Qureos Mentor

Blackhawk Network

<div>Overview:
<div>
Today, through BHN&rsquo;s single global platform, businesses of all kinds can tap into the world&rsquo;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&rsquo;s network spans the globe with more than 400,000 consumer touchpoints. Learn more at BHN.com.</div>
Responsibilities:
<h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Technical Leadership &amp; Architecture</b></h3><ul><li><div>
Lead the <b>design and evolution of large-scale, distributed systems</b> handling high throughput, low latency, and high availability.</div></li><li><div>
Own <b>system architecture decisions</b> for microservices, APIs, data stores, and inter-service communication.</div></li><li><div>
Drive <b>scalability, resiliency, fault tolerance, and performance</b> across services.</div></li><li><div>
Identify architectural risks and proactively propose improvements or simplifications.</div></li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Hands-On Engineering</b></h3><ul><li><div>
Write <b>high-quality, production-grade Java code</b> (Java 11/17+), setting the bar for engineering excellence.</div></li><li><div>
Design and implement <b>cloud-native microservices</b> using modern frameworks (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, etc.).</div></li><li><div>
Build systems that support <b>horizontal scaling, zero-downtime deployments, and graceful degradation</b>.</div></li><li><div>
Lead complex refactors and migrations (monolith microservices, legacy cloud-native).</div></li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Cloud &amp; Platform Engineering (AWS)</b></h3><ul><li><div>
Design and operate services on <b>AWS</b>, leveraging:</div><ul><li><div>
Compute: ECS, EKS, EC2, Lambda (as appropriate)</div></li><li><div>
Data: RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, S3, ElastiCache</div></li><li><div>
Messaging/Streaming: SQS, SNS, Kafka, Kinesis</div></li></ul></li><li><div>
Implement <b>infrastructure-as-code</b> (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK).</div></li><li><div>
Partner with DevOps/SRE to improve <b>observability, reliability, and cost efficiency</b>.</div></li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
System Design &amp; Engineering Excellence</b></h3><ul><li><div>
Define and enforce best practices for:</div><ul><li><div>
API design (REST/gRPC, versioning, backward compatibility)</div></li><li><div>
Data modeling and consistency (SQL/NoSQL, eventual consistency)</div></li><li><div>
Security (authentication, authorization, secrets management)</div></li></ul></li><li><div>
Review designs and code across teams; provide <b>clear, actionable feedback</b>.</div></li><li><div>
Lead technical deep dives, design reviews, and post-mortems.</div></li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Mentorship &amp; Influence</b></h3><ul><li><div>
Mentor senior and mid-level engineers on system design, distributed systems, and Java best practices.</div></li><li><div>
Act as a <b>trusted technical advisor</b> to engineering leadership and product partners.</div></li><li><div>
Drive alignment on architectural standards and long-term technical vision.</div></li></ul>
Qualifications:
<h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Required Qualifications</b></h2><ul><li><div><b>
6+ years</b> of professional software engineering experience, with <b>significant time building backend systems in Java</b>.</div></li><li><div>
Deep expertise in <b>Java (11+), concurrency, memory management, and JVM performance tuning</b>.</div></li><li><div>
Proven experience designing and building <b>distributed, microservice-based systems at scale</b>.</div></li><li><div>
Strong hands-on experience with <b>AWS</b> and cloud-native architectures.</div></li><li><div>
Excellent <b>system design skills</b>: data modeling, service boundaries, scaling strategies, failure handling.</div></li><li><div>
Experience with <b>high-availability, low-latency, high-throughput systems</b>.</div></li><li><div>
Strong understanding of <b>networking, APIs, and asynchronous communication</b>.</div></li><li>
Experience building <b>multi-region, globally distributed systems</b>.</li><li><div>
Ability to influence without authority and collaborate across multiple teams.</div></li></ul><p></p><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Preferred Qualifications</b></h2><ul><li><div>
Experience in <b>payments, fintech, e-commerce, or other high-reliability domains</b>.</div></li><li><div>
Experience with <b>event-driven architectures</b> and streaming platforms (Kafka).</div></li><li><div>
Familiarity with <b>Kubernetes</b> and service mesh technologies.</div></li><li><div>
Strong background in <b>security, compliance, and data protection</b>.</div></li><li><div>
Contributions to <b>architecture standards, platform teams, or shared services</b>.</div></li></ul></div>

