Web Developer, Shift4
Commerce-enabling technology
Job no longer available
Commerce-enabling technology
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To power commerce through our bold and determined spirit, and deliver the most trusted, comprehensive commerce experience.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of relevant experience
- Strong proficiency in PHP, JavaScript, CSS, MySQL
- Experience working with the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
- Good understanding of website speed performance optimization
- Ability to write modular, maintainable, and clean code
- Experience designing, building, and shipping websites, software, and/or mobile apps
- Ability to clearly communicate technical topics to non-technical people
- Proven ability to work well in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary team environment
- Proficiency with Git/GitLab is a nice-to-have skill
- Ability to learn, adapt, and keep an open mind toward new technologies
What the job involves
- As a Web Developer (Software Engineer) at Shift4, you’ll help shape the future of our production systems by building clean, scalable, and high-impact applications
- You’ll write and review code, contribute to architecture decisions, and drive major projects from idea to deployment in a fast-moving continuous integration environment
- Your work will power Shift4’s xDine solution—an innovative platform that transforms restaurant online ordering and remotely manages pinpads through our advanced Terminal Management System
- This is your chance to work with cutting-edge technology, solve complex challenges, and deliver solutions that directly impact how thousands of businesses serve their customers every day
- Contribute stable, well-written code to the production system
- Provide detailed feedback for colleagues via code reviews to ensure code quality
- Begin learning and understanding new languages or frameworks
- Deploy multiple builds to a continuous integration pipeline with minimal issues
- Write and maintain test cases for various projects to ensure code quality
- Set up and manage staging and production environments for development
- Own and deliver at least one major project with successful outcomes
- Contribute to architecture design for both large and small-scale systems
- Provide feedback on optimization or refactoring for existing systems to improve performance
- Provide development support to resolve any issues with technical systems and applications
- Translate high-level requirements to actionable tasks and deliverables
- Understand, diagnose and solve deep technical and performance issues across the product
- Collaborate with the Quality assurance team in test planning and test coverage
- Understand future business goals from Product Owners and make sure architecture and system design can support those goals
Our take
An industry leader in integrated payment processing, Shift4 serves markets across North America, Europe and Asia. Its fintech solutions simplify complex payment ecosystems and power billions of transactions a year across many industries.
With hundreds of thousands of customers, Shift4 has developed hundreds of payment methods and processes a staggering $260 billion annually. Its clients include a large number of professional sports teams globally, as well as colleges and entertainment venues.
Interestingly for a company so far-reaching, the 1994-founded Shift4 only opened its stock with an IPO in 2020. Since then, it has established partnerships with companies such as the Minnesota Vikings American football team and software point-of-sale company Ingenico. This exemplifies the diversity of Shift4’s impressive client base.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Aug 2000
$7.3m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $7.3m
Company benefits
- Opportunities for career growth, skill-building, and advancement
- Wellness programs, including mental health resources
- Happy hours, office celebrations, and well-being initiatives
- Paid time off for relaxation and quality time with loved ones
- Various paid leave programs, including sick leave, parental leave, and more to support life's important moments
- Flexible work schedules empower you to manage your commitments effectively
- Employee-nominated "Top Gun Program" to recognize exceptional individuals
Company HQ
Center Valley, PA
Leadership
D. Taylor Lauber
(CEO)Formerly Principal at The Blackstone Group, Executive Relationship Manager at Merrill Lynch, Director of Technology at Lois Schneider Realtor and Project Manager at United Bank Card.
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