VGS

Sr. Software Engineer

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11 months ago

Base Salary

$140k - $230k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and optimize high-availability Java microservices for the Payments Acceptance platform and Value-Added Services.
  • Develop automated, self-healing services using infrastructure automation, modern delivery pipelines, and reliability practices.
  • Configure and maintain Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry telemetry tooling to identify performance bottlenecks.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and lead blameless post-mortems to improve system reliability.
  • Build and adopt internal Golden Paths that streamline software delivery and improve engineering velocity.
  • Mentor mid-level and junior engineers while promoting high code quality and testing standards.
  • Own service functionality end-to-end, including security, performance, low latency, and external customer traffic.
  • Integrate AI-augmented development tools and agentic workflows into software engineering practices.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of software engineering experience owning features in complex, high-throughput distributed systems and mission-critical environments.
  • Proficiency in Java and modern frameworks including Spring and Spring Boot, with strong knowledge of distributed architecture and microservices design patterns.
  • Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures, Kafka, SQS, and relational database tuning and performance optimization.
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes or EKS, and public cloud ecosystems, preferably AWS.
  • Understanding of secure coding, API security, and regulated compliance frameworks including PCI-DSS and SOC2.
  • Preferred qualifications include tokenization, payment processing, security product, or direct payments experience.
  • Preferred qualifications include experience with Network Tokens, Account Updater, or 3DS.
  • Preferred qualifications include AI developer tools or agentic automation experience and database performance tuning in high-concurrency production environments.
  • A BA/BS degree is preferred.

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