Staff Software Engineer

<div>Overview:
<div>
Today, through BHN&rsquo;s single global platform, businesses of all kinds can tap into the world&rsquo;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&rsquo;s network spans the globe with more than 400,000 consumer touchpoints. Learn more at BHN.com.</div>
Responsibilities:
<h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Key Responsibilities</b></h2><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Software Development</b></h3><ul><li><div>
Design, develop, test, and maintain Java-based backend services using modern frameworks (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud).</div></li><li><div>
Build scalable and resilient microservices that support high throughput and low latency.</div></li><li><div>
Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code; participate actively in code reviews.</div></li><li><div>
Debug production issues and implement durable fixes.</div></li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
System Design &amp; Scalability</b></h3><ul><li><div>
Contribute to system and service-level design, including API contracts, data models, and service interactions.</div></li><li><div>
Apply best practices for scaling, fault tolerance, and performance optimization.</div></li><li><div>
Design services with asynchronous processing, retries, idempotency, and graceful degradation.</div></li><li><div>
Understand and implement patterns for event-driven and distributed systems.</div></li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Cloud &amp; AWS</b></h3><ul><li><div>
Build and deploy services on AWS, using services such as:</div><ul><li><div>
Compute: ECS, EKS, EC2, Lambda</div></li><li><div>
Data: RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, S3</div></li><li><div>
Messaging: SQS, SNS, Kafka/Kinesis</div></li></ul></li><li><div>
Use infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK).</div></li><li><div>
Partner with DevOps/SRE to improve reliability, observability, and operational excellence.</div></li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Quality, Security &amp; Operations</b></h3><ul><li><div>
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for owned services.</div></li><li><div>
Follow secure coding practices and participate in security reviews.</div></li><li><div>
Participate in on-call rotations and support production systems.</div></li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Collaboration &amp; Growth</b></h3><ul><li><div>
Collaborate with product, QA, and platform teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.</div></li><li><div>
Learn from senior engineers and contribute ideas to improve system design and engineering standards.</div></li><li><div>
Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and technical discussions.</div></li></ul>
Qualifications:
<h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Required Qualifications</b></h2><ul><li><div><b>
2&ndash;4 years</b> of professional software engineering experience.</div></li><li><div>
Strong proficiency in <b>Java (Java 11+)</b> and backend development.</div></li><li><div>
Hands-on experience building <b>microservices and RESTful APIs</b>.</div></li><li><div>
Solid understanding of <b>distributed systems fundamentals</b> (scaling, consistency, availability, failure modes).</div></li><li><div>
Experience developing and deploying applications on <b>AWS</b>.</div></li><li><div>
Familiarity with <b>SQL and NoSQL databases</b> and data modeling.</div></li><li><div>
Experience with <b>CI/CD pipelines</b> and modern DevOps practices.</div></li><li><div>
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to own features end to end.</div></li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Preferred Qualifications</b></h2><ul><li><div>
Experience with <b>Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Hibernate/JPA</b>.</div></li><li><div>
Exposure to <b>Kubernetes</b> and containerized workloads.</div></li><li><div>
Experience with <b>event-driven architectures</b> (Kafka, SQS, SNS).</div></li><li><div>
Performance tuning and JVM troubleshooting experience.</div></li><li><div>
Experience working in <b>high-scale, high-availability systems</b>.</div></li><li><div>
Domain experience in <b>payments, fintech, or e-commerce</b>.</div></li></ul></div>

