Staff Software Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Wakefield; Remote; GBP 103,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company in the education sector seeks a Technical Lead for their Payments team. In this full-time role, you'll develop and enhance a payment platform while mentoring engineers. Ideal candidates have extensive programming experience and are adept at integrating payment processes. The position supports a remote work environment, allowing flexibility for applicants anywhere.

Benefits

3 weeks of vacation

14 paid holidays

56 hours of paid sick leave

Top-tier medical, dental, and vision benefits

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional programming experience required.
• Experience with payment processors such as Stripe or Braintree.
• Ability to work remotely in an asynchronous environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain features using Ruby on Rails and SQL.
• Lead technical decisions for the payments product area.
• Provide mentorship to team members.

Skills

Experience integrating payment providers

Excellent communication skills

Good technical organization and planning skills

Understanding of security and privacy requirements

Flexibility and adaptability

Professional programming experience (8+ years)

System architecture experience

Experience with Ruby on Rails

Testable code writing

Tools

Ruby

SQL

JavaScript

Git

Job description

Overview

Veracross provides SaaS-based School Information Systems (SIS) designed to meet the specific needs of independent K-12 schools worldwide. Our one-record solution combines a fully integrated single-record database, personalized communication tools, and an architecture that is unique in our industry. We are a growing, values-led community of 350 employees in the US, UK and Australia, supporting 3200+ schools in 60 countries as of early 2024.

Veracross is five product brands in one global tech company

• Veracross SIS is a one-person, one-record school management platform
• Magnus Health provides cloud-based Student Health Record (SHR) solutions
• Digistorm connects with communities through Digistorm Websites, Digistorm Funnel, and Digistorm Apps
• Epraise incentivizes student well-being and connects teachers, students, and families
• Firefly provides an online learning space for students and teachers

Role

This is a full-time, staff-level software engineering role where you will work as a technical lead and individual contributor on our Payments team. Payments is one of three product areas (along with Accounting and Student Billing) that are part of our Financial Technology offering for our schools. The Payments product focuses on building and improving our online payments platform, VC Pay, and supporting our payment integrations with other Veracross products. Accounting helps schools manage their general ledger and accounts payable/accounts receivable. Student Billing manages charges, payments, and statements for students and their families.

Having an all-in-one integrated billing, accounting, and school information system improves the lives of school staff and families by bringing otherwise complex workflows into one streamlined system. This role includes technical leadership and mentorship for other engineers on the team. Candidates with experience integrating payment processors (domestic and international) are especially encouraged to apply.

Our engineering team is remote-friendly and distributed, with employees in a variety of states and contractors in several countries. While our headquarters is in Wakefield, MA, proximity to this location is a plus; candidates are encouraged to apply from anywhere.

Responsibilities

• Develop, improve, and maintain features using Ruby on Rails, SQL, and JavaScript.
• Own technical architecture discussions and lead technical decisions for our payments product area.
• Provide technical mentorship for team members.
• Partner and collaborate with other technical leaders across teams.
• Build new features within our flagship product, Axiom.
• Enable other internal product areas, such as Admissions and Fundraising, to leverage our payments platform.
• Expand our internal tools to automate and improve workflows.
• Write and improve documentation for our FinTech systems and tools.
• Integrate Veracross with third-party systems used by private K-12 schools.

Requirements

• Experience integrating payment providers such as Stripe, BlueSnap, Braintree, etc.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent technical organization and planning skills.
• Demonstrable understanding of the security and privacy requirements of payment-related systems.
• The ability to perform technical responsibilities remotely in a mostly asynchronous environment.
• The ability to be flexible and adaptable.
• 8+ years of professional programming experience.
• Proven experience in system architecture, ensuring system scalability and performance.
• Experience with the Ruby, Rails framework, or similar and technologies; experience with modern JavaScript development a plus.
• Passionate about writing testable code, with experience in unit/integration testing.
• Experience with relational databases.
• Experience with source control, especially git.
• A service- and team-oriented mindset.

Bonus Points

We are specifically looking for candidates with previous FinTech experience. While experience integrating payment providers is required, the following experience is a big plus, but not mandatory for a strong candidate:

• Understanding of core accounting standards and concepts, including but not limited to GAAP, General Ledger, and Accounts Receivable / Accounts Payable.
• Experience with accounting applications, such as Quickbooks, Freshbooks, Xero, or Sage.
• Experience with financial aid, tuition management, or other school-related financial software.

Benefits

• 3 weeks of vacation per year
• 14 paid holidays per year (including the week off between Christmas and New Year’s Eve)
• 56 hours of paid sick leave annually
• Top-tier benefits
• Medical, Dental & Vision (Blue Cross Blue Shield & EyeMed)
• Veracross LLC Fidelity 401(k) Plan - Managed by Sentinel Benefits

Salary for this position is determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to local market conditions, internal equity, and candidate qualifications. The compensation range is $140k to $170k (annualized USD) plus potential bonus.

We value the power of an inclusive culture and a strong sense of belonging. We seek to infuse diversity into everything we do, while promoting a culture where opportunities are equal and accessible; consideration and respect are the norm; and all team members are supported in reaching their full potential.