Senior Full Stack Software Engineer I, Payments Platform

The Opportunity:

We, at Flywire, are looking for an experienced Senior Full Stack Software Engineer I, Payments Platform, ideally with a background in FinTech. Your primary responsibility will be to build and maintain the platform that supports the money movement of our industry leading payment engine moving hundreds of millions everyday..

You will be joining a team in charge of designing new functionalities and improving the current capabilities to improve speed, cost and scalability of our product. Thus, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, pragmatic design, building quality products and to convey the sensation that the product is the responsibility of all the team is essential. You will be responsible for ensuring high quality code in a team defined timeframe.

• Write clean, high quality, testable, secure, maintainable and extendable code

• Solve items such as challenging bugs and production issues within the development environment

• Work on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.

• Exercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results

• Understand scalability and performance status and make improvement for scalability

• Drive change and improvement in all phases of the development lifecycle

• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications

• Contribute to the product vision by collaborating with Product Managers and stakeholders and teams across engineering, product and design.

• Work collaboratively with teams across the globe by understanding their needs

• Help your fellow developers to continue growing their skills

Qualifications

Here’s What We’re Looking For:

• 10+ years of experience in application development.

• Experience working as a Java developer is required, with Ruby experience highly valued.

• Expertise in web services, REST architecture.

• Experience in designing, developing and supporting scalable, performant and reliable services and distributed systems

• Product oriented mindset

• Prior experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure etc.

• Understanding of o11y principles and tools

• Understanding of relational databases

• Strong understanding of object-oriented fundamentals

• Great understanding of the other disciplines in the cross functional team: QAs, Product and SREs

• Fluent in English, as it is the company’s working language

• Experience in FinTech or the payment industry will be appreciated

• The ability to deliver high quality code and learn quickly

• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross functional teams including product and support

Technologies We Use:

• Java and Ruby

• React

• JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3 

• System management: Linux, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Sidekiq, AMQP, ElasticSearch,

• Cloud platform: AWS

• Gitlab

Additional Information

Our Culture:

• We are a global company. Our engineering team is distributed across 3 continents and 4 different countries so remote work is allowed!

• Our engineering practice is shaped around concepts including Agile, Lean, and Extreme Programming. Each team has a high level of autonomy to organize themselves in the way they consider more appropriate to execute their mission.

• We actively engage in knowledge sharing by hosting internal cross-discipline events.

• We are active in contributing to open source whenever possible.

• We contribute to our local communities by hosting different events, Meetups, etc

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation, including Restricted Stock Units 

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

• Flying Start - Our immersive Global Induction Program (Meet our Execs & Global Teams)

• Work with brilliant people that will keep you on your toes, learn more about their journeys by checking out #InsideFlywire on social media

• Dynamic & Global Team (we have been collaborating virtually for years!)

• Wellbeing Programs (Mental Health, Wellness, Yoga/Pilates/HIIT Classes) with Global FlyMates 

• Be a meaningful part in our success - every FlyMate makes an impact

• Competitive time off including FlyBetter Days to volunteer in a cause you believe in and Digital Disconnect Days!

• Great Talent & Development Programs (Managers Taking Flight – for new or aspiring managers!)

Submit today and get started!

We are excited to get to know you! Throughout our process you can expect to meet with different FlyMates including the Hiring Manager, Peers on the team, the VP of the department, and a skills assessment. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will walk you through the steps and be your “go-to” person for any questions.

Flywire is an equal opportunity employer. With over 40 nationalities across 12 different offices, and diversity and inclusion at the core of our people agenda, we believe our FlyMates are our greatest asset, and we’re excited to watch our unique culture evolve with each new hire.