Software Engineer (Java)

Xplor • Atlanta, GA

5d • $80,000 - $100,000 • Remote

About The Position

Take a seat on the Xplor Pay rocket ship and join us as a Software Engineer (Junior to Mid-Level) to help people succeed across the world. From dropping your kids off at childcare, getting something at home repaired, going to the gym or a fitness studio, to picking up your dry cleaning — our software, payments, and commerce-enabling solutions help everyday life businesses to overcome obstacles and form great relationships with their customers. You’ll join the Xplor Pay development team, which provides a payment gateway that integrators, partners, and merchants utilize. Whether small and independent or large franchises, we build services that customers can rely on. You will be reporting to the Senior Manager of Software Engineering. You will be involved in the entire software development lifecycle, working with Product Owners, Business Analysts and others to help deliver and support the functionalities for our Payment Gateway. We are looking for a Java/Spring Boot developer to help maintain and grow our fleet of microservices. While Java represents most of our core services, we also have solutions written in JavaScript/Angular 9+. A candidate should exhibit the ability to contribute to solutions not in their core competency (i.e. Java).

Requirements

• 1 to 5 years of hands-on experience developing Java-based web applications in an agile environment and is familiar with SCRUM activities.
• Familiar with, or has foundational knowledge of: Spring framework, Spring Boot, Junit, Maven and RabbitMQ.
• Experience with distributed system architecture environment, RESTful services, and SQL database.
• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, and communication skills.
• You align with our core values and you’re simply a good human.
• You’re comfortable asking questions and working through ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable with software development with Visual Studio Code.
• Able to work remotely and have a dedicated work space.
• A strong desire to learn new technologies and demonstrate a "growth mindset".
• Show initiative & ownership, and demonstrate a bias for action.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience working with payment gateways.
• Experience with JavaScript.
• Experience with Mobile development.
• Experience with Copilot or other AI tools as part of software development process.
• Experience with NoSQL databases.
• Experience working in a CI/CD environment.

Responsibilities

• Write well-designed, testable, efficient code and automated tests.
• Support and resolve production issues
• Participate in technical design discussions and contribute to architectural decisions.
• Participate in peer reviews for work of other members of the development team, providing appropriate feedback and challenge or inquire about changes — to help us, as a team, ensure that project conventions are adhered to and that requirements are correctly implemented.
• Write and maintain unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
• Review functional and technical documentation and improve where needed.
• Contribute to analysis of software projects including performance, diagnosis, and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (QA, DevOps, Product) throughout the development lifecycle.
• Create and maintain documentation for developed APIs.
• Apply design patterns and best practices as needed.
• Have a keen eye for improving scalability, performance, security, and reliability.
• Participate in on-call rotations to support the production environment — usually a 2-week rotation (with support and shadowing as needed).
• Actively participate in mentorship programs and receive guidance from senior engineers, in order to grow your depth of knowledge.

Benefits

• Paid parental leave benefits program
• #GiveBackDays/Commitment to social impact – 3 extra days off to volunteer and give back to your local community
• Learning resources available to continue to develop your skills and career development
• Ongoing dedication to Diversity & Inclusion initiatives such as D&I Council, Global Mentorship Program
• Access to free mental health support
• Flexible working arrangements

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed