Senior Associate, Solution Engineering (Java Fullstack)

Senior Associate, Solution Engineering (Java Full stack Developer)– Pune, India

Are you excited by the opportunity of using your knowledge of development to lead a team to success? Are you ready to join a team in a global company where your primary focus is to deliver services and products to our customers, and provide thought leadership on creating solutions? Are you interested in joining a globally diverse organization where our unique contributions are recognized and celebrated, allowing each of us to thrive? Then it’s time to join Western Union as a Senior Associate, Solution Engineering.

Western Union powers your pursuit

You will be working with a team of engineers with a broad range of responsibilities including all aspects of software engineering like requirements understanding and validation, solution design detailed design, development, testing and software configuration management. Build products, systems, and services that are optimized, well organized and maintainable, and have a high impact on our end users.

Role Responsibilities

• Demonstrate strong capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards
• Interface and collaborate with other engineers in geographically distributed development centers
• Strong emphasis on customer journey, product quality, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and continuous development.
• Design layered application, including user interface, business functionality, and database access.
• Apply Agile methodology daily and follow Definition of Done (DoD) process for better quality by maintaining 80% and unit test coverage and 70% integration test coverage
• Thorough code reviews.
• Develop technical & domain expertise and apply to solving product challenges
• Estimate engineering effort, plan implementation, and roll out applications with cross-functional impacts
• Share engineering support and release
• Breaks down the problem into its constituent parts; evaluates the available solution options while solving problems
• Seeks to understand business needs, builds credibility by providing relevant inputs, integrates PO’s feedback and delivers as per commitments
• Can prioritize individual tasks based on project criticalities, proactively plans based on critical inputs from historical data, analyses work output and plans for contingencies

Role Requirements

• 4+ years of professional experience
• Excellent understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, OOPs, Java design patterns
• Demonstrated experience in Java, Servlet, JavaScript, Spring, Angular14, PostgreSQL, JUNIT, HTML, CSS
• Demonstrated capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards
• Team player with strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced, iterative development environment and adapt to changing business priorities and to thrive under pressure
• Knowledge of package, Tools, techniques, libraries, reusable components to perform, optimize & troubleshoot complex technical tasks independently
• Working knowledge of preventive & corrective maintenance practices (like RCA); to remove and prevent defects
• Knowledge of testing tools & techniques to write test scripts & set up test environment for at least one type of testing like integration, system etc.
• Knowledge of design methodologies & patterns to translate high level architectural solutions to detailed design.

• Experience with JavaScript is good to have.
• Experience with agile development methodologies with Test Driven Development (TDD) and CI (Continuous Integration)/CD (Continuous Delivery) would be a plus.

We make financial services accessible to humans everywhere. Join us for what’s next.

Western Union is positioned to become the world’s most accessible financial services company —transforming lives and communities. We’re a diverse and passionate customer-centric team of over 8,000 employees serving 200 countries and territories, reaching customers and receivers around the globe. More than moving money, we design easy-to-use products and services for our digital and physical financial ecosystem that help our customers move forward.

Just as we help our global customers prosper, we support our employees in achieving their professional aspirations. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as receive a great compensation package. If you’re ready to help drive the future of financial services, it’s time for Western Union. Learn more about our purpose and people at https://careers.westernunion.com/.

Benefits

You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few(https://careers.westernunion.com/global-benefits/). Please see the location-specific benefits below and note that your Recruiter may share additional role-specific benefits during your interview process or in an offer of employment.

Your India specific benefits include:

· Employees Provident Fund [EPF]

· Gratuity Payment

· Public holidays

· Annual Leave, Sick leave, Compensatory leave, and Maternity / Paternity leave

· Annual Health Check up

· Hospitalization Insurance Coverage (Mediclaim)

· Group Life Insurance, Group Personal Accident Insurance Coverage, Business Travel Insurance

· Cab Facility

· Relocation Benefit

Western Union values in-person collaboration, learning, and ideation whenever possible. We believe this creates value through common ways of working and supports the execution of enterprise objectives which will ultimately help us achieve our strategic goals. By connecting face-to-face, we are better able to learn from our peers, problem-solve together, and innovate. 

Our Hybrid Work Model categorizes each role into one of three categories. Western Union has determined the category of this role to be Hybrid. This is defined as a flexible working arrangement that enables employees to divide their time between working from home and working from an office location. The expectation for Hybrid roles in the Philippines is to work from the office at least 70% of the employee’s working days per month.

We are passionate about diversity. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams while reflecting the communities we serve. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, following applicable laws.

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