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.

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

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering/Related field, 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering/Information Technology
• Extensive understanding of IT systems infrastructure and engineering practices
• 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: 

• Knowledge and experience working with Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Experience working with and providing guidance to more junior members of the team
• Skilled with data storage specific DSL 
• 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
• Experience in exposing data points for monitoring and alerting purposes
• Expertise in troubleshooting large scale distributed systems

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this classification. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.  

Why Digital River:

Digital River provides numerous benefits to all our employees, ensuring an inclusive and supportive work environment that fosters continuous growth and up-skilling. These benefits include:

Digital River prioritizes a "Digital First" approach, where virtual work arrangements are the primary experience for most of our employees. We offer flexible location options for the majority of roles we are recruiting for, allowing you to work from any of the locales where we currently have entities:

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

On top of our digital-first approach, we offer Flexible Time Off (FTO) to our US based employees and a very generous paid time off to those outside of the US.

We believe in empowering our employees to drive their own professional development. Every employee is provided with the chance to collaborate with their leader and design Individual Development Plans (IDPs), enabling personalized growth opportunities and up-skilling that are championed. We support your journey to acquire new skills and knowledge to excel in your role and beyond.

Digital River offers exceptional benefits regardless of your location, including medical coverage, retirement benefits, and paid leave for new parents. Digital River, with the partnerships with some of our clients, offers generous discounts on everything from trips, to a cup of coffee. Our commitment to your well-being extends beyond measurable monetary value, as we focus on providing a meaningful employee experience and a flexible working schedule.

At Digital River, we fully embrace and support a diverse workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strive to create a work environment free from bullying, harassment, and discrimination. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and candidate skills. We do not discriminate based on gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, family status, or any other legally protected status in the locations where we operate.

Importantly, Digital River is dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations during our hiring and onboarding process. Your Talent Acquisitions Partner will be there to assist you further in this regard. We believe in your continuous growth and development, and we are committed to supporting your journey.

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