Staff Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer (Staff)  – Austin, TX (Hybrid)

Are you a great developer who can help a transforming engineering team?  Do you want to be at the forefront of shaping our global platforms through the standardization and simplification of multiple complex interfacing platforms?  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!

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 including student visa.

Western Union powers your pursuit. 

In this role, you will integrate and deploy highly scalable software platforms to meet Western Union’s strategic initiatives. You will constantly pursue and learn innovative solutions, build awareness of open-source technologies and communities that enable high-volume low-latency systems. 

Role Responsibilities

• Demonstrate strong capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative & effective solutions in conformance to emerging standards.
• Maintain effective communication with clients, business and partners as needed.
• Interface and collaborate with other engineers in geographically distributed development centers
• Strong emphasis on customer journey, product quality, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and continuous development
• Design layered application, including user interface, business functionality, and database access
• Apply Agile methodology daily & follow Definition of Done (DoD) process for better quality by maintaining 80% unit & 70% integration test coverage
• Define, design, and implement complex, multi-tier distributed software systems throughout all phases of the software development process
• Develop technical & domain expertise and apply to solving product challenges
• Troubleshoot application issues and coordinate issue resolution with operations, functional, and technical teams

Role Requirements

• Bachelor's/Masters, in Computer Science and Engineering, Math, Physics, Statistics or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in software engineering and architecture experience in a fast-paced corporate environment.
• Strong communication skills with ability to interact with partners globally.
• Comprehensive experience in Java, HTML, XML, Web 2.0, AJAX, REST, JSON Web Services, No-SQL & SQL Databases.
• Experience generating technical requirements, functional solution development, and documentation
• Experience with architecture design concepts and techniques and the ability to communicate and evangelize those concepts to a broad-based team.
• Understanding of various development methodologies, including Agile, Scaled Agile, Traditional Waterfall and Iterative Development Methods (Unified Process and Agile)
• Ability to make the development and architecture teams operate efficiently using best practices, processes and tools.
• Strong problem-solving skills, ability to triage technical issues and drive resolution with cross functional teams. Thrives on working under pressure in a fast-paced multi-project environment. 

Pluses include:

• The following experience are considered pluses:  EAI products from TIBCO, IBM, Oracle, MuleSoft, WSO2, JMS, Kafka, middleware technologies and event based/Rule based platforms.

• Hands on experience integrating with banks, acquirers and processors in an ecommerce environment.
• Have proven experience in working with a team of engineers and Service providers in a geographically. distributed structure.
• Strong communication skills with ability to interact with partners globally.

We make financial services accessible to humans everywhere. Join us for what’s next. 

Western Union is positioned to become the world’s most accessible financial services company —transforming lives and communities. We’re a diverse and passionate customer-centric team of over 8,000 employees serving 200 countries and territories, reaching customers and receivers around the globe. More than moving money, we design easy-to-use products and services for our digital and physical financial ecosystem that help our customers move forward. 

Just as we help our global customers prosper, we support our employees in achieving their professional aspirations. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as receive a great compensation package. If you’re ready to help drive the future of financial services, it’s time for Western Union