Senior Software Developer (Payments & Financial)

About PayByPhone

At PayByPhone, our strength is our people. Behind our product is a talented, creative, and driven multi-disciplinary team united by a shared ambition: to make everyday mobility simpler. We believe innovation should be collaborative, learning should be constant, and work should be enjoyable. As we grow, we’re looking for people who want to grow with us.

Together, we’re on an ambitious mission to create intuitive technology solutions that deliver world-class user experiences. We are a fast-growing, forward-thinking company and already help more than 60 million users across North America and Europe. Our technology helps millions of consumers pay quickly, easily, and securely - without waiting in line, carrying change, or worrying about costly fines.

About The Role

Location: Vancouver, BC (Hybrid)

Employment type: Full-time

Reports to: Manager, Software Development

As an experienced Senior Software Developer, you’ll develop major components that power our consumer apps and global platform enabling millions of users to conveniently pay for parking.

Responsibilities:

Leave your fingerprints on the design of products, architect our infrastructure, and improve technical documentation

You are a go-to technical expert for other people in the organization, articulating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Work with your team to design and develop automated test suites and establish test plans

Work with product management and client services to scope out work and define acceptance criteria

Participate in code reviews to share expertise with the team, ensure code quality, and verify PCI compliance

Where desired and appropriate participate in mob- and pair-programming sessions to distribute knowledge across the team and collaborate on finding solutions to complex problems

Use and improve our automated CI/CD pipeline

Provision and maintain cloud infrastructure for your team’s products

Monitor the health and success of your team’s products through application and system metrics

Own the success of the features and systems you and your team develop. This includes monitoring, investigating issues, and supporting the service during outages

Mentor fellow team members, helping to grow new technical leaders

Help improve development standards, tooling, and processes

Participating in technical decision-making within the team, taking a lead role where appropriate

Provide on-call, critical response on a rotational basis to support relevant PayByPhone development teams.

You must maintain a personal data plan to fulfill your responsibilities for on-call support.

Required Qualifications

Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Demonstrated experience / projects

You’ve worked in or want to work in an agile environment using processes like Kanban or Scrum

Experience with automated unit testing, and an interest in techniques such as TDD and BDD

Excellent understanding of software engineering principles

Keep up with new technologies and find ways to improve the status quo

Technical / Hard Skills

Full Stack Back End role:

Expert-level ability to code in C#.

Experience with cloud platforms like AWS/Azure

Other skills

An excellent understanding of software engineering techniques

Worked in an agile development environment using processes like Kanban or Scrum

Experience with relational and non-relational databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, or DynamoDB

Experience with service-oriented or microservices architecture using synchronous (REST) and asynchronous (event-driven) integration

Experience with refactoring

Experience with production monitoring and observability

Nice to have:

Experience with React

Experience with Docker, Terraform

Familiarity with Domain Driven Design concepts

Experience with Front End Development and integration with back-end services

Experience with API Gateway technologies

You’re excited about building robust and extensible 24/7 back-end services for a global market

People Management Experience

Experience mentoring junior and intermediate developers

Years of Experience

5+ years’ experience designing and developing clean, maintainable software that stands up to real-world users and production conditions

Education (post-secondary, certification, etc.)

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

What We Offer

Compensation: The expected salary range for this role is $125,000 – $135,000 CAD. Final compensation will be based on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity.

Retirement Savings Program: Access to our retirement savings program (RRSP for Canada / 401(k) for U.S.-based employees).

Vacation: All permanent full-time employees start with 4 weeks of vacation per year.

Personal Days: We provide 5 personal days annually, in addition to paid sick days, to support flexibility and work-life balance.

Comprehensive medical & dental coverage: Eligible from Day 1.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Access to confidential support services and resources for you and your family.

Career Growth & Learning Support: Opportunities for professional development, continuous learning, and career progression.

Working at PayByPhone

We operate in a world that’s constantly evolving - and change is something we embrace. Our values guide how we show up for one another and for our customers every day. In short, we:

Make things happen

Stay curious

Work together

Have fun

See through our customers’ eyes

These principles shape how we collaborate, innovate, and deliver on our commitments.

We’re also committed to fostering a diverse and representative workforce and an inclusive environment where everyone is treated with respect and fairness. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment in our workplace or throughout our hiring process. Our hiring decisions are grounded in business needs, role requirements, and individual qualifications - ensuring we reflect the talent and communities we serve.

PayByPhone is committed to providing accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodation, please reach out to us at askhr@paybyphone.com.

Want to see our values in action? Visit our Instagram and LinkedIn. Curious about the story behind our values? Head over to our About Us page to learn more.