Senior Automation & AI Integration Engineer - Payments

Jobtailor; Berkeley Heights (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced software engineer to design and deploy automated tooling and AI-driven workflows. You will integrate REST/SOAP APIs, manage data transformations, and collaborate with client IT and ERP teams to ensure reliable, secure transaction flows.

You will build and maintain automated test suites, optimize backend scripts, and perform root-cause analysis during client implementations, with a strong emphasis on payment lifecycles and cloud-based deployments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on software development with integration tooling, automation frameworks, or backend microservices.
• Proficiency in Python or Java for backend script development, automation, and API consumption.
• Node.js/TypeScript for full-stack automation is required.
• 3+ years building automated workflows with state management, multi-threading, and async processing.
• 3+ years writing, optimizing, and debugging SQL across PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle.
• Experience deploying tools in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with Git, Docker, and CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering.
• Experience integrating Generative AI services (OpenAI, Claude, LangChain) is a plus.
• Understanding of payment lifecycles, PCI-DSS, and gateway messaging.
• Exposure to ERP systems (SAP ECC/S4HANA, Oracle EBS, JD Edwards).
• Strong Linux/Unix scripting skills.
• On-site work Monday through Friday.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy automated tooling and AI-assisted workflows using Python/LLM APIs or Node.js
• Streamline client onboarding, data transformation, and implementation verification
• Architect and validate REST/SOAP API connections, webhooks, and secure transaction flows for SnapPay and BillMatrix
• Partner with client IT, payment gateway, and ERP teams
• Build end-to-end automation test suites and CI/CD validation pipelines
• Test merchant configurations, state management, and asynchronous transaction flows before production go-live
• Maintain implementation tooling repositories
• Conduct peer code reviews
• Optimize backend scripts for reliability and performance
• Troubleshoot complex integration failures, API mismatches, and data payload anomalies
• Conduct root-cause analysis during client implementations

Skills

Python

Java

SQL

REST API

SOAP API

Automation Frameworks

Microservices

Linux/Unix Scripting

Multi-threading

Asynchronous Event Processing

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Software Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Git

Docker

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

OpenAI APIs

LangChain

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced software engineer to design and deploy automated tooling and AI-driven workflows. You will integrate REST/SOAP APIs, manage data transformations, and collaborate with client IT and ERP teams to ensure reliable, secure transaction flows.

You will build and maintain automated test suites, optimize backend scripts, and perform root-cause analysis during client implementations, with a strong emphasis on payment lifecycles and cloud-based deployments.