Software Engineer- Middleware

The Freedom Pay Commerce Platform is the technology of choice for many of the largest companies across the globe in retail, hospitality, lodging, gaming, sports and entertainment, food service, education, healthcare and financial services. Freedom Pay's technology has been purposely built to deliver rock solid performance in the highly complex environment of global commerce. The company maintains a world-class security environment and was first to earn the coveted validation by the PCI Security Standards Council against Point-to-Point Encryption with EMV standard in North America.

Freedom Pay's robust solutions across payments, security, identity and data analytics are available in-store, online and on-mobile and are supported by rapid API adoption. The award winning Freedom Pay Commerce Platform operates on a single, unified technology stack across multiple continents allowing enterprises to deliver a consistent, repeatable experience on a global scale. Freedom Pay is a fast paced, high growth company with a great culture with competitive benefits and compensation with a business casual atmosphere.

We are currently seeking a top tier Software Engineer with specific experience in the Microsoft technology stack (.Net, C#, SQL) with a focus on our middleware products and interacting with hardware devices. This is a full-time salaried position. You will join a team of world class engineers and developers solving complex problems, building new product lines, and expanding existing products and services.

You will be rewarded for creativity and innovation.

The ideal candidate will be proficient in the development of high performing n-tier solutions with transaction handling and complex secure system integrations. You will leverage various frameworks, patterns, and tools. You will have shared accountability for the quality of the solution and ensure seamless integration and implementations.

Job Responsibilities (including but not limited to)

• Build properly structured, well-commented solutions for complex integrations and complex problems.
• Work directly with 3rd party Point of Sales and hardware devices.
• Maintain and expand our middleware solutions.
• Exercise thorough unit and system testing.
• Work within a scrum team to create stories, tasks, estimates, and delivery timelines for each release.
• Follow and contribute to technical standards, coding standards, tools, platforms, and approaches. Help define and create application frameworks and common libraries for a wide variety of solutions, always seeking to reuse code and core frameworks where possible.
• Work with the QA team to ensure proper test plan, test coverage, test execution, and defect remediation.
• Related tasks as assigned.

• At least a BS/BA Degree in MIS, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• A minimum of 5 years experience as a Software Developer/Engineer
• Strong, written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with .Net 4.6.2+, VS 2019+
• C#
• Object-oriented design and programming
• Windows Servers/Services
• Experience building multi-threaded, high throughput, transactional processing software
• Knowledge of, and commitment to, industry-accepted best practices in source code control, architecture, coding structure, and unit/system testing
• Building and documenting interfaces for 3rd party consumption
• Working knowledge of current network hardware, protocols, and standards, including TCP/IP socket programming, HTTP and HTTPS handling, WiFi, SSH, SSL.
• Abstract thinking skills and employing experience and knowledge to create innovative solutions
• Knowledge of full application life cycle design tools and methodologies, e.g., Agile/Scrum, Extreme Programming
• Excellent multi-tasking skills, managing multiple initiatives at one time in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with accurate project estimating and planning, working in a team oriented and collaborative environment, working in a high pressure and fast paced organization
• Data security, encryption handling, compliance, data privacy and laws
• After hours support as needed
• Strong MS Office, Visioor Lucid Chart
• Occasional travel may be required (U.S.)

• A minimum of 2 years experience with devices
• Direct interaction with hardware devices
• SQL and SQLite
• GIT
• Wireshark
• Java/Kotlin
• C, C++
• Linux
• Virtualization, including Virtual Box or VMWare
• Docker, Azure, AWS, or GCP
• Experience in high volume transactional processing environments, preferably financial or payment related