Staff Software Engineer II

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop products that perform at scale with high availability, fault tolerance, and automated failover capabilities
• Define complete technical solutions for complex business problems, drive architectural designs, and partner with Principal Engineers during Discovery phases
• Write clean, reusable, testable code and advocate for technical improvements through peer code reviews
• Coach and mentor team members to enhance their effectiveness and technical skills
• Identify and prioritize technical improvements, influence enterprise-wide practices, and bring substantive ideas to leadership
• Proactively influence design to achieve best practices and advocate for technical improvements on the product
• Contribute to conversations about technical decisions, resulting in changes to standards within a team, and create influence through peer code reviews
• Show initiative and independently execute process improvements for the team
• Drive architectural designs for product features and produce artifacts as part of Discovery phase partnering with Principal Engineers
• Communicate with senior stakeholders within the enterprise on matters that require explanation, interpretation, and/or advising
• Influence parties within the enterprise to accept new concepts, practices, and approaches
• Articulate problem statements, size opportunities, and bring substantive ideas to leadership on organizational or product improvements

Requirements

• 8 years of experience in back-end engineering, including hands-on leadership roles
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Experience designing high performing APIs with less than 50ms Service Level Agreement (SLA) using Java, Spring, Spring Boot, and relational/non-relational databases
• Strong computational skills, fluent in data structures, algorithms, and design patterns
• Knowledge of computing concepts such as service-oriented architecture, REST services, fault tolerance, self-healing, network protocols, network programming, multi-threaded programming, performance, reliability, scalability, and security (OWASP)
• Ability to differentiate good and bad design and coding practices
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Self-directed, problem solving, and critical thinking skills
• Technical leadership experience in large and complex initiatives, defining and implementing solutions for business problems with many unknowns
• Ability to identify and prioritize technical improvements to deliver value while minimizing complexity
• Experience guiding technical conversations towards optimal solutions and reducing information asymmetry
• Partnering with peers to identify and prioritize technical improvements backed by data and industry trends
• Deep passion for providing high-quality customer experiences
• Familiarity with the whole web stack, including protocols and web server optimization techniques

Nice to Have

• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) including RDS and EC2
• Experience with AI/LLM tools and container-based development (Docker/Kubernetes)
• 2+ years of technology leadership experience in a modern / complex payment environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

Benefits & Perks

• Salary Range for California Residents Only: $157,030.00 to $212,000.00
• Salary Range for Illinois Residents Only: $125,100.00 to $168,900.00
• Benefits including 401k with employer match, medical, dental, vision, 12 paid holidays, sick pay, parental leave, life insurance, disability insurance, accident and illness insurance, health and dependent care flexible spending accounts, wellness benefits, and flexible time off