Software Engineering Manager

Overview

Shift4 (NYSE: FOUR) is boldly redefining commerce by simplifying complex payments ecosystems across the world. As the leader in commerce-enabling technology, Shift4 powers billions of transactions annually for hundreds of thousands of businesses in virtually every industry. For more information, visit www.shift4.com.

    Join our ambitious Partner Portal team, where you'll help develop and maintain a cutting-edge self-service platform for Shift4's commercial teams, including internal sales and external partners. This portal is used for sales, customer service and support, merchant portfolio management, and various internal divisions (L&D, Marketing, and Finance). It has been operating successfully in the American market for over two years and is now starting to expand into Europe.
Our current strategic directions include:

• International development (Europe, Canada, UK, IE and more);
• Core project enhancementImplementation of AI solutionsGDPR compliance;
• Deprecation of legacy systems and all processes from leads (opportunity) to customer issues management after go live.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical strategy and implementation of our product (backend / API level/integrations - in scope). Deliver reliability and efficiency for process automation, internal tools;
• Lead Tech grooming and/or requirements gathering/validation sessions, planning with squad;
• Help Product director and managers by advising how the system works or how a solution could be implemented, represent product as Technical lead;
• Assist with mentoring team members to grow technically, fostering a culture of learning and excellence or simple knowledge sharing sessions coordination;
• Ensure high-quality coding standards and knowledge sharing, related processes;
• Collaborate with top-tier engineers from other teams, taking on the most challenging projects;
• Enjoy complete creative freedom to make decisions and implement them from scratch with the support of your team;
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Business Analysts, QA, and other team members to achieve elegant solutions which satisfy business needs, goals, and objectives.

Requirements

• Experience working with application building / programming;
• Solid experience working with backend development (would be great 5+ years);
• Experience working with integrations, APIs, databases;
• Experience working with systems maintenance;
• Be familiar with agile software development lifecycle (SDLC);
• Ability independently perform technical analysis with proactive communication / contacting team members or other related squads;
• Be flexible and demonstrate the ability to execute on deadlines;
• Experience working in an international context and solid English (written and spoken).

Technical Skills Required

• Programming Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript;
• Backend Framework: NestJS;
• Frontend Technologies: Experience with JavaScript frameworks React (version 18.2.0);
• Database: Experience with SQL databases (PostgreSQL, MSSQL etc.);
• ORM: TypeORM;
• Version Control: Git;
• Containerization: Docker;
• Testing: Jest for unit and e2e testing, Cypress (for end-to-end testing), Vitest (for unit and integration testing), Testing Library (React);
• Styling: Tailwind CSS (version 3.2.4), PostCSS;
• Linting and Formatting: ESLint, Prettier, Stylelint;
• Build Tools: Vite (as the project bundler and dev server), Rollup (implied by Vite ecosystem).

Other Skills

• Experience with Node.js and npm;
• Familiarity with Redis caching;
• Understanding of RESTful APIs and microservices architecture;
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines;
• Proficiency in frontend development tools and libraries (e.g., Storybook, SWC, Axios, React Router, Lexical, ReactQuery, LogRocket, MSW, Joi and etc.);
• Experience with: DataDog, Sentry, Twilio, DocuSign;
• Experience with an integration with SalesForce / Mulesoft (there is a dedicated team with whom you may need to have a joint task) is a plus;
• Knowledge of AWS services is a plus.

Benefits

• A growing innovative company with a friendly atmosphere.
• Social Responsibility Initiatives.
• Creative, people-oriented, encouraging working environment.
• Cutting-edge technologies and tools.
• Office in the city center with parking for cars, bicycles, and scooters.
• Private health insurance.
• Additional vacation days based on tenure.
• Solid salary and annual bonuses for the achieved results.
• NYSE: FOUR Restricted Stock Units award based on your seniority.
• Employee referral program.

The salary range for this position starts at 6000 EUR / gross. The exact salary will be determined based on the candidate’s experience.

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