Senior Software Developer (Payments & Financial)

PayByPhone; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks vacation per year

5 personal days annually

Medical & dental coverage

Retirement Savings Program

EAP

Job summary

PayByPhone in Vancouver, BC is seeking a Senior Software Developer to build major components powering our consumer apps and global platform. You will design, implement, and maintain services that enable millions to pay for parking with speed and security.

You will mentor teammates, participate in code reviews, and help improve CI/CD, testing, and observability while collaborating with product management and client services in a hybrid, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in agile environments (Kanban or Scrum).
• Proficient in automated unit testing with interest in TDD/BDD.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles.
• Keeps up with new technologies and improves status quo.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement major components powering consumer apps and a global platform.
• Mentor team members and participate in code reviews to ensure quality.
• Develop automated test suites and CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with product management and client services to scope work and acceptance criteria.
• Monitor health of services and investigate outages, ensuring PCI compliance.
• Lead technical decisions and share knowledge across teams.

Skills

C#

AWS/Azure

Agile/Scrum

Unit testing / TDD / BDD

Software engineering principles

Databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, Dynamo)

Microservices

Refactoring

Monitoring/Observability

On-call experience / leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Docker

Terraform

Job description

About PayByPhone

At PayByPhone, our strength is our people. Behind our product is a talented, creative, and driven multi-disciplinary team united by a shared ambition: to make everyday mobility simpler. We believe innovation should be collaborative, learning should be constant, and work should be enjoyable. As we grow, we’re looking for people who want to grow with us.

Together, we’re on an ambitious mission to create intuitive technology solutions that deliver world-class user experiences. We are a fast-growing, forward-thinking company and already help more than 60 million users across North America and Europe. Our technology helps millions of consumers pay quickly, easily, and securely — without waiting in line, carrying change, or worrying about costly fines.

About The Role

Location: Vancouver, BC (Hybrid)

Employment type: Full-time

Reports to: Manager, Software Development

As an experienced Senior Software Developer, you’ll develop major components that power our consumer apps and global platform enabling millions of users to conveniently pay for parking.

Responsibilities

• Leave your fingerprints on the design of products, architect our infrastructure, and improve technical documentation
• You are a go‑to technical expert for other people in the organization, articulating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Work with your team to design and develop automated test suites and establish test plans
• Work with product management and client services to scope out work and define acceptance criteria
• Participate in code reviews to share expertise with the team, ensure code quality, and verify PCI compliance
• Where desired and appropriate participate in mob‑and pair‑programming sessions to distribute knowledge across the team and collaborate on finding solutions to complex problems
• Use and improve our automated CI/CD pipeline
• Provision and maintain cloud infrastructure for your team’s products
• Monitor the health and success of your team’s products through application and system metrics
• Own the success of the features and systems you and your team develop. This includes monitoring, investigating issues, and supporting the service during outages
• Mentor fellow team members, helping to grow new technical leaders
• Help improve development standards, tooling, and processes
• Participating in technical decision‑making within the team, taking a lead role where appropriate
• Provide on‑call, critical response on a rotational basis to support relevant PayByPhone development teams.
• You must maintain a personal data plan to fulfill your responsibilities for on‑call support.

Required Qualifications

Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Demonstrated experience / projects

• You’ve worked in or want to work in an agile environment using processes like Kanban or Scrum
• Experience with automated unit testing, and an interest in techniques such as TDD and BDD
• Excellent understanding of software engineering principles
• Keep up with new technologies and find ways to improve the status quo

Technical / Hard Skills

Full Stack Back End role:

• Expert‑level ability to code in C#.
• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS/Azure

Other skills

• An excellent understanding of software engineering techniques
• Worked in an agile development environment using processes like Kanban or Scrum
• Experience with relational and non‑relational databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, or DynamoDB
• Experience with service‑oriented or microservices architecture using synchronous (REST) and asynchronous (event‑driven) integration
• Experience with refactoring
• Experience with production monitoring and observability

Nice to have:

• Experience with React
• Experience with Docker, Terraform
• Familiarity with Domain Driven Design concepts
• Experience with Front End Development and integration with back‑end services
• Experience with API Gateway technologies
• You’re excited about building robust and extensible 24/7 back‑end services for a global market

People Management Experience

• Experience mentoring junior and intermediate developers

Years of Experience

• 5+ years’ experience designing and developing clean, maintainable software that stands up to real‑world users and production conditions

Education (post‑secondary, certification, etc.)

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

What We Offer

Compensation: The expected salary range for this role is $125,000 – $135,000 CAD. Final compensation will be based on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity.

Retirement Savings Program: Access to our retirement savings program (RRSP for Canada / 401(k) for U.S.-based employees).

Vacation: All permanent full‑time employees start with 4 weeks of vacation per year.

Personal Days: We provide 5 personal days annually, in addition to paid sick days, to support flexibility and work‑life balance.

Comprehensive medical & dental coverage: Eligible from Day 1.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Access to confidential support services and resources for you and your family.

Career Growth & Learning Support: Opportunities for professional development, continuous learning, and career progression.

Working at PayByPhone

We operate in a world that’s constantly evolving — and change is something we embrace. Our values guide how we show up for one another and for our customers every day. In short, we:

• Make things happen
• Stay curious
• Work together
• Have fun
• See through our customers’ eyes

These principles shape how we collaborate, innovate, and deliver on our commitments.

We’re also committed to fostering a diverse and representative workforce and an inclusive environment where everyone is treated with respect and fairness. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment in our workplace or throughout our hiring process. Our hiring decisions are grounded in business needs, role requirements, and individual qualifications — ensuring we reflect the talent and communities we serve.

PayByPhone is committed to providing accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodation, please reach out to us at [e-mail].

Want to see our values in action? Visit our Instagram and LinkedIn. Curious about the story behind our values? Head over to our About Us page to learn more.