Western Union

Staff Software Engineer

Western Union$120K — $145K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS in Computer Science or related field (8+ years experience) or MS (6+ years experience)
  • Strong grasp of data structures, algorithms, OOP, and software design principles
  • Experience with modern programming languages (Java/C++) and design patterns
  • Skilled in understanding business needs to develop creative tech solutions
  • Strong communication skills and a collaborative team player
  • Experience with unit testing and mocking frameworks

Responsibilities

  • Assess business needs and design innovative tech solutions
  • Collaborate with engineers across different locations
  • Focus on customer journey, product quality, and performance tuning
  • Design multi-layer applications with user interface, business logic, and database connectivity
  • Utilize Agile methodologies and maintain unit/integration testing standards
  • Define and implement complex distributed software systems
  • Conduct thorough code reviews and estimate engineering efforts

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Opportunities for professional development and continuing education
  • Collaborative work environment across global teams
  • Dynamic and fast-paced development culture
Full Job Description

Responsibilities:

* Demonstrate strong capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards

* Interface and collaborate with other engineers in geographically distributed development centers

* Strong emphasis on customer journey, product quality, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and continuous development

* Design layered application, including user interface, business functionality, and database access.

* Apply Agile methodology daily and follow Definition of Done (DoD) process for better quality by maintaining 80% and unit test coverage and 70% integration test coverage

* Define, design, and implement complex, multi-tier distributed software systems throughout all phases of the software development process

* Develop technical & domain expertise and apply to solving product challenges

* Thorough code reviews

* Estimate engineering effort, plan implementation, and roll out applications with cross-functional impacts

* Share engineering support and release

Qualifications:

* BS in Computer Science or related fields with 8+ years of professional experience or MS with 6+ years of experience

* Excellent understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, OOPs, and OOA/D

* Demonstrated experience in modern programming languages (for example, Java/C++) and design patterns

* Demonstrated capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards

* Team player with strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills

* Ability to work in a fast paced, iterative development environment and adapt to changing business priorities and to thrive under pressure

* Experience with unit testing and mocking frameworks

Nice to have:

* Experience in creating and consuming RESTful and SOAP based web services

* Experience with HTTP, XML, JSON, Node JS, JavaScript

* Hands-on experience in Java/J2EE, XML, Web technologies, Web Services

* Experience developing data-ingesting applications using an industry standard RDBMS. NoSQL experience

* Experience with agile development methodologies with Test Driven Development (TDD) and CI (Continuous Integration)/CD (Continuous Delivery)

* Ability to adapt to changing business priorities and to thrive under pressure.

* Proven ability to understand the business and ability to contribute to technology direction that drives measurable business improvements

* Hands-on experience in building high performance and large-scale real-time systems that scale to billions of transactions per day

Estimated Job Posting End Date:

09-30-2026

This application window is a good-faith estimate of the time that this posting will remain open. This posting will be promptly updated if the deadline is extended or the role is filled.

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