Senior Frontend Software Engineer

Are 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 transform receivables and deliver on the most mission critical payments across education, healthcare, travel and B2B. We’ve got a leading technology platform and a global payments networked that is unrivaled. What more do we need to truly be unstoppable? Perhaps, that is you! 

Who we are: 

Flywire was founded in 2011 by a former international student, who experienced firsthand all the challenges of paying for college from another country—and made it his mission to solve them.

Today, Flywire has applied our next-gen payments platform combined with our proprietary global payments network and vertical software to expand and digitize the payment experience for over 2,250 education, healthcare, travel & B2B clients world-wide, processing more than $7B annually and covering more than 240 countries and territories globally. And, we’re just getting started!

With over 450 FlyMates distributed across 12 offices world-wide and representing more than 40 nationalities, 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 Senior Frontend Software Developer, ideally with a background in FinTech. Your primary responsibility will be 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.

• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code

• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications

• Contribute to the product vision by collaborating with the Product Manager and stakeholders

• Drive change and improvement in all phases of the development lifecycle

• Work collaboratively with teams across the globe being able to understand their needs and role context

• Help your fellow developers to continue growing their skills

Here’s What We’re Looking For:

• Expertise in frontend libraries and frameworks.

• Knowledge of backend technologies: REST APIs or GraphQL.

• Outstanding verbal and written communication.

• Experience in designing, developing and supporting scalable, performant and reliable web applications.

• Great understanding of the other disciplines in the cross functional team: QAs, Product and SREs.

• Season in doing testing by applying techniques such TDD or BDD.

• Experienced with continuous delivery.

• Experience in Java or Ruby will be appreciated

• Experience in FinTech or the payment industry will be appreciated

Technologies We Use:

• We use React, but we’re open to hire people from other stacks like Angular or Vue.js

• Modern Javascript: ES6 or Typescript, CSS, SASS, Tailwind, Webpack, esbuild, Redux, GraphQL

• Jest, Testing Library, Storybooks

• We use Ruby and Java in the backend, but it’s fine if you come from Node.js, PHP, Go, Rust or similar platforms.

• 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. Remote work is allowed.

• Our engineering practice is shaped around some of the concepts of 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.

We Offer:

• Competitive compensation, including stock options

• Work remotely

• 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

• Additional time off including FlyBetter Days to volunteer in a cause you believe in

• WFH Stipend & 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 4-5 rounds of interviews with different FlyMates including the Hiring Manager, Peers on the team, the VP of the department, and a homework assignment (it is not that bad!). Your TA Partner will walk you through the steps and be your “go-to” person for any questions.

Flywire is an equal opportunity employer. With over 30 nationalities across 12 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.