Sr. Software Engineer

About Blackhawk Network:

Today, through BHN's single global platform, businesses of all kinds can tap into the world's largest network of branded payment solutions. BHN helps businesses grow revenue, increase loyalty, motivate and reward their teams, disburse funds and engage consumers. Branded payment solutions include the issuance and distribution of gift cards, egifts, corporate payouts and rewards, along with the technology to deliver these products in seamless, integrated ways. BHN's network spans the globe with more than 400,000 consumer touchpoints. Learn more at BHN.com.

Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer (Node.js) to join our team. In this role, you'll design, build, and scale critical systems that power the gift card recipient experience used by millions of customers worldwide. You'll be responsible for building fault-tolerant, distributed systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and delivering high-quality, resilient software at scale.

Responsibilities:

• Take end-to-end ownership of assigned work productsfrom design through delivery and ongoing support.
• Demonstrate a strong sense of accountability and autonomy, making sound technical decisions without needing constant guidance.
• Write clean, reusable, and testable Node.js code that's easy to maintain.
• Build products that perform, scale, and remain highly available and fault tolerant with automated failover capabilities.
• Operate and scale a rapidly growing product that is vital to our partners.
• Contribute novel ideas and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver and improve systems.
• Be an excellent team player, fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and mutual support across the team.
• Work closely with product architects, product owners, and stakeholders to deliver high-value capabilities.
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
• 4+ years of hands-on backend / distributed systems development experience using Node.js (with strong experience in frameworks such as Express.js, NestJS, or similar).
• Deep understanding of asynchronous programming, event-driven architectures, design patterns, data structures, and algorithms.
• Experience building scalable, high?availability, fault?tolerant systems using microservices or service-oriented architectures.
• Strong experience with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and proficiency with NoSQL / caching (e.g., Redis, DynamoDB) / message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, BullMQ).
• Experience designing and implementing RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs; strong understanding of web services, JSON, etc.
• Familiarity with performance optimization (profiling, troubleshooting, latency reduction), scalability, and reliability concerns in production systems.
• Experience with observability / monitoring (metrics, logging, tracing) to maintain system health and support debugging in production.
• Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks such as React, Angular for building user-facing components and bridging backend systems with UI experiences.
  

Preferred

• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) including RDS, Lambda, SQS, and EC2.
• Experience with container-based application development using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with TypeScript for building large-scale, maintainable applications.