Senior Full Stack Software Engineer I, Payments Platform

Overview Are you ready to trade your job for a journey? Become a FlyMate! Passion, excitement & global collaboration are core to being a FlyMate. At Flywire, we're on a mission to deliver the world's most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage — the combination of our next-gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software — to help clients get paid and to help their customers pay with ease, no matter where they are in the world. What more do we need to truly be unstoppable? Perhaps, that is you! Who we are Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company founded to solve high-stakes, high-value payments in higher education. We've since scaled into new regions and industry verticals and expanded our product offerings to deliver meaningful value to our clients around the world. Today we support more than 4,800 clients across the global education, healthcare, travel & B2B industries, with diverse payment methods across 240 countries & territories and more than 140 currencies. With over 1,200 global FlyMates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 12 offices worldwide, we're looking for FlyMates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow. 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 every day. You will join a team responsible for designing new functionalities and improving current capabilities to enhance speed, cost, and scalability. A commitment to collaborative problem solving, pragmatic design, building quality products, and sharing product ownership across the team is essential. You will be responsible for ensuring high-quality code within a defined timeframe. Responsibilities 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 improvements 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 fellow developers grow their skills Qualifications 6+ 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 observability principles and tools Understanding of relational databases Strong understanding of object-oriented fundamentals Great understanding of 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 Agile, Lean, and Extreme Programming. Each team has a high level of autonomy to organize themselves in the way they consider most 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 Work with brilliant people that will keep you on your toes Dynamic & Global Team 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 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. J-18808-Ljbffr