Senior Software Developer

Summary

Join theScore's Payments team as a key member contributing to the development and improvement of their payment processing systems. You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to build and optimize GraphQL and RESTful APIs, ensuring scalability and reliability. The role requires a strong foundation in computer science, experience with modern web frameworks, and proficiency in relational databases. You will work with a preferred technology stack (primarily Elixir/Phoenix, LiveView) and participate in agile/scrum development. The company offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including education and conference reimbursements, and a flexible work environment.

Requirements

• A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, distributed systems, algorithms and software design
• Passionate about clean code architecture and software craftsmanship
• Experience with a modern web framework and consuming and building APIs
• Experience with Git and GitHub or similar
• A strong grasp and experience with relational databases; including PostgreSQL
• An interest in designing, building, and optimizing distributed systems
• Excellent communication skills, including solid technical writing abilities
• A drive for finding simple solutions to complex problems
• Knowledge and familiarity with caching strategies and tools
• Always trying to understand problems from a fundamental perspective
• Experience with testing frameworks such as ExUnit, RSpec, Jest, pytest or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Working with our preferred technology stack (Primarily Elixir/Phoenix, LiveView)
• Collaborate regularly with engineers, product managers, designers to bring new features and products to our patrons
• Develop, scale, and optimize amazing GraphQL & RESTful APIs
• Design and build foundational components that improve the reliability and scalability of our backend services
• Solve technical problems of the highest scope and complexity
• Strive to reduce technical debt, while communicating with teammates about any larger refactor
• Be part of our backend service teams supporting web and mobile clients
• Participate in the design, architecture, and delivery of new features in a collaborative agile/scrum environment
• Collaborate with the team to define and improve our documentation, internal style guide, maintainability and best practices
• Actively participate in Engineering efforts that help streamline the experience of our payments product
• Provide mentorship to other developers on the team
• Other duties as required

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Kubernetes, Kafka, gRPC, experience with functional programming and experience or excitement about the payments industry

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Comprehensive Benefits package
• Fun, relaxed work environment
• Education and conference reimbursements