Founded in 1995, Cayan's Gift/Loyalty Platform is a leading provider of gift, stored value and loyalty solutions for businesses of all sizes.
Processing more than 20 million transactions annually in over 26 countries, Cayan's Gift/Loyalty Platform is consistently recognized for its flexibility, simplicity and support in its delivery of comprehensive, value-based solutions. Our stored value, gift and loyalty solutions are customizable for every type of business - whether you're a small business or a growing chain - and help build lasting relationships between merchants and their customers.
The Senior Software Engineer is responsible for the design and development of Cayan's software components that are deployed to our Stored Value Gateway, supporting merchants' Gift and Loyalty programs, including our integrations with the leading mobile wallet providers.
Working within a team, the Senior Software Engineer will develop primarily using the C and C++ programming languages and is responsible for utilizing a variety of web protocols to integrate capabilities to our stored value gateway and portals, providing web services to PoS, and consuming web services from our Payment Gateway.
The Senior Software Engineer will also help mentor and develop more junior members of the team in all aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle, instilling best practices and a commitment to quality in all deliverables.
Job Description
- Design and develop applications to leverage traditional card and evolving mobile payment technologies and mobile wallets (eg. Android Pay, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay etc.)
- Use the C and C++ programming languages to deliver high quality, easily maintainable production code
- Develop secure software, using hardware acceleration and trusted computing modules to securely capture, store and transmit sensitive payment data
- Implement secure end-to-end transactions, featuring synchronous and asynchronous cryptographic algorithms and digital signatures
- Use SOAP and JSON based web technologies as both client and server within the payment ecosystem
- Participate in the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements analysis through software and test design, implementation and unit testing, to verification and release.
- Apply software design principles, including coupling/cohesion, decomposition/modularity, encapsulation/information hiding, and separation of interface and implementation, and teach these practices to more junior members of the team.
- As part of a customer-focused team, seek understanding of and value in our customers' requirements, and actively shape the product from an engineering standpoint
- Participate in team workshops to generate ideas and high-quality technical solutions – picking the right solution whilst balancing idealism and pragmatism
- Assist with troubleshooting and repairing defects
- Simplify and improve existing technical methodologies
- Adhere to and apply overarching internal practices and policies with respect to coding standards, unit testing, lean development, and status reports
- Assist in project management activities: Estimation, Scheduling, Planning, Tracking progress
- Assist with training and mentoring of others on the team.
- Assists with hiring (Interviewing, Phone Screens)
Requirements
- BSc or MSc or equivalent in Computer Science or related field
- Experience in Linux development environment
- Working experience of C and/or C++
- Experience with integrating 3rd party services – eg. SOAP or REST
- Experience with Design Patterns, Refactoring, OO Design and related areas
- Expected to be self-starters who can operate well under a variety of different situations and types of projects, ranging from a team of one to a team of many.
- Passion for and self-motivated interest in Software Development as a profession, not just a job
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication and organizational skills
- Must be proactive, self-motivated, attentive to detail, and able to work well under pressure
- Strong communication skills
- Team player with a desire to learn and a willingness to teach and mentor as part of a team
- Able to take ownership of, and responsibility for, assigned work
- Eligibility to work in the UK on a full time and permanent basis
Desirable
- Experience in a senior role on software development teams
- Database design and development
- Web client and server programming skills
Benefits:
In addition to a very competitive salary we also provide an excellent benefits package including: free car parking, private medical care, health cash plan, contributory pension, life insurance, income protection and free subscription with Belfast Bikes.
You also get to work in an award winning office and enjoy 25 days annual leave + 10 public holidays in addition to many other little perks such as lunch every other Friday, fresh fruit and more.
To find out more about Cayan's engineering team visit: https://cayan.com/engineering
