Staff Software Engineer – San Francisco

Does working for a global FinTech company passionate about protecting customers interest you? Are you looking to be responsible for influencing a multinational company's strategic thinking and defining, designing, and implementing complex, multi-tier distributed software systems throughout all phases of the software development process.? Join Western Union as Staff Software Engineering

Motivated by our values: purpose-driven, globally minded, and trustworthy & respectful.

We're a FinTech using insight from customers and colleagues worldwide to improve financial services for families, small businesses, multinational corporations, and non-profit organizations. We're a team of over 8,000 employees serving 200 countries and territories. We believe when money moves, better things happen.

Relentless pursuit of better

You will interface and collaborate with other engineers in a geographically distributed development center—design layered applications, including user interface, business functionality, and database access. Apply Agile methodology daily and follow the Definition of Done (DoD) process for better quality by maintaining 80%-unit test coverage and 70% integration test coverage. Develop technical & domain expertise and apply it to solving product challenges—through code reviews. Estimate engineering effort, plan implementation and roll out applications with cross-functional impacts. Share engineering support and release

For such a critical role you will have,
BS in Computer Science or related fields. Education or equivalent Experience is required

5+ years of professional Experience

Demonstrated Experience in modern programming languages (for example, Java and design patterns
Proven capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards
Recognized ability to work in a fast-paced, iterative development environment and adapt to changing business priorities, and thrive under pressure

Strong emphasis on the customer journey, product quality, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and continuous development

Experience with unit testing and mocking frameworks

Demonstrated working on public API. Microservices AWS

Preferred not required, Experience in:  

NoSQL experience. Agile development methodologies with Test Driven Development (TDD) and CI (Continuous Integration)/CD (Continuous Delivery). Hands-on Experience in building high performance and large-scale real-time systems that scale to billions of transactions per day

Join us, and let's connect the world 

Western Union is transforming its business and shaping the financial services sector by driving quality, convenience, and customer service to new levels of excellence. It's an exciting time for our organization as the most significant cross-border money transfer operator, trusted by millions of consumers around the world. Apply now if you're ready to unleash your potential to help drive change through bottom-up innovation.

We're a company on the move, and we want our people to grow and develop. You'll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career and a great salary and benefits package.

We are passionate about our diversity. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates our global teams' unique backgrounds and perspectives while reflecting the communities we serve. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran (U.S.) status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, in accordance with applicable laws.

The on-target earnings range is $121,583. – $167,744. Midpoint includes a base salary of $105,725 – $145,865 midpoint, short-term (15% of base), aligning with individual and company performance. Actual salaries will vary based on a candidate's qualifications, skills, and competencies. Salary is one component of the Western Union total compensation package, which includes short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, flexible time off, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few!   To view details of our benefits, visit https://mywubenefits.com/.

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