Senior Engineer, Payments

Job ID: 284477 Location Name: CA-FSC SF Off (0174) Address: 350 Mission St, 20th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States (US) Job Type: Position Type: Regular Job Function: Information Technology Work Location: Hybrid-San Francisco Belong to Something Beautiful At Sephora, beauty is about feeling seen, valued, and empowered, individually and collectively. It is connecting deeply with others, celebrating diversity and inclusivity, unlocking your potential, and making a difference every day. Together, we belong to something beautiful. Your Role at Sephora Ready for a career glow up? As Senior Software Engineer , you'll be designing and developing cutting‑edge omni‑channel solutions that power Sephora's checkout and payment experiences. The work you do will impact beauty, as you create seamless, secure technology that connects our clients with the products they love across all channels. You'll be part of a team that's united in beauty, supported by those who are equally passionate about delivering innovative technical solutions and exceptional digital experiences. What You’ll Do Architect and Develop Payment Solutions. Design, develop, and enhance omni‑channel Payment and Checkout APIs that deliver best‑in‑breed solutions while ensuring security, scalability, and high performance. Drive Technical Excellence. Develop secure, high‑quality production code, actively participate in code reviews, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams including Architects, DevOps, Product Managers, and Quality Assurance to ensure solutions meet best practice specifications. Lead and Mentor. Drive conversations with offshore teams, assign tasks, review deliverables for completeness, and serve as a subject matter expert and onsite liaison on projects. Ensure System Reliability. Proactively monitor, identify, isolate, and resolve problems to avoid business impact, ensuring all incident tickets are handled appropriately within SLAs. Contribute to System Design. Work across the entire tech stack from enterprise application services to databases, contributing to overall system architecture, security, scalability, and performance. Deliver with Agility. Participate in sprint releases with close to zero tolerance on delivery slippages, working in a fast‑paced agile development environment. What You’ll Bring Deep Technical Expertise. 6+ years of hands‑on experience in Java/J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot frameworks, and RESTful API design using JSON and GraphQL, with strong debugging and troubleshooting skills. Cloud Architecture Experience. 4+ years designing cloud‑based applications using microservices architecture and best practices, preferably on MS Azure cloud platform, with knowledge of service mesh, monitoring tools, and streaming solutions. Database and Full Stack Proficiency. Hands‑on experience with MySQL, MS SQL, NoSQL databases, and full stack development, along with experience leveraging AI‑powered tools and automation frameworks to improve efficiency. Release Management Skills. 5+ years of experience with release planning, runbook documentation, performance test analysis, and phased rollout strategies in large‑scale enterprise environments. Collaborative Leadership. Ability to foster strong working relationships with peers and cross‑functional teams, with clear written and verbal communication skills and a highly self‑motivated, independent work style. Retail and eCommerce Knowledge. Experience working in the retail industry with large‑scale enterprise organization, eCommerce, and self‑serviceable applications is a plus, with the ability to quickly understand business domains for both dotcom and retail channels. What You’ll Get The annual base salary range for this position is $155,070.00- $172,300.00. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include, as applicable, the applicant’s qualifications for the position; years of relevant experience; specific and unique skills; level of education attained; certifications or other professional licenses held; other legitimate, non‑discriminatory business factors specific to the position; and the geographic location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will perform the job. Individuals employed in this position may also be eligible to earn bonuses. This job will be posted for a minimum offivedays. CaringCommunity. You’llcollaborate with teammates who are equally passionateabout innovatinganddrivingthe industry forward – together, united in beauty. Fulfilling Path. Your career transformation starts here, with opportunities that will challenge,stretchand develop your skills. Meaningful Work. As you make an impact onbeauty,you’llfeel and see the positive change (consumer, industry,andsocial)thatyourindividual voice is a part of. Some benefits have eligibility requirements and may depend on job classification and length of employment. Health . Choose a healthcare plan to fit you and your family’s needs with medical, dental, and vision coverage. Sephora also fully covers our employees’ disability and life insurance. Wealth . We offer a competitive 401k with 4% match as well as FSA and HSA programs. We also offer a Student Debt Retirement plan, where your student loan payments qualify to earn the 401k match from Sephora. Balance . You’ll be empowered to find the perfect blend of work/life balance that actually works for you with PTO, flexibility, protected leave, and more. Growth . Career growth is built into every role, with access to training, development, and tuition reimbursement. Perks . Think you’ve tried it all? Enjoy a 30% discount on all merchandise/services, opportunities for free product or “gratis,” and flash sale discounts on LVMH brand products. Support . Join a team that truly cares – with free mental health and financial coaching resources with 24/7 access to Modern Health and Financial Finesse. Plus, volunteer and donation matching. Sephora values a diverse and inclusive workplace and considers all applicants without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, national origin, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), age, religion, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, disability, or any other protected category. Sephora is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities or other medical conditions. Sephora will consider all qualified applicants, including those with arrest and conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws, including the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act. JoinUs and Belong to Something Beautiful #J-18808-Ljbffr Sephora USA, Inc