Principal Engineer

We are helping our client with a Direct Hire search for a Principal Engineer - Digital Payments

Title - Principal System Engineer - IT Payments

Location: Issaquah (Seattle), WA Selected candidate must live within 50 miles of their selected work location and can not rotate between locations. (Relocation assistance available for eligible new hires located over 50 miles from the Hub location of hire and they move to within 50 miles of the hub location)

Schedule - Hybrid - Onsite 3 days/week
Background check & Drug Test - requires successful completion.

US Citizen or Green card holder required - no 3rd party candidates

Compensation - Target starting salary anticipated to between $160K - $230K Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) eligible DOE

Benefits offering - based on eligibility:
CLEINT offers a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits — medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, commuter benefits, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan, financial wellness program, to eligible employees.
Most important skills required

Digital payment domain - at least 10 years of experience

.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)

The IT Digital Payments Team is dedicated to providing CLIENT with world-class digital 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 and provide payments expertise to support the growth and changing needs of the business

The Principal System Engineer will take a pivotal role in designing, building, and supporting 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 technical aspects for design, development, and implementation of the services to support our companys digital payment processing needs. They will work closely with product management, software development, quality assurance, and support teams to ensure the successful delivery of our digital payment solutions.

ROLE

● Leads and mentors a team of engineers, providing technical guidance, sharing best practices, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth.

● Designs, develops, deploys, and supports high-performance enterprise services and microservices that power our digital payments infrastructure, including payment gateways, token vaults, digital wallets, 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 services by ensuring that the services and the components are well-defined and modularized, reusable, secure, reliable, diagnosable, and actively monitored.

● Improves test coverages for services, organize and implement integration tests, and resolves problem areas.

● Considers testability, portability/monitoring, reliability, and maintainability, and understands when code is ready to be shared and delivered.

● Gains a working understanding of CLIENT’s 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 digital payment solutions.

● Conducts in-depth technical analysis of payment-related systems and processes, identifying areas for improvement and recommending 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, and apply them to drive innovation and excellence in our digital payment systems.

REQUIRED

● At least 10 years of experience in the digital payment domain

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

● Strong proficiency in programming languages such as C#/.NET (preferred), Python, Java or JavaScript, and solid experience with frameworks like 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 integrating to CyberSource Payment Gateways, Token Vault and Fraud, and Risk Management.

● Experience integrating to Fiserv uCom platform.

● Experience with scalable cloud platforms [ex. Azure (preferred), AWS, or Google Cloud] and related services like serverless computing, containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation).

● Proficient in using modern software development tools, version control systems, 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

● Prior experience successfully managing the delivery of technology solutions.

● Consulting or Leadership experience.

● Previous work with both legacy and emerging technology solutions.

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