices an advantage.
- Knowledge of card or payment processing an advantage
- Knowledge of APACS70 or ISO8583 an advantage

Personal Attributes:

- A versatile problem solver who can work efficiently under pressure.
- Demonstrated team spirit and ability to work in a small group.
- Willing to work extended or occasionally unsociable hours.
- Able to pick up new disciplines quickly and support other technology specialists.
- Strong attention to detail and good communications skills.
- Organised.
- Must be approachable and open to alternative points of view.
- Must be unafraid to stand their own ground and escalate problems and obstructions to management.

Working Conditions (hours/locations):

The working hours will be 09.00 – 17.30 Monday to Friday. This full-time position will be based out of Optimal Payments’ Cambridge office. The expected start date is as soon as possible.
To apply click on the link: http://www.cardandpaymentjobs.com/hot/jobs/software-developer-3016.htm