Software Developer

Plusgrade; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RRSP Matching

Comprehensive Health Plans

Flexible Paid Time Off

Travel Experience Perk

Annual Wellness Perk

Commuter Perk

Tenure-Based Work From Anywhere

Parental Leave Top Up

Adventure Pass

Learning Allowance

Job summary

Plusgrade is looking for a Full Stack Software Developer to join their Payment team. In this role, you will design, scale, and secure transaction engines that enhance global travel checkout experiences.

You will be responsible for building features across various sub-domains while collaborating closely with product and design teams. Plusgrade values innovation and offers autonomy and flexibility, focusing on doing great work.

Qualifications

• Experience in building scalable backend systems and robust APIs.
• High standard for software quality and reliability.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly.
• Practical understanding of payment gateways and PCI compliance.

Responsibilities

• Design, scale, and secure transaction engines.
• Build features across specialized sub-domains.
• Author technical proposals and maintain payment gateways.
• Troubleshoot high-stakes production issues.

Skills

Backend systems

APIs

Clean code

Test pyramids

CI/CD

Payment gateways

Tools

Java (SpringBoot)

AWS

React (TypeScript)

JUnit

Mockito

CI/CD

Job description

Software Developer - Full Stack Software Developer

Our payment ecosystem spans 13 critical sub-domains and ships around 2,400 merged PRs every year. We need a fullstack developer who wants to own the checkout engine end to end, not just clear tickets.

What You’ll Be Doing

You will join our dedicated Payment team as a Fullstack developer to design, scale, and secure the transaction engines that power global travel checkout experiences. Day to day, you will build features across specialized sub-domains like 3DS cardholder authentication, authorization, tokenization, and refunds in tight collaboration with product, design, and QA partners. We re-engineer our delivery workflows around AI assistance so code production, testing, and delivery happen faster without sacrificing system reliability. You will also author technical proposals, maintain payment gateways, and troubleshoot high-stakes production issues alongside operations.

Employment Type

Permanent

The Stack

Java (SpringBoot)

• AWS
• React (TypeScript)
• JUnit
• Mockito
• CI/CD

What You Bring

• You build scalable backend systems and robust APIs with clean code, deep computer science fundamentals, and strong data structure design.
• You hold a high standard for software quality, using solid test pyramids and CI/CD feedback loops to ship reliable features fast.
• You communicate complex technical concepts with ease, making architecture clear to designers, support staff, and fellow developers.
• You have structurally elevated how your team works with AI, creating shared systems and raising the bar for delivery speed and code reliability around you.
• You possess a practical understanding or keen interest in payment gateways, credit card processing flows, and PCI compliance requirements.

Why Plusgrade

Travel is about the moments that make a journey feel personal. At Plusgrade, we build the technology that makes those moments possible, from upgrade offers and loyalty experiences to revenue tools used by 575+ airline, hospitality, cruise, rail, and financial services partners worldwide.

The work is global, complex, and rewarding. You will solve meaningful problems, take ownership from idea to outcome, and work alongside people who are smart, curious, and committed to doing great work.

We also give our teams access to AI tools and the encouragement to use them thoughtfully, to move faster, explore ideas, and build better ways of working.

We trust our teams to do their best work. That means autonomy, flexibility, and room to grow.

Come help us shape the future of travel.

What You’ll Love About Us

• RRSP Matching
• Comprehensive Health Plans
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Travel Experience Perk
• Annual Wellness Perk
• Commuter Perk
• Tenure-Based Work From Anywhere Program
• Parental Leave Top Up
• Adventure Pass
• Learning Allowance

Our Process

We believe every candidate deserves a fair, transparent experience, so regardless of outcome, everyone gets feedback.

Our process: Recruiter call , Hiring Manager interview , Technical Test , Final interview.

Plusgrade is an equal-opportunity employer committed to accessible recruitment. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of gender identity or expression, race, ethnic origin, creed, place of origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by law. Accommodation is available upon request. We may use AI-assisted tools to help screen and assess applicants for this role. This posting is for an existing vacancy.