Senior Engineer II

Summary

Join Flywire as a Sr. Software Engineer II and build and maintain the main payment experience for our platform, supporting the money movement of our industry-leading payment engine. You will design new features, enhance existing ones, and ensure high-quality code within a team-defined timeframe, working on both the frontend and backend. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, solve challenging bugs, and understand scalability and performance. Drive change and improvement throughout the development lifecycle, participate in recruitment, and contribute to the product vision. This role requires 8+ years of experience in web application development and expertise in various technologies. Flywire offers competitive compensation, including Restricted Stock Units, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and various wellbeing programs.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in web application development
• Experience in designing, developing and supporting scalable, performant and reliable web applications and distributed systems
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining React based SPAs and ideally with Flywire’s technology stack
• Experience in Web Accessibility principles
• Understanding of o11y principles and tools
• Seasoned in techniques such TDD and BDD
• Proficient working with continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD)
• Understanding of relational databases
• Strong understanding of object-oriented fundamentals
• Great understanding of the other disciplines in the cross functional team: QAs, Product and SREs
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross functional teams including product and support
• Fluent in English, as it is the company’s working language

Responsibilities

• Write clean, high quality, testable, secure, maintainable and extendable code
• Solve items such as challenging bugs and production issues within the development environment
• Work on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors
• Exercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
• Understand scalability and performance status and make improvement for scalability
• Drive change and improvement in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Partake in the recruitment process by identifying and exciting great talent
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
• Contribute to the product vision by collaborating with Product Managers and stakeholders
• Drive initiatives to lead projects as well as mentor team members

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building and maintaining Javascript libraries
• Experience in FinTech or the payment industry
• The ability to deliver high quality code and learn quickly

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including Restricted Stock Units
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Flying Start - Our immersive Global Induction Program (Meet our Execs & Global Teams)
• Wellbeing Programs (Mental Health, Wellness, Yoga/Pilates/HIIT Classes) with Global FlyMates
• Competitive time off including FlyBetter Days to volunteer in a cause you believe in and Digital Disconnect Days!
• Great Talent & Development Programs (Managers Taking Flight – for new or aspiring managers!)