Software Engineer II - FinTech Payments Platform

Flywire; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Flywire is seeking a Software Engineer 2 to contribute to our billing and payments platform, enabling hundreds of millions in money movement for colleges and universities. This full-stack role blends strong Java backend work with cross-team collaboration across US-based engineering and product teams.

You will design, build, test, and maintain secure, scalable code, leverage AI-assisted development tools, and ensure quality, security, and performance while meeting evolving client requirements in

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of professional experience in application development.
• Proven Java developer with production experience.
• Experience in FinTech or Higher Education sectors is appreciated.
• Familiarity with student billing / tuition workflows is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Feature Development: Design, build, and maintain high-quality, testable, and maintainable code within our billing and payments system.
• AI-Leveraged Exploration: Uses AI tools as a force multiplier - for code exploration, test scaffolding, rubber-ducking and assisting in producing production-quality code.
• Quality & Security: Ensure that security, quality, scaling, and performance are never sacrificed for speed.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Communicate effectively across engineering and product teams.
• Collaborative Problem Solving: Participate in solutioning meetings, comfortably debating the pros and the cons without ego.

Skills

Java

MySQL

Spring Core

Spring MVC

Spring Batch

Hibernate

JUnit 5

Mockito

AssertJ

AI-assisted development tools

Tools

Spring Core

Spring MVC

Spring Batch

Hibernate

AI-assisted development tools

Job description

Flywire is seeking a Software Engineer 2 to contribute to our billing and payments platform, enabling hundreds of millions in money movement for colleges and universities. This full-stack role blends strong Java backend work with cross-team collaboration across US-based engineering and product teams.

You will design, build, test, and maintain secure, scalable code, leverage AI-assisted development tools, and ensure quality, security, and performance while meeting evolving client requirements in