Senior Software Engineer II

Position Summary:

As a Senior Software Engineer II on our Core Billing team you'll be an essential force behind the evolution of Pax8’s billing platform supporting critical financial functions such as orders invoice generation and regional tax requirements. In this role you will not only contribute to complex software design and development but also lead initiatives that help refine and restructure our systems. You’ll be at the forefront of our journey to modernize and migrate our monolithic invoice architecture into microservices making an impactful difference in how businesses manage their billing needs efficiently.

In this role you’ll work at the intersection of backend development and cross-functional collaboration. The Core Billing Team is deeply involved in a microservices migration transforming our legacy invoice monolith into a more modular and scalable architecture. You’ll partner with teams like the Orders & Subscription Management (OSM) team to ensure smooth integration and flawless delivery of billing features. Your day-to-day work will include contributing to design discussions implementing new features and reviewing and challenging design choices to ensure they meet business needs and technical standards.

You’ll also take a hands-on approach to automation testing particularly in JavaScript to ensure our billing features are reliable and maintainable. By contributing to our automation efforts you’ll help increase the team's efficiency and reduce potential issues in production.

To excel in this role you’ll need to be well-versed in backend development with experience in microservices architecture. A deep understanding of billing systems—particularly related to invoice generation and handling regional tax requirements—will be highly beneficial. Your ability to navigate cross-functional collaborations with teams like OSM and challenge designs and feature requests will be key to reducing project risks and ensuring smooth delivery. Familiarity with automation testing in JavaScript will help the team meet quality standards. You’ll be able to step up identify gaps and be accountable for driving complex projects forward.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Design develop test deploy maintain and improve software

• Participate in team meetings including grooming sessions project planning and other aspects of the agile development lifecycle. Act as technical expert and advise junior developers on industry best practice

• Act as technical liaison to product development team and advise product management on best technical paths to solve business problems

• Help level up the team through mentorship and design techniques

• Participate in on call rotations

Ideal Skills Experience and Competencies:

• At least seven (7) years of relevant software development experience

• Advanced proficiency of a relevant programming language (Java JavaScript Kotlin Go and/or Python)

• Effective technical leadership abilities

• Ability to raise the technical bar for how we develop complex scalable and reliable systems

• Proven experience working with distributed highly available systems

• Proficiency in a technical stack from infrastructure to application code

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Experience with innovative application design and implementation

• Effective problem solving and troubleshooting abilities

• Ability to step up to address difficult issues saying what needs to be said

• Ability to actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development challenges

• Ability to build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives

• Ability to create new and better ways for the organization to be successful

• Ability to consistently achieve results even under tough circumstances

• Ability to operate effectively even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear

• Ability to make sense of complex high quantity and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems

Required Education & Certifications:

• B.A./B.S. in related field or equivalent work experience

Compensation:

• Qualified candidates can expect a salary range of $155000 to $195000 or more depending on experience

Expected Closing Date: 11/8/24

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