Flywire Manager I Software Engineering 

United States 

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Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company, delivering high-stakes, high-value payments across the global education, healthcare, travel and B2B industries. Today, we’ve digitized payments for more than 4,000+ global clients in more than 140 currencies across 240 countries and territories around the world. And, we’re just getting started!

With over 1,200+ global FlyMates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 12 offices world-wide, we’re looking for FlyMates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow.

The Opportunity :

We, at Flywire, are looking for an experienced Manager I, Software Engineering, ideally with a background in FinTech. Your primary responsibility will be to lead the day-to-day tasks to build and maintain the platform that supports the money movement of our industry leading payment engine moving hundreds of millions everyday.

You will be joining a team in charge of designing new functionalities and improving the current capabilities to improve speed, cost and scalability of our product. Thus, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, pragmatic design, building quality products and to convey the sensation that the product is the responsibility of all the team is essential. You will be responsible for ensuring high quality code in a team defined timeframe.

• Coordinate and support daily activities for engineers on the team and partner with their managers to determine approach for managing daily tasks
• Track success on the team based on established goals and objectives
• Play a strong technical role on projects and set priorities for the team to ensure task completion
• Work on issues of limited scope with the ability to find and execute solutions to routine problems
• Write clean, high quality, testable, secure, maintainable and extendable code
• Work on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Provide estimates, track progress, assess risk and manage the time of team members
• Exercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
• Partake in the recruitment process by identifying and exciting great talent
• Understand scalability and performance status and make improvement for scalability
• Drive change and improvement in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
• Contribute to the product vision by collaborating with Product Managers and stakeholders
• Drive initiatives to lead projects as well as mentor team members

Here’s What We’re Looking For :

• 8 years of experience in web application development
• 1 years of managing and developing engineering teams
• Experience in designing, developing and supporting scalable, performant and reliable web applications and distributed systems
• Seasoned in techniques such TDD and BDD
• Proficient working with continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD)
• Understanding of relational databases
• Strong understanding of object-oriented fundamentals
• Great understanding of the other disciplines in the cross functional team: QAs, Product and SREs
• Fluent in English, as it is the company’s working language
• Experience in FinTech or the payment industry will be appreciated
• The ability to deliver high quality code and learn quickly
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross functional teams including product and support

Technologies We Use :

• Java
• JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• System management: Linux, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Sidekiq, AMQP, ElasticSearch,
• Machine Learning
• Cloud platform: AWS

Our Culture :

• We are a global company. Our engineering team is distributed across 3 continents and 4 different countries so remote work is allowed!
• Our engineering practice is shaped around concepts including Agile, Lean, and Extreme Programming. Each team has a high level of autonomy to organize themselves in the way they consider more appropriate to execute their mission.
• We actively engage in knowledge sharing by hosting internal cross-discipline events.
• We are active in contributing to open source whenever possible.
• We contribute to our local communities by hosting different events, Meetups, etc

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation, including Restricted Stock Units
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Flying Start - Our immersive Global Induction Program (Meet our Execs & Global Teams)
• Work with brilliant people that will keep you on your toes, learn more about their journeys by checking out #InsideFlywire on social media
• Dynamic & Global Team (we have been collaborating virtually for years!)
• Wellbeing Programs (Mental Health, Wellness, Yoga/Pilates/HIIT Classes) with Global FlyMates
• Be a meaningful part in our success - every FlyMate makes an impact
• Competitive time off including FlyBetter Days to volunteer in a cause you believe in and Digital Disconnect Days!
• Great Talent & Development Programs (Managers Taking Flight – for new or aspiring managers!)

Submit today and get started!

We are excited to get to know you! Throughout our process you can expect to meet with different FlyMates including the Hiring Manager, Peers on the team, the VP of the department, and a skills assessment. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will walk you through the steps and be your “go-to” person for any questions.

Flywire is an equal opportunity employer. With over 40 nationalities across 14 different offices, and diversity and inclusion at the core of our people agenda, we believe our FlyMates are our greatest asset, and we’re excited to watch our unique culture evolve with each new hire.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $150k - 180k USD plus restricted stock units and benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, position level, and location. The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and several other factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education and training. Your Talent Acquisition Partner can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process