Senior Java Software Engineer - Madrid (Hybrid)Are you looking to build a career in the financial services sector as part of our Payments platform team?
Are you ready to unleash your potential in a global business that is committed to moving money for better?
Join Western Union as Senior Software Engineer, located in Madrid.Western Union powers your pursuit.In this role, you will be responsible for planning, design, implementing and maintenance of enterprise-wide on-prem and cloud-based payment platform.
You will have a working knowledge of design principlesincluding application, database, and infrastructure.
In this role you will work with engineering, product, external payment processors and cross functional teams to define and build out complex solutions driving value through new product capabilities, business optimizations and innovation.
In addition, support a research and development function within your team to explore new and innovative technology solutions, provide engineering studies and make recommendations to enhance paymentplatform.Tech Stack and Tools APIs Springboot, and Middleware technology stack Java/J2EE technologies, XML and Web Services No-SQL or SQL Databases GitLab, JIRA, OpenSearchSome knowledge in Cloudbees, Swaggerhub, Snowflake, Talend, kafka SAFe Agile framework methodologies knowledge with Test Driven Development (TDD) and CI/CD Hands on experience integrating with banks, acquirers and processors in an ecommerce environment.
Cloud development experience with AWS will be a plus.
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% - 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 it to solving product challenges.
Troubleshoot application issues and coordinate issue resolution with operations, functional, and technical teams Role Requirements + 5-7 years of experience in software engineering and architecture experience in a fast-paced corporate environment.
Bachelor's/Masters, in Computer Science and Engineering, Math, Physics, Statistics or equivalent will be a plusHigh English and Spanish level.
Ability to read/write and translate documents and all communication fluently in both languages.
Strong communication skills with ability to interact with partners globally.
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.
.Our Hybrid Work Model (Hybrid) Western Union values in-person collaboration, learning, and ideation whenever possible.
We believe this creates value through common ways of working and supports the execution of enterprise objectives which will ultimately help us achieve our strategic goals.
By connecting face-to-face, we are better able to learn from our peers, problem-solve together, and innovate.
Our Hybrid Work Model categorizes each role into one of three categories.
Western Union has determined the category of this role to be Hybrid.
This is defined as a flexible working arrangement that enables employees to divide their time between working from home and working from an office location.
The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week.BenefitsYou will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few ().
Please see the location-specific benefits below and note that your Recruiter may share additional role-specific benefits during your interview process or in an offer of employment.Your Spain specific benefits include:25 days annual leave – plus 10 public holidaysComprehensive life & medical cover – including dependents.Contributory pension planPreventative Care Assistance programLunch voucher