3 months ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Responsibilities
- Rearchitect the monolithic payment system into a cloud-native, microservices-based architecture using domain-driven design.
- Design and implement highly resilient, scalable, reliable, and highly available payment-system components.
- Use Kubernetes for container orchestration and management.
- Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting mechanisms for system performance and availability.
- Drive adoption of DevOps principles, CI/CD, and seamless integration and deployment practices.
- Evaluate technologies, tools, frameworks, and cloud approaches for the payment infrastructure.
- Collaborate with software engineers, architects, product managers, and other cross-functional teams.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior team members.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of software engineering experience.
- At least 5 years of experience rearchitecting large-scale monolithic applications into cloud-native architectures.
- Strong Kubernetes experience is required.
- At least 5 years of programming experience with languages such as Java, Python, or Node.js, plus modern frameworks and libraries.
- At least 3 years of experience with DevOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools.
- At least 3 years of experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, including serverless architectures, containers, and orchestration.
- At least 3 years of experience in the payment domain.
- At least 2 years of experience with payment industry standards, protocols, and security best practices.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
Benefits
- Fully remote position.
- Available as either a W2 or 1099 engagement.
- Open to U.S. citizens only.
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About Ascending
ASCENDING Inc. is an IT services firm that designs, builds, and operates cloud solutions for enterprises, with a focus on AWS, DevOps, and application modernization. The company delivers consulting and engineering services—including migrations, Kubernetes and serverless implementations—and staffs technical roles for client projects. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Merrifield, Virginia, it is privately held.