Software Engineer II

<div>About Blackhawk Network:
<div>
Today, through BHN&rsquo;s single global platform, businesses of all kinds can tap into the world&rsquo;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&rsquo;s network spans the globe with more than 400,000 consumer touchpoints. Learn more at BHN.com.</div>
Overview:
<p><b>
About the Role</b></p><p>
We are looking for a <b>Senior Software Engineer</b> with <b>4+ years</b> of experience, to join our Servicing Engineering team and help build a <b>next-generation, AI-powered servicing platform</b>.</p><p>
This role focuses on designing and building <b>intelligent, scalable servicing systems</b> - including AI assistants, agentic workflows, and platform APIs - while also improving <b>observability, reliability, and performance</b> across core backend services.</p><p>
This is a <b>hands-on role</b> for engineers who enjoy combining <b>strong backend engineering</b> with <b>AI-driven innovation </b>and modern platform practices.</p><div></div><p><b><br>
What You&rsquo;ll Work On</b></p><p><b>
Core Backend Engineering</b></p><ul><li>
Design and build backend services using <b>Java and Spring Boot</b></li><li>
Develop secure, scalable APIs for servicing workflows and integrations</li><li>
Contribute to frontend experiences using <b>React or modern JavaScript frameworks</b> (preferred, not mandatory)</li><li>
Own features end-to-end, including design, development, testing, deployment, and production readiness</li></ul><p><b>
AI-Powered Servicing Platform</b></p><ul><li>
Build <b>AI-driven servicing capabilities</b>, including:</li><li><ul><li>
AI assistants and chat-based self-service experiences</li><li>
Agentic AI workflows that execute multi-step actions safely and reliably</li></ul></li><li>
Design and develop <b>platform APIs</b> that expose servicing capabilities to:</li><li><ul><li>
Web and mobile experiences</li><li>
Internal tools</li><li>
Partner and external AI agents</li></ul></li><li>
Rapidly prototype ideas and validate them through <b>POCs and experiments</b>, taking successful concepts into production</li></ul><p><b>
Observability &amp; Reliability</b></p><ul><li>
Instrument services using <b>New Relic, Splunk, and OpenTelemetry</b></li><li>
Improve <b>end-to-end transaction visibility</b> across distributed systems</li><li>
Collaborate with platform and reliability teams to improve:</li><li><ul><li>
Telemetry consistency</li><li>
Incident detection and diagnosis</li><li>
Performance, scalability, and uptime</li></ul></li></ul><p><b>
What We&rsquo;re Looking For</b></p><p><b>
Required</b></p><ul><li>
Strong experience with <b>Java and Spring Boot</b></li><li>
Experience building and operating <b>production-grade backend systems</b></li><li><b>
AI-first mindset</b>, with hands-on use of tools like <b>GitHub Copilot</b> or similar</li><li>
Practical exposure to building or experimenting with:</li><li><ul><li>
AI chatbots or assistants</li><li>
Agentic AI or AI-driven workflows</li></ul></li><li>
Experience with <b>observability and telemetry</b>, including:</li><li><ul><li>
New Relic (APM, metrics, tracing)</li><li>
Splunk (logs and analysis)</li></ul></li><li>
Ability to prototype quickly, learn fast, and iterate confidently</li></ul><p><b>
Nice to Have</b></p><ul><li>
Frontend experience with <b>React</b> or other modern JavaScript frameworks</li><li>
Exposure to <b>AWS cloud services</b>, especially those related to AI or scalable backend systems</li><li>
Familiarity with platform engineering concepts such as:</li><li><ul><li>
Feature flags and canary deployments</li><li>
API versioning and governance</li><li>
High-availability and scalable architectures</li></ul></li></ul><div></div><p><b><br>
What Makes This Role Interesting</b></p><ul><li>
Opportunity to work on <b>real-world AI systems</b>, not just demos or experiments</li><li>
Build <b>enterprise-grade agentic AI</b> that performs real actions, not just conversations</li><li>
High-impact work on <b>customer experience, operational efficiency, and platform scalability</b></li><li>
Strong emphasis on <b>engineering quality, observability, and reliability</b></li><li>
A role where AI is a <b>core part of how engineering gets done</b>, not an add-on</li></ul>
Responsibilities:
<p><b>
Core Backend Engineering</b></p><ul><li>
Design and build backend services using <b>Java and Spring Boot</b></li><li>
Develop secure, scalable APIs for servicing workflows and integrations</li><li>
Contribute to frontend experiences using <b>React or modern JavaScript frameworks</b> (preferred, not mandatory)</li><li>
Own features end-to-end, including design, development, testing, deployment, and production readiness</li></ul><p><b>
AI-Powered Servicing Platform</b></p><ul><li>
Build <b>AI-driven servicing capabilities</b>, including:</li><li><ul><li>
AI assistants and chat-based self-service experiences</li><li>
Agentic AI workflows that execute multi-step actions safely and reliably</li></ul></li><li>
Design and develop <b>platform APIs</b> that expose servicing capabilities to:</li><li><ul><li>
Web and mobile experiences</li><li>
Internal tools</li><li>
Partner and external AI agents</li></ul></li><li>
Rapidly prototype ideas and validate them through <b>POCs and experiments</b>, taking successful concepts into production</li></ul><p><b>
Observability &amp; Reliability</b></p><ul><li>
Instrument services using <b>New Relic, Splunk, and OpenTelemetry</b></li><li>
Improve <b>end-to-end transaction visibility</b> across distributed systems</li><li>
Collaborate with platform and reliability teams to improve:</li><li><ul><li>
Telemetry consistency</li><li>
Incident detection and diagnosis</li><li>
Performance, scalability, and uptime</li></ul></li></ul>
Qualifications:
<div><i>
We seek candidates who not only demonstrate curiosity and adaptability in emerging technologies but have also successfully implemented and utilized AI tools to enhance their work, improve processes, or deliver measurable results. Our teams embrace continuous learning and the thoughtful integration of AI to create meaningful impact &ndash; for our employees and the future of work.</i></div></div>

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