Senior Fullstack Software Engineer

Overview

Shift4 (NYSE: FOUR) is boldly redefining commerce by simplifying complex payments ecosystems across the world. As the leader in commerce-enabling technology, Shift4 powers billions of transactions annually for hundreds of thousands of businesses in virtually every industry. For more information, visit www.shift4.com.

• Senior Fullstack Software Engineer that will work on strategic platform initiatives on a Cloud Native platform. The engineer will play a critical role within a cross functional Scrum team within a large Scaled Agile delivery group.

This position is available for: Center Valley, PA; Las Vegas, NV; Morrisville, NC; and Tampa, FL

Responsibilities:

• Be a key senior team member within a high velocity engineering team.

• Collaborate across teams to find solutions for complex business scenarios and integration issues

• Describe the structure, characteristics, behavior, and other aspects of software to teams and stakeholders

• Assist with defining features, setting timelines, and planning work on features

• Design both internal and customer-facing API interfaces in consultation with senior engineers

• Act as technical consultant and subject matter expert for Marketplace products to internal teams and 3rd party integrators

• Stay current with emerging technologies and methodologies relevant to Shift4 and apply them where necessary

• Monitor and analyze production systems to ensure smooth operation

• Technology

• Work hands on within the platform tech stack to deliver new features, fix issues and ensure best practices.

• Contribute to the technical design and architecture development for parts of the solution working with the team leads and engineering leadership. Ensure that best practices are adhered to.

• Diagnose and resolve issues with deployed systems in collaboration with DevOps and the operations groups when required (as a part of level 3 support).

• Become a technical expert for parts of the platform.

• Evaluate and resolve technical debt, engage in platform modernization and build reliable features.

• People and Leadership

• Work very closely with the product team, product owners and stakeholders to understand needs and ensure alignment.

• Interface across multiple engineering teams and engineering groups working on various parts of the platform.

• Mentor and develop technical skills within junior team members.

• Process

• Work closely with the engineering leadership to contribute towards process improvements.

Requirements:

• 5+ years total relevant industry experience.

• 5+ years working with Javascript / Typescript based front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, Ember (Ember would be highly advantageous).

• 4+ years working with Node.

• 4+ years working with Agile teams. Experience with Scaled Agile (such as SAFe)

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, solutions architect, or similar role

• Ability to communicate high-level technical information with non-technical audiences and high-

Preferred:

• Hands-on experience working with AWS environments (troubleshooting, monitoring, etc.)

• Experience working with globally distributed teams.

• Domain expertise with point of sales systems, hospitality software and/or online payments solutions would be a significant plus.

• BS/BA in Computer Science, related degree, or equivalent work experience

• Knowledge of and experience with relevant technologies used by team (Node.js, PostgreSQL,

RabbitMQ, React)

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS technologies

• Experience with Payments or POS development

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.