Staff Software Engineer – Digital Platform Lead (Cloud Microservices)

Western Union; Austin (TX); Híbrido; USD 135.000 - 160.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

401K plan

Tuition Assistance

Student Loan Repayment

Descripción de la vacante

Western Union in Austin, TX seeks a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of scalable cloud-native microservices powering its digital platform. You will be a hands-on technical expert and service owner, partnering with distributed teams to ensure reliability, performance, and architectural excellence.

The role requires 5+ years of experience in modern Java tech stacks, AWS, and microservices, with leadership and Agile/TDD discipline.

Formación

• BS in Computer Science or related field, or MS with 5+ years experience.
• 2+ years in Java Spring Boot, DynamoDB/Postgres, Kafka, Redis, Apache Camel for microservices.
• 2+ years hands-on as technical lead on large-scale microservices.
• 2+ years agile development with TDD and CI/CD.
• 1+ years architecture concepts and evangelizing them to teams.
• 1+ years building microservices-based architecture at scale.
• 1+ years building enterprise APIs for web/mobile.
• 1+ years AWS-based architecture.

Responsabilidades

• Lead design and delivery of scalable cloud-native microservices.
• Coach junior engineers and coordinate across distributed teams.
• Review designs and ensure service level standards are met.
• Troubleshoot issues and coordinate resolution with ops and tech teams.
• Build applications and internal tools using AI coding agents.
• Drive architectural excellence and maintain engineering metrics.

Educación

BS in Computer Science or related field; MS with 5+ years experience

Equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree

Herramientas

Java Spring Boot

DynamoDB

Postgres

Kafka

Redis

Apache Camel

AWS

AI coding agents

Descripción del empleo

Western Union in Austin, TX seeks a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of scalable cloud-native microservices powering its digital platform. You will be a hands-on technical expert and service owner, partnering with distributed teams to ensure reliability, performance, and architectural excellence.

The role requires 5+ years of experience in modern Java tech stacks, AWS, and microservices, with leadership and Agile/TDD discipline.