Staff Software Engineer - Fullstack

Our client is an American multinational financial technology company operating an online payments system in the majority of countries that support online money transfers, and serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods such as checks and money orders. The company operates as a payment processor for online vendors, auction sites and many other commercial users, for which it charges a fee.

They are championing possibilities for all by making money fast, easy, and more enjoyable. Their hope is to unlock opportunities for people in their everyday lives and empower the millions of people and businesses around the world who trust, rely, and use their services.

Responsibilities: 

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. 
• Demonstrate end-to-end ownership of features, projects, modules, and services that you and your team deliver in all phases of the software development lifecycle. 
• Lead your team’s design and implementation of end-to-end solutions towards client-side applications using JavaScript, Node.js, React, GraphQL, and other relevant technologies. 
• Lead architectural discussions and contribute to the overall technical direction of the client-side applications, advocating for best practices and innovative solutions. 
• Optimize software performance, identifying and resolving bottlenecks via monitoring, logging, and metrics to enhance the user experience. 
• Act as a strong advocate for clean, scalable, high-performing, secure, and reliable software services, in all areas, including coding, documentation, automation, etc. 
• Identify and implement critical non-functional requirements (Availability, Security, Performance, Scalability, and Observability), and improve automated test strategies, build and deploy processes to enable speedy and reliable continuous integration. 
• Collaborate with other development teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of client-side applications, automating and enhancing build, test, and deployment processes. 
• Communicate effectively with all technical and non-technical partners and stakeholders (Architecture, Developer Experience, Product, Design, Analytics, Legal, Marketing, etc.) as well as within your team to ensure shared understanding around the new products and features under consideration. 
• Conduct formal and informal code reviews, providing constructive feedback to team members to ensure code quality and adherence to clean and scalable coding principles. 
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering their professional growth and promoting a collaborative and knowledge-sharing environment. 
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry standards, tools, and technologies related to client-side development, observability, and DevOps practices, and drive their adoption within the team. 
• Participate in program planning, influencing the product and technology roadmap and driving outcomes. 

Requirements: 

• 6+ years of professional experience in software development, with a strong emphasis on the development of large-scale and performant Web applications. 
• High proficiency in JavaScript, Node.js, React, GraphQL, or similar frameworks and libraries.  
• Solid understanding of the possibilities and limitations of the modern web across all device types and form factors  
• Experience in building responsive, accessible, and mobile-friendly user interfaces  
• Strong attention to detail, as well as a passion for delivering high-quality software solutions and compelling customer experiences 
• Strong problem-solving skills, possessing the ability to work independently or collaboratively to analyze and address complex technical challenges  
• Ability to mentor and up level team members  
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and those in non-technical roles, such as marketing, finance, and legal 
• Experience with modern software development practices, version control systems, and agile methodologies