Software Engineer, Xplor

• 1 to 5 years of hands-on experience developing Java-based web applications in an agile environment and is familiar with SCRUM activities
• Familiar with, or has foundational knowledge of: Spring framework, Spring Boot, Junit, Maven and RabbitMQ
• Experience with distributed system architecture environment, RESTful services, and SQL database
• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, and communication skills
• You align with our core values and you’re simply a good human
• You’re comfortable asking questions and working through ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
• Comfortable with software development with Visual Studio Code
• Able to work remotely and have a dedicated work space
• A strong desire to learn new technologies and demonstrate a "growth mindset"
• Show initiative & ownership, and demonstrate a bias for action

Desirable

• You’ll join the Xplor Pay development team, which provides a payment gateway that integrators, partners, and merchants utilize. Whether small and independent or large franchises, we build services that customers can rely on
• You will be reporting to the Senior Manager of Software Engineering. You will be involved in the entire software development lifecycle, working with Product Owners, Business Analysts and others to help deliver and support the functionalities for our Payment Gateway
• We are looking for a Java/Spring Boot developer to help maintain and grow our fleet of microservices. While Java represents most of our core services, we also have solutions written in JavaScript/Angular 9+. A candidate should exhibit the ability to contribute to solutions not in their core competency (i.e. Java)
• Write well-designed, testable, efficient code and automated tests
• Support and resolve production issues
• Participate in technical design discussions and contribute to architectural decisions
• Participate in peer reviews for work of other members of the development team, providing appropriate feedback and challenge or inquire about changes — to help us, as a team, ensure that project conventions are adhered to and that requirements are correctly implemented
• Write and maintain unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
• Review functional and technical documentation and improve where needed
• Contribute to analysis of software projects including performance, diagnosis, and troubleshooting
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (QA, DevOps, Product) throughout the development lifecycle
• Create and maintain documentation for developed APIs
• Apply design patterns and best practices as needed
• Have a keen eye for improving scalability, performance, security, and reliability
• Participate in on-call rotations to support the production environment — usually a 2-week rotation (with support and shadowing as needed)
• Actively participate in mentorship programs and receive guidance from senior engineers, in order to grow your depth of knowledge