| Location | Chicago, IL |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 50 to 99 employees |
| Year Founded | 2002 |
| Website | https://www.gablessearch.com/ |
We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer - Payments to develop secure, scalable payment services for a large, multichannel business. This hands-on backend engineering role will support transactions across in-store POS, e-commerce, mobile, kiosk, and call center environments.
Will not sponsor. Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.
You’ll work primarily with C# and .NET while integrating payment processors, gateways, financial institutions, and other third-party platforms. The ideal candidate has payments experience or a strong background in high-volume transactional systems and wants to expand further into enterprise payment technology.
Responsibilities
Build and enhance payment services and REST APIs using C# and .NET/.NET Core
Develop integrations with processors, gateways, acquiring banks, digital wallets, and external providers
Support authorization, capture, settlement, refunds, chargebacks, and transaction routing
Improve retry logic, exception handling, failover, observability, and transaction success rates
Troubleshoot production issues across applications, APIs, and third-party systems
Participate in solution design, code reviews, incident response, and root-cause analysis
Partner with Product, Architecture, and engineering teams to deliver reliable payment capabilities
Write secure, maintainable, well-tested code for business-critical systems
Qualifications
Roughly five to ten years of professional software engineering experience
Strong hands-on development experience with C# and .NET/.NET Core
Experience building REST APIs and integrating third-party platforms
Background with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or another relational database
Experience troubleshooting complex production or transaction-processing systems
Knowledge of secure development practices and sensitive-data protection
Strong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills
Experience with payments, fintech, banking, retail commerce, POS, or another transaction-intensive environment is highly valued. Familiarity with PCI-DSS, EMV, tokenization, digital wallets, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, cloud platforms, or distributed systems is beneficial but not required.
Gables Search Group headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio has been a leader in search and placement nationwide since 2002. Our company specializes in both direct and contract (temporary) staffing in all industries and disciplines.
At Gables Search Group, we connect exceptional professionals with outstanding organizations. Our commitment to integrity, excellence, partnership, innovation, and respect sets us apart. With a personalized approach to recruitment, we ensure the perfect match between candidates and employers.
Whether you are a talented professional seeking new opportunities or an organization looking to build a high-performing team, Gables Search Group is here to guide you through the journey. Our success is built on the success of our clients and candidates, and we are dedicated to making a positive impact on the careers and businesses we serve.