Principal Engineer

Principal Engineer - IT Payments / Digital Payments

Location: Hybrid Onsite 2-3x/week in Issaquah (Seattle), WA

Type: Direct Hire

Bottom Line / In a Nutshell - MUST HAVES

NET - Extensive experience in designing and developing enterprise services and microservices architecture with .NET in the digital payment’s domain.

Payment Gateway - Proven expertise in building and integrating payment gateways, token vaults, fraud managements, digital wallets, etc, with a deep understanding of related protocols and standards (ex. PCI-DSS, OAuth, EMV, etc.).

Token Vaults - Tokenization Vaults - Proven expertise in building and integrating payment gateways, token vaults, fraud managements, digital wallets, etc, with a deep understanding of related protocols and standards (ex. PCI-DSS, OAuth, EMV, etc.).

Cloud platforms - Experience with scalable cloud platforms (ex. Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud)

• 8+ years’ technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript or Python or equivalent experience
• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline recommended
• Must have Digital Payment experience
• Must be able to design and lead the other Engineers technically
• Need someone who is a coder / system builder
• Strong background in developing in cloud Azure is preferred

Job Description:

The Principal System Engineer is a pivotal role in building robust and scalable enterprise services and microservices for payment gateways, token vaults, fraud management, digital wallets, and others. The individual in this role will play a crucial part in the development of our digital payment systems, ensuring their stability, security, and efficiency. This Engineer will be responsible for leading the design, development, and implementation of services to support our company's payment processing needs. They will work closely with product management, software development, and quality assurance teams to ensure the successful delivery of our digital payment solutions.

The IT Payments Team Is Dedicated To Providing The Organization With World-class Payment Solutions To Our Global Business Worldwide. Our Mission Is

• To create a seamless and secure payment experience for our members while maximizing revenue and minimizing risk.
• Provide payments expertise to support the growth and changing needs of the business.

Job Duties/Essential Functions:

• Leads and mentors a team of engineers; provides technical guidance, shares best practices, and fosters a culture of continuous learning and growth.
• Designs, develops, and deploys high-performance enterprise services and microservices that power our digital payments infrastructure, including payment gateways, token vaults, and fraud management systems.
• Adheres to and drives modern software engineering practices through design reviews.
• Works on system design through well-defined interfaces across multiple components, code reviews, leveraging data/telemetry to make decisions.
• Develops “best-in-class” engineering for our services by ensuring that the services and the components are well-defined and modularized, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored, and reusable.
• Improves test coverage for services; organizes and implements integration tests; and resolves problem areas.
• Ensures testability, portability/monitoring, reliability, and maintainability; and understands when code is ready to be shared and delivered.
• Gains a working understanding of our business and collaborates with cross-functional teams, including Product Managers, Architects, and other Engineering teams, to gather requirements, define technical specifications, and drive the implementation of scalable and reliable payment solutions.
• Conducts in-depth technical analysis of payment-related systems and processes; identifies areas for improvement and recommends innovative solutions to enhance efficiency, security, and customer experience.
• Collaborates with DevOps teams to ensure the smooth deployment and operation of services and systems in a highly available and scalable production environment.
• Focuses on business needs through a data driven approach.
• Troubleshoots and optimizes automation, reliability, and monitoring for delivered products.
• Stays up-to-date with the latest industry trends and advancements in digital payments, microservices architecture, and fraud detection techniques; applies them to drive innovation and excellence in our payment systems.
• Regular and reliable workplace attendance at your assigned location.
• Ability to operate vehicles, equipment or machinery.
• Computer, phone, printer, copier, fax

Non-Essential Functions:

• Assists in other areas of the department as necessary.
• Assists in other areas of the company as necessary.
• Ability to operate vehicles, equipment or machinery.
• Same as Essential Functions

Experience, Skills, Education & Licenses/Certifications:

Required

• Extensive experience in designing and developing enterprise services and microservices architecture in the digital payments domain.
• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python or Go, and solid experience with frameworks such as Spring Boot or Django.
• Proven expertise in building and integrating payment gateways, token vaults, fraud managements, digital wallets, etc., with a deep understanding of related protocols and standards (ex. PCI-DSS, OAuth, EMV, etc.).
• Experience with scalable cloud platforms (ex. Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud) and related services such as server less computing, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Proficient in using modern software development tools, version control systems (ex. Git), and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Solid understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and best practices for building highly scalable and maintainable systems.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to dissect complex technical challenges and propose innovative solutions.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities, with a proven track record of collaborating effectively in cross-functional teams and mentoring junior engineers.

Recommended:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline.
• 8+ years’ technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript or Python or equivalent experience
• Prior experience successfully managing the delivery of technology solutions.
• Consulting or Leadership experience.
• Previous work with both legacy and emerging technology solutions.

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH A FIRST-CLASS COMPANY

Principal Engineer - IT Payments

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RED SKY Consulting Company Overview

We are an IT and Cybersecurity staffing solutions, professional services, management consulting, and executive placement company with thousands of resources across multiple IT and Cybersecurity skill sets. Our primary US locations are Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Nashville, Tampa and Denver and we have organizational arms in other domestic cities along with offshore alliances in India and Ireland. RED SKY has a 15+ year history of providing great technology talent. RED SKY has many clients including; 7 of the Fortune 10, half of the Fortune 100, and 25% of the Fortune 500 companies within the manufacturing, financial services, health care, government, consumer services, insurance, and several other industry verticals represented.

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