Sr Software Engineer

Western Union•Austin, TX

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Senior Software Engineer – Austin, TX Are you ready to help modernize a software engineering organization that develops products to connect millions of users globally? Are you interested in joining a globally diverse organization where our unique contributions are recognized and celebrated, allowing each of us to thrive? Then it’s time to join Western Union as a Senior Software Engineer, Digital Platform! Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Western Union will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position. Western Union powers your pursuit. In this role, you will be responsible for design and delivery of scalable, cloud-native microservices powering Western Union’s digital platform.

Requirements

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.

Nice To Haves

Experience in FinTech industry
Experience in building external customer-facing applications with open-source technologies and understanding of front-end tech stack

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