Senior Software Engineer

Join Paystone and Craft the Future of Customer-Driven Growth!

At Paystone, we're not just building products; we're shaping the future of growth for small businesses. Our innovative solutions empower business owners with both hands-off and hands-on tools, ensuring every customer interaction is a step towards success. Rooted in our core Values of thinking people first, solving impactful problems, and building a better future, we're on a mission to revolutionize the way businesses thrive.

Your Role: Senior Software Engineer

Are you passionate about making a real difference? Do you thrive in environments where innovation and mentorship go hand in hand? Paystone is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with a flair for technical leadership and a heart for nurturing talent. In this role, you'll not only drive the adoption of cutting-edge tools and practices but also serve as a beacon of inspiration for our engineering culture. You'll architect and build highly available, scalable, mission-critical backend services to drive the future of payments.

Your Focus:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using TypeScript, with a strong emphasis on GraphQL.
• Build scalable and efficient APIs, ensuring seamless data flow between front-end and back-end systems.
• Develop cloud-native microservices that leverage GCP services such as Cloud Spanner, Datastore, and Pub/Sub.
• Architect and optimize backend systems for scalability, performance, and reliability in high-traffic environments.
• Manage and automate cloud infrastructure with Terraform, ensuring efficient deployments and resource management.
• Maintain high code quality through testing, code reviews, and adherence to best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve backend issues, ensuring system stability and scalability.
• Contribute to architectural discussions, helping evolve our technology stack and backend systems.
• Prepare system documentation, test plans and deployment plans, where/when applicable.
• Involved in project requirements-gathering and creating specifications.

Who You Are:

• Experience: Minimum of 5+ years in backend development, with significant expertise in TypeScript.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), particularly in Cloud Spanner, Datastore, and Pub/Sub. Proven ability to build and optimize APIs in large-scale, production environments.
• Architecture and Design: Deep understanding of microservices architecture, along with advanced knowledge in GraphQL, RESTful API design, and distributed systems.
• Testing Skills: Proficiency in using Testing Frameworks such as Jest, Cypress, and Artillery for various levels of testing.
• Problem Solving: Strong problem-solving skills with the capability to debug complex backend issues.
• Communication and Collaboration: Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working in agile development environments.
• Attention to Detail: A meticulous approach to software development, ensuring all aspects of code and design are thoroughly vetted for quality and functionality.
• Mentorship: Demonstrated experience in mentoring junior developers, guiding them through complex technical challenges and fostering a culture of technical excellence and growth.

Perks & Benefits

• Compensation tied to market data
• We reward for contribution
• Everyone gets equity
• Flexible Time-off
• We’re committed to career development
• Work from home

Our Mission

By joining Paystone, you are joining a team that is future-focused and driven by our mission of creating Customer Driven Growth.

By helping our clients create better experiences for their customers, and in turn, motivating their happy customers to share their experiences with others, our platform creates the momentum for our clients to gain more happy customers. In other words, we win when our customers do.

Curious?

Good! We want all the curiosity we can muster. Innovation stems from observation and questioning, so be eager, be innovative, and be ready to raise the bar.

Come check us out!!

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About Us

Paystone is a leading North American payment and software company redefining the way merchants engage their customers and grow their businesses. The company's seamlessly integrated suite of automated payment processing, customer loyalty, gift card solutions, and now reputation marketing, is used by brands such as Irving Oil, The Source, Global Pet Foods, Kernels Popcorn, and many of the MTY Food Group's restaurant brands. Paystone's solutions are used at over 30,000 locations across Canada and the United States which collectively process over 10 billion dollars a year in bankcard volume. We employ over 200 employees and serve as the technology partner of choice for hundreds of partners across North America.

Paystone is an equal opportunity employer. Should you require any accommodations due to disability please let us know at the time you are selected for an interview.