Staff Software Engineer - Contract

Who We Are

The world is moving towards instant digital payments and TabaPay is leading the way. We help thousands of Fintechs in the US and Canada instantly move money in and out of accounts and we are actively expanding into other countries. Our customers represent the hottest verticals in the financial service industry such as neobanks, challenger brokers, gaming and wallets. TabaPay is a highly profitable rocketship that processes billions of dollars each year. To learn more visit www.tabapay.com.

Who You Are
As a Staff, Software Engineer for TabaPay, you love jumping into to complex programming projects and delivering top notch code to fuel enhanced client solutions. You are enthusiastic about creating innovative payment solutions and optimizing designs. When it comes to work ethic, you are hands on, self-motivated, and a strong team player. You love seeing your work build the foundation for new market solutions. 

What We’re Looking For
TabaPay is looking for an experienced engineer to design and build new instant payment solutions, as well as improve our core technology. We are looking for an individual contributor who wants to code 90% of the time. If you are a top-notch programmer, enthusiastic team player and strong communicator, we want to hear from you. This is a temporary position for a 4 week, W2 contract, with the ability to be hired full-time on a permanent basis. 

What You’ll Do 

Working closely with TabaPay’s product and engineering teams in a fast-paced dynamic environment to research, develop, integrate and optimize innovative payment solutions. 

• Engineer solutions that lead to high performing and customer-centric products
• Perform as an outstanding team player, and offer technical guidance as needed
• Program new and update existing payment features utilizing Python
• Brainstorm technical solutions to support concept/feasibility stage for new products
• Collaborate with product on creating detailed requirements
• Apply technical expertise to continually improve new and existing solutions
• Assist the support engineer in troubleshooting customer issues as needed 

Requirements 

Ideal Background 

• Successful track record of software development, delivering client-facing solutions
• Proven ability to translate high level product requirements into detailed specifications
• Capable of working in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Strong communication skills with a proven ability to work collaboratively with teams
• Skilled at managing multiple tasks at once and adapting to changes quickly
• Experience with the Scrum Agile development lifecycle process preferred

Basic Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• 15+  years of experience in back-end software engineering
• Wants to code 90% of the time as an individual contributor

Preferred Qualifications 

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science 
• Experience in the payments industry
• Experience coding in Python 
• Experience with SQL
• Experience/knowledge of basic shell  

This role is located in Palo Alto, California - 5x a week in office. 

The pay range for this position is $100.00 USD per hour.  This is an hourly temporary position. Project is expected to take 4 weeks and there is always a possibility of being hired post project on a full-time permanent employee. 
This position is not eligible for benefits listed below. If hire and turned into a full-time permanent employee, the benefits below are applicable. 

EEO Employer: TabaPay is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Benefits

TabaPay offers the following benefits:

• 100% employer-paid health care insurance including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance (for employee only)
• Employer 401K Matching
• Generous and Flexible PTO

EEO Employer: TabaPay is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.