Lead Software Engineers (Pricing Strategy Development)

About the role

Join us as we go beyond and be part of a team that’s redefining what’s possible.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, distributed software systems, ensuring performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Develop technical architecture and design specifications for complex applications, selecting appropriate tools, frameworks, and design patterns.
• Solve high-impact, ambiguous engineering problems by creating innovative software solutions that align with business and product goals.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, UX designers, and other engineering teams to gather requirements and deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Drive adoption of engineering best practices including code quality, automated testing, performance tuning, and secure coding standards.
• Perform in-depth code reviews and provide technical guidance to ensure design consistency and optimal implementation across the codebase.
• Research, evaluate, and prototype emerging technologies to assess their applicability and impact on existing systems.
• Take ownership of technical deliverables across multiple projects or product areas, proactively identifying and mitigating risks to ensure on-time delivery.
• Contribute to internal technical documentation, design artifacts, and system diagrams to support knowledge sharing and maintainability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, plus 5 years of professional experience as a Software Engineer, Software Engineering Manager, or any occupation, job title, position leading engineering teams through the full software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Experience in Agile methodologies (including Scrum and Kanban) to drive iterative development, enhance team collaboration, ensure continuous delivery, and rapidly adapt to evolving project requirements and business goals.
• Experience developing robust, scalable applications using modern programming languages (including Java and C++) and applying industry-standard design patterns to build maintainable, high-performance software solutions.
• Experience utilizing Microservices architecture and cloud-native technologies to design, develop, and deploy scalable, resilient, and maintainable distributed systems, enabling faster delivery cycles, and improving system reliability, and seamless cloud integration.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and geographically dispersed stakeholders to assess business needs and deliver IT solutions aligned with emerging tech standards.
• Experience utilizing Optimizely, Apache Iceberg, and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

Western Union is positioned to become the world’s most accessible financial services company — transforming lives and communities. We’re a diverse and passionate customer-centric team of over 8,000 employees serving 200 countries and territories, reaching customers and receivers around the globe. More than moving money, we design easy-to-use products and services for our digital and physical financial ecosystem that help our customers move forward.

Skills

We make financial services accessible to humans everywhere. Join us for what’s next.

Benefits

• Short-term incentives
• Multiple health insurance options
• Accident and life insurance
• Access to best-in-class development platforms

Pay

The on-target earnings range is $163,550 – $242,614 per year, which includes a base salary and short-term and long-term incentives that align with individual and company performance. Actual salaries will vary based on candidates’ qualifications, skills, and competencies.

Schedule

Western Union has determined the category of this role to be Hybrid. This is defined as a flexible working arrangement that enables employees to divide their time between working from home and working from an office location. The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week.