Software Engineer II

Description

The company supports digital payments in 200+ countries and territories, combining technology, partnerships and networks.

The data and analytics group is hiring a software engineer with experience building data-centric platforms to shape the next generation of enterprise data capabilities.

You will help launch a new platform in its early stages while also supporting an existing one that moves data securely from the company's environment into other environments.

The team is shifting from data engineering toward platform engineering. You will work with product teams, consultants, analysts and engineering partners to make enterprise data easier to exchange, discover, access and use.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable data-centric platforms, services and integrations across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Help develop a new enterprise data platform while supporting and improving the current data movement platform.
• Build data-intensive applications with Spark, Databricks and related technologies that process, transform and serve data efficiently.
• Build backend services and APIs for data onboarding, exchange, discovery and consumption.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code, and take part in code reviews, CI/CD work and engineering standards.
• Find and fix performance, reliability and scalability problems across services, APIs and data-processing workloads.
• Join system design discussions and work with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, high-quality solutions.
• Work with product, engineering, data governance, security and business stakeholders to clarify requirements and reach shared goals.
• Collaborate with teams across global time zones and keep growing your skills as the platform and team responsibilities change.

Requirements

• Hold a bachelor's or master's degree in a technical area such as computer science or engineering, or have equivalent practical experience.
• Solid grounding in software engineering, including object-oriented programming, API design, testing and scalable system design.
• Backend experience with Java is preferred; strong Python experience will also be considered.
• Hands-on Apache Spark experience building or tuning data-processing workloads.
• Experience with cloud and cloud-native technologies. AWS and Databricks experience is strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, version control, automated testing and production support.
• Experience building or contributing to data-centric platforms, distributed systems or enterprise data integration solutions.
• Strong problem-solving, collaboration and communication skills, and comfort working in an agile environment.
• Curiosity, a sense of ownership and a growth mindset, plus the ability to adjust as priorities and responsibilities take shape.
• Preferred: experience with Spring Boot.
• Preferred: front-end exposure to React or Angular.
• Preferred: experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka and Flink.
• Preferred: experience building reusable platforms that serve several products, teams or business areas.
• Preferred: exposure to adding AI-driven capabilities to data platforms with suitable governance and guardrails.

Conditions

Arlington, Virginia: $106,000 to $169,000 USD for roles performed in the US.

Base salary varies with factors such as location, job-related knowledge, skills and experience.

The company intends to fill this position by 01/21/2027. If that date passes, it will still be filled as soon as possible.

This posting reflects one or more current openings.

Everyone working for or on behalf of the company is responsible for information security. That means following security policies and practices, protecting the confidentiality and integrity of information accessed, reporting suspected violations or breaches, and completing periodic mandatory security training.

The company is an equal opportunity employer that hires the most qualified candidate without regard to protected characteristics.

Benefits

• An annual bonus or commissions may be available depending on the role.
• Full-time and certain part-time employees generally receive medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability and life insurance.
• Flexible spending account and health savings account.
• 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave.
• 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation and 5 personal days, pro-rated from the date of hire.
• 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays.
• 401k with a best-in-class company match.
• Deferred compensation for eligible roles.
• Fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities.
• Eligibility for tuition reimbursement and many more benefits.
• Interns receive 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, jury duty leave and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.