Junior Software Engineer-Global Payments Engineering

Is this role right for you?

Day-to-Day

• Be at the forefront of technology and enable your team to be a highly functioning technology power house that enables transformation.
• Advanced knowledge in multiple system/application areas of increasing complexity
• Working knowledge of an entire application/system; Engineers software solutions that meet the needs of stakeholders while focusing on continually reducing technical debt
• Can accomplish more complex goals independently
• Identifies and manages risks versus opportunities and articulates impact towards deliverables
• Actively participates in customer discovery and solution discovery sessions
• Participates in merging, integrating, versioning, and promoting code through environments and version control
• Triaging and problem-solving production incidents to restore services with follow up on root cause and restore efforts
• Collaborates to provide estimation and break down of work to enable small and frequent releases to production
• Proactively provide guidance and recommendation for the software design
• Actively participates in knowledge exchange forums (i.e. Engineering Communities of Practice, Industry Forums, Open Source Communities, Universities, etc.)
• Consistently demonstrates behaviours aligned with the organizations valued mindsets
• Embrace and initiate change for continuous improvement

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role?

• Desire for innovation and drive for innovation through problem solving, leveraging resourcefulness as a key skill; have a learning mindset while intrinsically motivated to learning new tools and techniques
• Technical understanding – as a standard Software Engineer there will be expectations that you are able to lead technical discussions, challenge design and strategy
• Familiarity with at least one programming language such as Java, JavaScript, Python
• Basic understanding of relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Understanding of CI/CD and version control (Git)
• Interest in cloud platforms such as GCP and Azure.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Eager to learn and grow in a collaborative environment.
• Use of analytics to enable day-to-day conversations and decision making
• Good to have experience and/or certifications with Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, or other cloud-based development stacks
• Good to have experience with containerization and orchestration (such as Docker, Kubernetes) and DevOp tools (such as Bitbucket, Git, Ansible, Jenkins)
• Familiar with languages, frameworks, and databases (such as Java/Spring, Node.js/Express.js, Python, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DB2)
• Leveraging Google based AI tools

What's in it for you?

• Inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success
• You'll work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world
• We hire you for your talent — not just a job — so you can grow with us. We’ll equip you for success not only in your role, but also in your career as a whole
• Dress codes don't apply here: being comfortable and performance does
• Access to thousands of online and in-person courses so you can hone your current skills, or learn new ones
• A competitive rewards package that includes a base salary, a performance bonus, company matching programs on pension and profit sharing, paid vacation, personal & sick days, medical, vision, and dental and much more