Senior Backend Developer (Java) – Application Development

About the Company:

Ouro is dedicated to delivering financial empowerment to millions of Americans, leveraging a proprietary payments technology platform that fuels its fintech product innovations. From prepaid, credit and debit account solutions, to digital account and money movement services, Ouro has a broad suite of products and technologies that deliver exceptional experiences for its customers and business partners across co-branded, white label and banking-as-a service verticals. Since its founding in 1999, Ouro products have helped millions of consumers nationwide, and processed tens of billions of dollars.

Present day: Legendary Austin fintech Ouro has opened a new chapter in its role as market maker with the return of its visionary founders Roy and Bertrand Sosa. The combined company meshes Ouro’s customer and partner portfolios, payments platform and innovations with the international footprint and money movement capabilities of Rêv Worldwide, the company the Sosas founded after Ouro. The reunion creates a revitalized financial services innovator on a mission to reimagine financial services for consumers around the world and to redefine the industry once again.

Ouro fosters a high-performance culture and we are building a unified platform and product suite capable of bringing financial mobility and freedom to consumers around the world despite differences in language, currency, culture, and geography.

Ouro Corporation is seeking a Senior Backend Developer (Java) – Application Development to design and develop proprietary software in a highly secure and a heavy transaction-based environment. We are looking for well-rounded developers who have a proven track record of delivering scalable and robust business applications. The ideal candidate must be capable of designing and developing new functionality as well as consistently producing on-going scheduled maintenance releases.

The developer will be part of an Agile team, developing proprietary software and technology to support our internal teams, external partners, and Ouro cardholders. Ouro processes millions of transactions every day using this technology. Our growth and profitability is directly tied to our ability to scale, adapt, and monitor this technology.

Ouro offers a fun, personable atmosphere where creativity, ingenuity and talent are encouraged and rewarded.

Responsibilities: 

• Deliver highly scalable and reliable business applications using Spring Boot and cloud technologies.

• Work with R&D team to research and develop strategies to break down monolith applications into micro services and facilitate cloud transition.

• Maintain a suite of existing applications by implementing new features and fixing critical bugs.

• Collaborate with other engineers on code reviews, internal infrastructure, and process enhancements.

• Ensure that unit and system tests are automated and complete per quality assurance requirements.

• Optimize performance and scalability as necessary to meet business and financial goals of application and environment.

• Adhere to current documentation standards and produce necessary documentation for training and compliance.

• Provides broad and in-depth knowledge of analysis, modification, and development of complex code/unit testing in order to develop concise application documentation. Performs and advises on testing, validation requirements, and corrective measures for complex code deficiencies and provides systemic proposals.

• Participates in client facing meetings, joint venture discussions, vendor partnership teams to determine solution approaches.

• Provides advice to leadership on the design, development and enforcement of business / infrastructure application standards to include associated controls, procedures and monitoring to ensure compliance and accuracy of data. Applies a full understanding and in-depth knowledge of procedures, methodology and application standards to include Payment Card Industry (PCI) security compliance.

Skills/Education/Experience:

• BS/MS in CS or equivalent preferred, or equivalent work experience.

• 8+ years of Spring Boot development experience for proprietary technologies in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong Java skills and object oriented design experience, including working knowledge of core libraries and design patterns.

• Significant development experience in a Unix/Linux environment.

• Experience integrating with databases (preferably Oracle) and middle-tier application server architecture.

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills and an interest in working in a collaborative team environment.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver results, prioritize activities, and to manage time effectively.

• Experience with agile development methodologies required.

• Significant experience with automated test frameworks (Junit & WebUnit).

• Prefer working experience with 3rd party integrations.

• Working knowledge of current software security technologies (encryption, authentication, etc.), and their incorporation into software systems; experience with Atalla is a plus.

• Prefer experience in card processing and high-transaction processing environment.

• As provided in Ouro's Background Check policy, eligible candidates may be subject to drug, criminal history, and credit checks, which will be conducted and used in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal laws.