Sr. Backend Engineer II (Typescript/Node.js)

In the Sr. Software Engineer II role , you will contribute to the code & architecture of the Payment & Tax technical products. You are responsible for ensuring the quality, consistency, and timely delivery of new features or changes to these applications. You will also engage with external payment processing partners and internal brands to plan and design new capabilities to payment processing. **

Responsibilities Include**

Developing the following:

• Scalable interactive ecommerce applications
• Node.js based GraphQL web services.
• Kotlin based tax libraries.
• Client SDK packages for interacting with ecommerce APIs and payment service providers
• Write comprehensive unit tests
• Architect, design, optimize, and refactor code to deliver new features and maximize performance
• Contribute to requirement elicitation and grooming of new functionality
• Contribute to timely code review of submitted changes by the team
• Participate in daily & weekly ceremonies to ensure work items are clearly defined and that any blockers are addressed
• Participate in a rotating on-call for service outages outside of business hours

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science or information systems
• 8 years software engineering experience.
• Familiarity with the following:
• GraphQL and REST APIs
• NodeJS, Javascript, Typescript
• PostgreSQL
• Service containerization (Docker, Podman, etc.)

Additional Preferred Skills

• React/React Native libraries for client SDK development
• Kotlin for client SDK development and Tax calculation services
• Swift for IOS Native SDK development

_Salary Range: $­­124,100 to $171,050 annually + bonus eligibility. **This is the expected salary range for this position. Ultimately, in determining pay, we'll consider the successful candidate’s location, experience, and other job-related factors.

**_ Benefits: Employees (and their eligible family members) may enroll in the following types of insurance coverage: medical, dental, vision, legal, and accidental death and dismemberment, as well as FSA/HSA (depending on enrolled medical plan). Yum! also provides short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance. Employees may enroll in our 401(k) plan. Yum! provides 4 weeks of vacation, paid sick leave, 10 paid holidays, a floating day off and 2 paid days for volunteer time each calendar year. To learn more about working at Yum! -Click here.

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