Senior Software Engineer

Helcim was founded with a mission at heart: to be the world’s most loved payment system. We believe that by offering small businesses in North America a decidedly human payment solution where it is easier to sign up and use while being transparent and affordable, we can empower them to grow and prosper. Simply put, helping small businesses thrive is at the very core of our business model, and we think that’s a great way to do business.

From the very start, we knew that we wanted to be different from every payment processor out there. We want the merchants we serve to feel supported and see us as a trusted partner rather than simply just another “cost of doing business.” We are relentless in our pursuit to provide a radically transparent and honest payments solution that flat out saves business owners money, all while treating them like human beings.

THE POSITION

Helcim is searching for a Senior Software Engineer to help develop the next generation of payments technology. We're looking for a talented & experienced individual with a passion for coding, enjoys learning & implementing new technologies, has strong problem-solving skills and a user-focused approach to software development.

As a Senior Engineer you will be building and deploying high-quality software solutions. You will continually be involved in mentoring and coaching, ensuring you and your team are delivering at a high level. We put an emphasis on developing our team members to build them into well rounded professionals.

As a member of our team, you will be working on numerous ongoing and new projects. Helcim is a fast-paced, high-demand company and the successful candidate will work well in that environment.

Here are the things you’ll own day to day:

• Designs and maintains scalable, high-performance APIs to support both internal and external services, with a focus on correctness, reliability and security using PHP Laravel.
• Builds systems through event driven architecture with PHP as well as Go.
• Coaches and mentors junior developers, providing guidance, support, and feedback to help them grow in their roles.
• Work in a highly collaborative environment with cross functional teams (Data/Product/Dev Ops/Stakeholders/Design)
• Partners with the Data team to product ionize machine learning models by ensuring APIs and database queries scale effectively.
• Building Continuous Integration/Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines through Gitlab to increase automation.
• On the lookout for ways to improve our development processes.
• Being a role model for high engineering standards.
• Easily discover new insights through our Big Query Data Warehouse
• Deploying and maintaining projects through Cloud Infrastructure such as AWS or Google Cloud Platform

A SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE

• 6+ years of professional software development experience.
• Education should include a Bachelor's, technical degree, bootcamp or other certifications in computer programming, computer science or object-oriented software development, or equivalent experience.
• Strong experience in system design for backend services, including caching strategies, fault tolerance, and performance optimization.
• Proven ability to optimize SQL queries and large-scale data workflows to handle high transaction volumes.
• Familiarity with cloud-native databases and Big Query is a plus, as well as experience in Golang.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes, or other containerization software(s).

HELCIM CULTURE IS;

Being builders: We build things ourselves and we build them well. We use technology and our creativity to overcome challenges that would seem beyond the capability of a company our size. We improve what is already there, invent our way out of problems and we never stop dreaming of better.

Choosing the harder path: We believe that the right decisions are usually the harder ones, so we embrace the challenge and endure when others quit. We choose what is difficult because it is more rewarding in the long-term, and makes us resilient, so that we not only survive but thrive.

Creating trust: We earn trust by striving to be our best selves every day and by lifting those around us. We recognize that trust is hard to earn, easy to lose and is tested…