Software Engineer Lead

Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services.  Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results.  We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions.  Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow. 

***Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.  We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time***

Summary of This Role

Works throughout the software development life cycle and performs in a utility capacity to create, design, code, debug, maintain, test, implement and validate applications with a broad understanding of a variety of languages and architectures.  Analyzes existing applications or formulate logic for new applications, procedures, coding and debugging programs. Maintains and utilizes application and programming documents in the development of code. Recommends changes in development, maintenance and system standards. Creates appropriate deliverables and develops application implementation plans throughout the life cycle in a flexible development environment.

What Part Will You Play?

Demonstrates subject matter expertise (SME) to develop complex code using both front and/or back-end programming languages within multiple platforms as needed in collaboration with business and technology teams for internal and external client software solutions. 
Designs, creates, and delivers moderately complex program specifications for code development and support on multiple projects/issues with a wide understanding of the application/database to better align interactions and technologies.
Provides SME analysis, modification, and development of complex code/unit testing in order to develop concise application documentation. Evaluates, develops, and implements testing, validation requirements, and corrective measures for highly complex code deficiencies and provides systemic proposals.
Participates in meetings and team discussions to determine appropriate solution designs and approaches.
Provides SME recommendations to leadership on the design, development, and enforcement of business/infrastructure application standards to include associated controls, procedures, and monitoring to ensure compliance and accuracy of data. Applies a full and comprehensive understanding and in-depth knowledge of procedures, methodology, and application standards to include Payment Card Industry (PCI) security compliance.
Provides SME advice for estimates on highly complex initiatives, projects, and issues.
Performs on-the-job training and provides SME guidance to software engineers.
Provides periodic on-call application support for business critical applications.
Not an exhaustive list; other duties as assigned.

What Are We Looking For in This Role?

Minimum Qualifications

5+ years of relevant professional experience with software designing, developing, testing and analyzing data. 
Typically has an advanced knowledge and use of modern programming languages/technologies used in the enterprise, experience working with APIs, external services and relational databases.
Experience with Agile and Scrum development methodologies.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or other Technical degree; additional experience in lieu of degree will be considered

Preferred Qualifications

BS in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business / Management Information Systems or related field
8+ years professional Experience In Coding, Designing, Developing And Analyzing Data and experience with IBM Rational Tools

What Are Our Desired Skills and Capabilities?

Skills / Knowledge - having broad expertise or unique knowledge, uses skills to contribute to development of company objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways. Barriers to entry such as technical committee review may exist at this level.
Job Complexity - works on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles. Exercises independent judgment in methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Networks with key contacts outside their own group and area of expertise.
Supervision - acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments. May supervise the activities of others.
Experience in migrating to, developing, deploying, and testing code in GCP or other cloud-based environments.
Experience in utilizing a message broker system such as RabbitMQ, Pub/Sub or Kafka.
Experience developing automated testing strategies in a variety of environments and frameworks.

Job specific technologies:

Back-end Technologies - C# .NET, MSMQ, RabbitMQ
Front-end Technologies - none
Development Tools - Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code, Git, TFS
Operating Systems - Microsoft Windows, Linux
Database - MS SQL Server

Global Payments Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Global Payments provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by law. If you wish to request reasonable accommodations related to applying for employment or provide feedback about the accessibility of this website, please contact jobs@globalpay.com.