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Western Union · 1 day ago

Senior Software Engineer

Atlanta, GA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$120K/yr - $150K/yr

3+ years exp

Western Union is a globally diverse organization that develops products to connect millions of users globally. In this role, you will lead the design of critical platforms, focusing on engineering interfaces and driving innovation while collaborating with various teams to align with strategic goals.

Financial ExchangesFinancial ServicesInternetMobile PaymentsPayments

No H1B

Responsibilities

Design and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure application and service architectures

Collaborate with the product team to define solutions for compliance back-office projects

Guide and support cross-functional developer teams

Collaborate with Product Managers, QA, DevOps, and UX to ensure smooth delivery

Drive engineering excellence through agile practices, code reviews, and continuous improvement

Develop, implement, maintain, and improve software

Ensure software functionality with focus on code optimization and organization

Recommend improvements to existing software

Troubleshoot application issues and coordinate resolution with operations, functional, and technical teams

Lead development team across geographically distributed structure

Review design and code from scrum teams and enforce service level standards

Work independently on complex projects

Qualification

Microservices architectureJava Spring BootCloud architecture (AWS)Agile developmentAPIs for web/mobileCommunication skillsCollaboration skillsDecision-making skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

Bachelor's in computer science or related field with 3+ years of experience, or Master's degree with 2+ years

Hands-on technical lead with experience designing and implementing large-scale microservices

Experience in modern programming languages and frameworks (Java Spring Boot, DynamoDB/Postgres, Kafka, Redis, Apache Camel) and standard design patterns for microservices

Ability to understand business and contribute to technology direction that drives measurable improvements

Strong decision-making, communication, and collaboration skills

Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, OOP, and OOA/D

Ability to assess business needs and provide creative, effective solutions aligned with emerging technology standards

Experience building microservices-based architectures and platforms deployed at scale

Experience building enterprise-scale APIs for web and mobile applications

Experience with agile development, Test Driven Development (TDD), and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

Experience in cloud (AWS) architecture design and implementation