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About the Role

The Staff Software Engineer will lead the design and delivery of scalable, cloud-native microservices powering Western Union’s digital platform. This role serves as a hands-on technical expert and service owner, partnering with distributed engineering teams to ensure reliability, performance, and architectural excellence.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement new software, maintain and improve existing software.
Ensure software functionality is implemented with a focus on code optimization and organization.
Build applications, workflow automation’s, internal tools, and basic agents using AI coding agents within Western Union’s product and platform areas.
Recommend improvements to existing software programs.
Troubleshoot application issues and coordinate issue resolution with operations, functional, and technical teams.
Work as service lead with development team across geographically distributed structure.
Review design and code from different scrum teams and ensure service level standards are enforced.
Maintain quality and engineering metrics of specific microservices as a services owner.
Provide coaching to Junior engineers on the team.
Work independently on complex projects.
Assess business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards.
Perform strong decision-making, communication, and collaboration skills.
Perform computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, OOPs, and OOA/D.

Requirements

BS in Computer Science or related fields with 5+ years of professional experience or MS with 5+ years of experience; Equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree.
2+ years demonstrated experience in modern programming languages and frameworks (Java Spring boot, DynamoDB/Postgres, Kafka, Redis, Apache Camel) and standard design patterns for implementing microservices.
2+ years of hands-on technical lead with demonstrated experience in designing and implementing large scale microservices.
2+ years of experience with agile development methodologies with Test Driven Development (TDD) and CI (Continuous Integration)/CD (Continuous Delivery).
1+ years of experience with architecture design concepts and techniques and the ability to communicate and evangelize those concepts to a broad-based team.
1+ years hands-on experience in building microservices based architecture and platform developed and deployed at scale.
1+ years hands-on experience building enterprise scale APIs used by web and mobile applications.
1+ years of experience in Cloud (AWS) based architecture designs and implementations.
6 months hands-on experience using AI coding agents to build or accelerate end-to-end software delivery.
Experience in FinTech industry.
Experience in building external customer-facing applications with open-source technologies and understanding of front-end tech stack.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Western Union will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

Skills

Java Spring boot
DynamoDB/Postgres
Kafka
Redis
Apache Camel
Microservices
Agile development methodologies
Test Driven Development (TDD)
CI (Continuous Integration)/CD (Continuous Delivery)
Architecture design concepts
Cloud (AWS)
AI coding agents
FinTech industry
Front-end tech stack

Location

Austin, TX

Work Type

Full-time
Hybrid

Experience Level

5+ years of professional experience
5+ years of experience
2+ years demonstrated experience
2+ years of hands-on technical lead
2+ years of experience
1+ years of experience
1+ years hands-on experience
1+ years hands-on experience
1+ years of experience
6 months hands-on experience

Education Level

BS in Computer Science or related fields
MS
Equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree

Salary/Compensations

$135,000 – 160,000 USD per year

Benefits

Short-term incentives
Multiple health insurance options
Accident and life insurance
Access to best-in-class development platforms
Paid Time Off
Medical, Dental and Life Insurance
Tuition Assistance Program
Student Loan Repayment (below manager level only)
Parental Leave
One day volunteer time off
$0 Money Transfer Fee Discount Code – Quarterly
Recognition Program “Game Changers”
Employee Discount Program
Global Adoption Assistance
Global Scholarship Awards Program
401K plan

About the Company

Western Union values in-person collaboration, problem solving, and ideation whenever possible.
We believe this fosters common ways of working and supports how we execute initiatives for our customers.
We are passionate about honoring our employee's identity and fostering a feeling of belonging.
Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams while reflecting the communities we serve.

Equal Opportunity

We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status.
The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, following applicable laws.