.NET Software Engineer Philly

My client is a company that provides payments platform as a service. It was founded in 2000 and is currently located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Currently they have an interesting and vastly profitable software product line that integrates payment systems of some of the largest brands in the world. Their flagship client (Marriot) and others (Buffalo Wild Wings for example) have enrolled in their pay network to allow consumers to use credits and loyalty points that would otherwise go wasted across different companies. It’s a bit of it’s own currency focused on consumer choice. Large brands world wide are lining up for this innovative payment solution. Their mobile applications are fairly robust and in need of new feature development in the ever changing landscape of technical improvements in the space.

Remote work available: Yes
Working hours: 8-5pm ET (Some Flexibility and off hours needed for production issues)
Company Size: 400+ employees
Travel required: No

Medical Coverage
Prescription Drug
Health Savings Account
Wellness
Telemedicine
College Tuition Benefit
GradFin
Vision Coverage
Dental Coverage
Flexible Spending Accounts
Group Life and AD&D
Group Short-Term Disability
Group Long-Term Disability
Voluntary Life and AD&D
Accident Insurance
Critical Illness Insurance

We are currently seeking a top tier Software Engineer with specific experience in .Net, C#, SQL with a focus on our middleware products and interacting with hardware devices. This is a full-time salaried position paying up to 130,000 annually.

In this role, you will have multiple responsibilities including solution and software design and architecting, software development, n-tier solutions, high performing transaction handling, and complex secure system integrations. You will leverage various frameworks, patterns, and tools. You will have shared accountability for the quality of the solution and ensure seamless integration and implementations.

Job Responsibilities (including but not limited to)

• Build properly structured, well-commented solutions for complex integrations and complex problems.
• Work directly with 3rd party Point of Sales and hardware devices.
• Maintain and expand our middleware solutions.
• Exercise thorough unit and system testing.
• Work within a scrum team to create stories, tasks, estimates, and delivery for each sprint.
• Follow and contribute to technical standards, coding standards, tools, platforms, and approaches. Help define and create application frameworks and common libraries for a wide variety of solutions, always seeking to reuse code and core frameworks where possible.
• Work with the QA team to ensure proper test plan, test coverage, test execution, and defect remediation.
• Related tasks as assigned.

Top Skills needed: C#, C++, device driven dev, heavy multithreaded programming

Required Skills and Experience

• At least a BS/BA Degree in MIS, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• A minimum of 4 years experience as a Software Developer/Engineer
• Strong, written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with .Net 4.0+, VS 2012+
• C#
• Object-oriented design and programming
• Windows Servers/Services
• Experience building multi-threaded, high throughput, transactional processing software
• Direct interaction with hardware devices
• Knowledge of, and commitment to, industry-accepted best practices in source code control, architecture, coding structure, and unit/system testing
• Building and documenting interfaces for 3rd party consumption
• Working knowledge of current network hardware, protocols, and standards, including TCP/IP socket programming, HTTP and HTTPS handling, WiFi, GPRS, SSH, SSL.
• Abstract thinking skills and employing experience and knowledge to create innovative solutions
• Knowledge of full application life cycle design tools and methodologies, e.g., Agile/Scrum, Extreme Programming
• Excellent multi-tasking skills, managing multiple initiatives at one time in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with accurate project estimating and planning, working in a team oriented and collaborative environment, working in a high pressure and fast paced organization
• Data security, encryption handling, compliance, data privacy and laws
• After hours support as needed
• Strong MS Office, Project, and Visio skills
• Occasional travel may be required (U.S.)

Optional Skills and Experience

• SQL and SQLite
• GIT
• Familiarity with Oracle XStore
• Have used JAXB before
• Experience with Kotlin (test tooling + CI is in Kotlin)
• Linux
• VirtualBox or VMWare
• Experience in high volume transactional processing environments, preferably financial or payment related