Associate, Solution Engineering – Pune, India

Associate, Solution Engineering – Pune, India

Are you passionate about leveraging your development expertise to drive a team toward success? Do you want to contribute to transforming the customer experience at Western Union by making cross-currency and cross-border money transfers seamless for millions of users? If so, join us as an Associate in Solution Engineering.

Western Union powers your pursuit

As a vital part of our engineering team, you will play a key role in developing and implementing innovative software solutions, maintaining and optimizing existing systems, and ensuring efficient code performance. You’ll also be responsible for troubleshooting application issues and collaborating with operations, functional, and technical teams to resolve them effectively.

Role Responsibilities

• Leverage strong technical skills to assess business needs and deliver innovative, effective solutions aligned with emerging technology standards.

• Collaborate seamlessly with engineers across geographically distributed development centers.

• Apply Agile methodologies and adhere to the Definition of Done (DoD) process to ensure high-quality deliverables, maintaining 80% unit test coverage and 70% integration test coverage.

• Architect, design, and implement complex, multi-tiered distributed software systems across all phases of the software development lifecycle.

• Develop in-depth technical and domain expertise to solve challenging product issues.

• Conduct thorough code reviews to ensure high-quality standards.

• Estimate engineering efforts, plan implementations, and lead application rollouts with cross-functional impact.

• Provide engineering support during releases and assist in troubleshooting.

• Mentor and coach junior associates to foster growth and development within the team.

Role Requirements

• B.E. / B.Tech. / MCA in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

• Minimum of 4 years of hands-on software development experience.

• Expertise in Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Microservices, XML, web technologies, and web services.

• Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, OOP principles, and object-oriented analysis/design (OOA/D).

• Knowledge of AWS/Cloud technologies.

• Proven ability to assess business needs and deliver creative, compliant solutions in line with emerging tech standards.

• Strong teamwork, analytical, and communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, iterative development environment and adapt to changing business priorities.

• Experience with unit testing, mocking frameworks, and a solid grasp of testing best practices.

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. Learn more about our purpose and people at https://careers.westernunion.com/.

Benefits

You 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(https://careers.westernunion.com/global-benefits/). 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 India specific benefits include:

• Employees Provident Fund [EPF]

• Gratuity Payment

• Public holidays

• Annual Leave, Sick leave, Compensatory leave, and Maternity / Paternity leave

• Annual Health Check up

• Hospitalization Insurance Coverage (Mediclaim)

• Group Life Insurance, Group Personal Accident Insurance Coverage, Business Travel Insurance

• Cab Facility

• Relocation Benefit

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.

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

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Estimated Job Posting End Date:

11-22-2024

This application window is a good-faith estimate of the time that this posting will remain open. This posting will be promptly updated if the deadline is extended or the role is filled.