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Western Union · 1 day ago

Sr Software Engineer

Austin, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$105K/yr - $125K/yr

5+ years exp

Western Union is a global leader in financial services, seeking to modernize its software engineering organization. The Senior Software Engineer will design and deliver scalable, cloud-native microservices for the company's digital platform.

Financial ExchangesFinancial ServicesInternetMobile PaymentsPayments

No H1B

Responsibilities

Develop and implement new software, maintain and improve existing software

Ensure that software functionality is implemented with a focus on code optimization and organization

Recommend improvements to existing software programs

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

Work as service lead with development team across geographically distributed structure

Review design and code from different scrum teams and ensure service level standards are enforced

Provide coaching to Junior engineers on the team

Works independently on complex projects

Qualification

Microservices architectureJava Spring BootCloud (AWS)Agile methodologiesAPIs developmentData structuresCommunication skillsCollaboration skillsDecision-making skills

Required

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis

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

Master's or bachelor's degree in computer science or related fields with 5+ years of professional experience

Demonstrated experience in modern programming languages and frameworks (Java Spring boot, DynamoDB/Postgres, Kafka, Redis, Apache Camel) and standard design patterns for implementing microservices

Proven ability to understand business and ability to contribute to technology direction that drives measurable business improvements

Excellent decision-making, communication, and collaboration skills

Excellent understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, OOPs, and OOA/D

Demonstrated capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards

Hands-on experience in building microservices based architecture and platform developed and deployed at scale

Hands-on experience building enterprise scale APIs used by web and mobile applications

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

Experience in Cloud (AWS) based architecture designs and implementations