Mid/Senior Level Backend Engineer

Summary

Join the Lifetime Value Co. as a Backend Engineer and contribute to our Payments and Risk engineering efforts. You will manage integrations with external payment providers, improve billing processes, and address tech debt. This role involves working with senior engineers, planning improvements to internal tooling, and identifying future opportunities for the team. You will leverage learning resources, share knowledge, and collaborate using agile development practices. The position requires 3+ years of software engineering experience and proficiency in an object-oriented language (Ruby preferred). You will work Monday to Friday, 10:30 am to 5:00 pm EST.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience working as a software engineer required
• Bachelor’s Degree, Technical Degree, Bootcamp Training in Computer Science/Related field or equivalent experience
• Fluency with at least one object-oriented language, with a strong preference for Ruby experience
• Working familiarity with SQL and various databases
• Experience with source control systems like Git
• Comfortable picking up new technologies
• Understanding of code testing methodologies, including integration testing, TDD, and BDD
• Understanding of standard collaborative coding practices like code reviews, pull requests, pair programming, agile development, and execution
• Familiarity with Unix-based operating systems and Docker/Kubernetes
• Be independently driven and resourceful to deliver results with minimal direction
• Have an entrepreneurial spirit with a drive to contribute new ideas for future development
• Great communication skills

Responsibilities

• Manage seamless integration of new payment providers and features
• Work with senior engineers to migrate business logic to separate services as needed and plan/implement other tech debt items
• Help plan, coordinate, and implement improvements to internal tooling and automation to improve developer and team quality of life
• Help identify future opportunities for the Payments and Risk team as the online payments space continues to evolve with new payment method options, processing techniques, tools, and strategies
• Leverage our learning resources to educate yourself on the latest development techniques and best practices, share with other team members as needed, and benefit from other developers doing the same

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with payments in any capacity
• Experience working with fraud prevention in any capacity
• Experience working with e-commerce transactions or subscription businesses
• Experience in one or more JS front-end frameworks (React preferred)
• Familiarity with A/B testing
• Experience with GraphQL