Software Engineering Manager
Western Union

Are you motivated by a desire to solve challenging IT engineering problems? How about offering up your technical skills in a global business that is committed to moving money for better? Join Western Union as a Software Engineering Manager.

Motivated by our values: purpose driven, globally minded, and trustworthy & respectful

We're a FinTech that's using insight from customers and colleagues worldwide to improve financial services for families, small businesses, multinational corporations, and non-profit organizations. We're a team of over 8,000 employees serving 200 countries and territories. We believe when money moves, better things happen.

Relentless pursuit of Better

In this role you will demonstrate strong capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards. You will make appropriate product and business trade-offs and give technology direction that leads to measurable product and business outcomes. You will execute to success through diligent planning, attention to detail, effective delegation, and efficient decision-making. You will interface and collaborate with other engineers in geographically distributed development centers. You will put a strong emphasis on customer journey, product quality, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and continuous development. You will define, design, and implement complex, multi-tier distributed software systems throughout all phases of the software development process. You will develop technical & domain expertise and apply it to solving product challenges. You will perform thorough configuration reviews. You will estimate engineering effort, plan implementation, and roll out applications with cross-functional impacts. You will hold regular 1x1s with direct reports, help them navigate challenges, and coach them for their career development. You will be a culture champion on the team and across the company.

For this role you will have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related fields with 6+ years of professional experience or master's degree with 3+ years of experience with 1+ years in a leadership role. You have proven ability to understand the business and ability to contribute to technology direction that drives measurable business improvements. You have excellent decision-making, communication, and collaboration skills. You have excellent understanding of computer science fundamentals, Content Deliver Network, algorithms, JS. You can demonstrate experience in modern programming languages (for example, Java/C++) and design patterns. You can demonstrate capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards. You are a team player with strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills. You are able to work in a fast paced, iterative development environment and adapt to changing business priorities and to thrive under pressure. You have experience with unit testing and mocking frameworks. For this role it is nice to have the following: hands-on experience in building a microservices based architecture and platform developed and deployed at scale; experience in creating and consuming CDN configurations; experience with HTTP, XML, JSON, JavaScript; hands-on experience in Web technologies, Web Services, CDN; experience with agile development methodologies with Test Driven Development (TDD) and CI (Continuous Integration)/CD (Continuous Delivery); and hands-on experience in building high performance and large-scale real-time systems that scale to billions of transactions per day

Join us, and let's connect the world

Western Union is transforming its business and shaping the financial services sector by driving quality, convenience, and customer service to new levels of excellence. It's an exciting time for our organization, as the largest cross-border money transfer operator, trusted by millions of consumers around the world. If you're ready to unleash your potential to help drive change through bottom-up innovation, apply now.

We're a company on the move, and we want our people to grow and develop. You'll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as a great salary and benefits package.

We are passionate about our diversity. 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. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran (U.S.) status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, in accordance with applicable laws.

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The annual gross base salary range is $94,085.00 - 165,733.00. This role is also eligible to receive annual bonus. This range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary for this position. Actual salaries will vary and are based on factors such as a candidate's qualifications, skills, and competencies. Salary is one component of the Western Union total compensation package, which includes short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few! To view details of our benefits, visit https://mywubenefits.com/.