MANAGER I, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Company DescriptionAre you ready to trade your job for a journey? Become a FlyMate!Passion, excitement & global collaboration are all core to what it means to be a FlyMate. At Flywire, we’re on a mission to deliver the world’s most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage - the combination of our next-gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software, to help our clients get paid, and help their customers pay with ease - no matter where they are in the world.What more do we need to truly be unstoppable? Perhaps, that is you!Who We AreFlywire 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.Job DescriptionThe Opportunity:We, at Flywire, are looking for an experienced Manager I, Software Engineering, ideally with a background in FinTech and hands-on experience evolving and maintaining public facing products. Your primary responsibility will be to lead the day-to-day tasks and contribute to features for building and maintaining the main payment experience for our platform that supports the money movement of our industry leading payment engine moving hundreds of millions for thousands everyday.You will join a team responsible for designing new features and enhancing existing ones to boost engagement, conversion rates, speed, cost efficiency 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 tasksTrack success on the team based on established goals and objectivesPlay a strong technical role on projects and set priorities for the team to ensure task completionWork on issues of limited scope with the ability to find and execute solutions to routine problemsWrite clean, high quality, testable, secure, maintainable and extendable codeWork 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 membersExercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining resultsPartake in the recruitment process by identifying and exciting great talentUnderstand scalability and performance status and make improvement for scalabilityDrive change and improvement in all phases of the development lifecycleEnsure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applicationsContribute to the product vision by collaborating with multiple stakeholders and teams across engineering, product, security, compliance and design areasDrive initiatives to lead projects as well as mentor team membersQualificationsHere’s What We’re Looking For:Hands-on experience building and maintaining SPA based web application development, both in frontend and backend 1 years of managing and developing engineering teamsExperience in designing, developing and supporting scalable, performant and reliable web applications and distributed systemsSeasoned in techniques such TDD and BDDProficient working with continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD)Understanding of relational databases Strong understanding of object-oriented fundamentalsGreat understanding of the other disciplines in the cross functional team: QAs, Product and SREsFluent in English, as it is the company’s working language Experience in FinTech or the payment industry will be appreciatedThe ability to deliver high quality code and learn quicklyOutstanding verbal and written communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross functional teams including product and supportTechnologies We UseRuby (open to backend languages such as Java, Python)ReactJavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3 System management: Linux, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Sidekiq, AMQP, ElasticSearch,Machine LearningCloud platform: AWSOur CultureWe 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, etcAdditional InformationWhat 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 mediaDynamic & 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 impactCompetitive 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 diversity, gender equality, and inclusion are 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.