Senior Software Engineer

  • Full-time
  • Compensation Type (Employee Subgroup): 01-Full Time

Company Description

Digital River is a pioneer in enabling brands to sell direct to their customers online. For over 25 years, established and fast-growing brands alike rely on our flexible, API-powered solutions to launch new eCommerce purchase options, localize transactions in new countries, and simplify the technology and services needed to support their online channels. It boils down to Digital River taking risk and responsibility on behalf of our clients to process payments, mitigate fraud, and handle taxes and regulatory compliance.

Digital River is a digital first company headquartered in Minneapolis with offices across the U.S., Asia, Europe and South America

Job Description

What You'll Do:

The Sr Software Engineer will design, develop, modify, and implement software programming for products (internally and externally) with focus on surpassing customers’ expectations by achieving high quality and on time delivery. The Sr Software Engineer is responsible for ensuring the overall functional quality of the released product on all required platforms and mechanisms. The Sr Software Engineer will help drive improvements to our development and testing practices in addition to improvements to systems.

Design and Development

  • Complete design, development, implementation, and maintenance of multiple product modules/sub-systems on moderate issues
  • Accountable for code quality
  • Engineer and tune performance for enterprise high volume traffic
  • Interact with team members, business partners and/or end users to define system requirements and/or necessary modifications
  • Works with and to remote staff and offshore resources

Leadership

  • Develop high-level detailed requirements, architectural designs, and detailed functional designs for the software development of new applications and new features to existing applications
  • Write and translate business and customer requirements, and integrate knowledge of customer operational environments
  • Mentor others, participate in design, code reviews, and proactively identify risks
  • Lead software quality assurance efforts to ensure products are adequately tested and meet all requirements
  • Lead investigation and resolution of complex product issues with minimal technical risk
  • Stay technically up-to-date of software development, computer engineering, and computer science trends in technology, methods, and processes
  • Innovate, recommend, and drive product improvement using approaches such as new feature ideas, software architecture, and 3rd party integration
  • Create project estimates and designs for customization requests and product improvements
  • Drive process improvement initiatives for the software team by recognizing areas for improvement and working with others to develop and document process improvements

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering/Related field or 5+ years of experience in
  • Software Engineering/Information Technology
  • Extensive understanding of IT systems infrastructure and engineering practices
  • Triage, re-factor, and troubleshoot issues found within the code base
  • Hands on experience in web-based technologies
  • Strong knowledge of software design, development, debug and test practices
  • Experience working on complex products, solutions, and problems
  • Identify quality components and contribute to test approach for multiple testing responsibilities (i.e. functions, load, automation, performance, etc.)
  • Polished written and verbal communication skills, analytical skills, and problem solving skills
  • Ability to collaborate with cross functional team of business owners, Developers, Business Analysts, and Quality Assurance

Preferred:

  • Experience with Java, Spring, Reactive and developing micro services
  • Experience in Agile software development practices
  • Experience with CD/CI build deployment tools like Jenkins
  • Skilled with data storage specific DSL, working knowledge of tools like ELK, Cassandra
  • Experience working with and providing guidance to more junior members of the team
  • Ability to understand and resolve complex products, solutions, and problems
  • Create, document, and execute software designs which may involve complicated workflows or multiple product areas

Additional Information

WHY DIGITAL RIVER:

Digital River provides numerous benefits to our employees. Benefits include:

Digital River is “Digital First”, meaning virtual working is the primary experience for most of our employees. This means that we are flexible on location for the majority of roles that we are recruiting for. If “Flexible on location” is listed on job posting, that means the role can be in any of the locales that we currently have entities in:

USA – Ireland – UK – Germany – Taiwan – Japan - China

While we would love to showcase and reminisce about our wonderful on-site benefits pre-pandemic (Bring your dog to work, onsite Starbucks, onsite Gym, Beer Thursdays, Rooftop Terrace, on-site masseuse, to name but a few), We still offer great benefits to support YOU regardless of where you are sitting, Medical, Retirement benefit, paid parental leave for new moms and dads globally, and the list goes on. What we are focusing on is providing a meaningful employee experience with benefits that are most meaningful and not measurable in $£€. Flexible working schedule.

Digital River supports and embraces a diverse workforce as an Equal Opportunity Employer and strives to provide a work environment free from bullying, harassment, and discrimination. Employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and candidate skills. Digital River does not discriminate based on gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, family status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

Digital River is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our hiring and onboarding process. Within that process your Talent Acquisitions Partner will assist you further. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Be (R)evolutionary, Be Powerful, Be Driven, Exceptional, Together, Be YOUnique

WHY DIGITAL RIVER:

Digital River provides numerous benefits to our employees. Benefits include:

Digital River is “Digital First”, meaning virtual working is the primary experience for most of our employees. This means that we are flexible on location for the majority of roles that we are recruiting for. If “Flexible on location” is listed on job posting, that means the role can be in any of the locales that we currently have entities in:

USA – Ireland – UK – Germany – Taiwan – Japan - China

While we would love to showcase and reminisce about our wonderful on-site benefits pre-pandemic (Bring your dog to work, onsite Starbucks, onsite Gym, Beer Thursdays, Rooftop Terrace, on-site masseuse, to name but a few), We still offer great benefits to support YOU regardless of where you are sitting, Medical, Retirement benefit, paid parental leave for new parents globally, and the list goes on. What we are focusing on is providing a meaningful employee experience with benefits that are most meaningful and not measurable in $£€. Flexible working schedule.

Digital River supports and embraces a diverse workforce as an Equal Opportunity Employer and strives to provide a work environment free from bullying, harassment, and discrimination. Employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and candidate skills. Digital River does not discriminate based on gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, family status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

Digital River is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our hiring and onboarding process. Within that process your Talent Acquisitions Partner will assist you further.

Be (R)evolutionary, Be Powerful, Be Driven, Exceptional, Together, Be YOUnique

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