Django - Senior Software Developer

Viamericas is a #1 ranked and licensed money transmitter offering international money transfer, bill payment, check processing and a variety of other services at thousands of agent locations across the United States, and 287,885 locations in 95 countries. At Viamericas, our ultimate objective is to help immigrants succeed and improve their lives by providing the highest quality financial services. We are always seeking TOP TALENT – experienced individuals who embrace our core values of respect, innovation, integrity and impact.

Position Summary:

This position is a senior role within the software development organization focused on development, design and implementation of product features & enhancements. This role must have a solid understanding of the firm’s business, the product development lifecycle and experience implementing enterprise-class software. We’re looking for someone to create elegant and useful solutions using Django and to solve complex business problems by collaborating across various teams, understanding the needs of our business partners, and having product manager mindset to provide solutions to solve those problems. The individual must be driven to achieve results and be proactive. They will be expected to independently anticipate and handle most issues before they become problems and not let things get in the way of achieving the company’s goals.

Duties and Responsabilities

• Work with product owners, business owners and UX design teams to define and refine feature specifications, and to deliver high quality solutions on time.
• Develop well-architected, intuitive and elegant frameworks and features to support scalability and flexibility using best practices and modern software engineering tools.
• Design and develop front-end interfaces, underlying APIs, and backend systems using python (Django Framework), JavaScript, SQL Server.
• Refactor and optimize our code for improved reliability, performance, simplicity, and maintainability.
• Understanding of test-driven development, ability to test your own code, and reduce back and forth between development and QA; maintain a “clean code” mindset.
• Working with operations teams to ensure our applications and services are highly available and reliable.
• Supporting your code as needed and required to keep the operation functioning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IS, IT or related field
• Highly organized and detail oriented with ability to work independently and develop solutions to problems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated experience working both with peers and more senior executives
• Desired English Level
• Exposure to the FinTech industry desired
• 5+ years of experience

Technical Requirements

• Python Developer who is fluent with Django.
• Django Framework
• JavaScript
• Docker
• SQL server experience is a must.
• Experience with AWS.
• Experience in client-server or n-tier architectures required, service-oriented, RESTful or micro-services experience preferred.
• Ideally the candidate has worked in an Agile environment.

Working Conditions

• 100% remote work.
• Hardware setup for you to work from home.
• Performance Bonus
• Flexible hours - make your schedule.
• Diverse and multicultural work environment.
• An innovative environment with the structure and resources of a leading multinational.
• Here you can grow at the speed of your learning curve.
• This position may require weekend and evening work as we collaborate with our partner’s internationally on audits and in support of corporate initiatives. 

Information Security Responsibilities

• Make sure you and your team read, acknowledge and comply with Viamericas’ Staff Information Security Policy.
• Make sure you and your team attend periodic Information Security training provided by Viamericas’.
• Report any event that might be an Information Security Incident: clicked on a malicious link, downloaded and opened a suspicious file, etc.
• Protect from disclosure all sensitive information, credentials and access to servers to which you have access.

Come work for industry leaders! We are the fastest growing company in the industry, with best in class products. We offer an environment of growth and learning that will help you to grow your potential and develop as a professional.