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Payment Specialist

At Interac, we design and deliver products and solutions that give Canadians control over their money so they can get more out of life. But that’s not all. Whether we’re leading real-time money movement, driving innovative commerce solutions like open payments for transit systems, or making advancements in new areas like verification and open banking, we are playing a key role in shaping the future of the digital economy in Canada.

Want to make a lasting impact amongst a community of creative thinkers, problem solvers, technical gurus and high-performance application developers? We want to hear from you.

You’ll be responsible for performing the technical support functions for Interac Corp. Debit products and services, including Mobile related projects. You will be reviewing functional, security and design specifications to ensure full understanding of what we build.

You’ll be tasked with developing, enhancing and maintaining technical specifications, review architecture and design, recommending an appropriate framework, review deployment plans, DB scripts, support internal teams and partners for deployment activities, work with internal teams for defects triage and resolution.

This Payment Specialist role is responsible for working with Product to plan development and delivery roadmaps for Interac Debit.

This role will be a subject matter expert in EMV payments and API software testing.

You'll be responsible for:

• Writing and maintaining payments technical specifications

• Providing technical solutions for business

• Providing solutions for process improvements based on industry research of industry standards and best practices, analyzing and applying them to our system

• Technical support for various Interac systems

• Java web application support

• Using Agile methodology in all phases of the iterative software development lifecycle

• Advising on test strategies within agile teams and with the wider tech team

• Consulting with developers to create automated testing strategies (including unit testing) and test plans for development tasks

• Providing support and speaking to external partners such as FIs and external vendors

• Providing ongoing technical support and maintenance for systems and infrastructure

• Writing APIs test cases and test scripts for functional, performance and automation testing

• Investigating interoperability issues, debugging and finding root cause for production issues

• Supporting client’s integration test phase

You bring:

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent

• Strong EMV and payment knowledge and experience.

• Strong expertise in Interac IMN / ISO messaging and in ISO8583 and ISO20022

• Cryptography knowledge will be an asset

• Database processing and ability to write complex SQL queries will be an asset

• Expertise to write Java and Javascript code for the purpose of testing

• You have scripting/programming experience and experience with various tools to test Web Services & Web based modern applications

• You have 5+ years of experience in API software testing using automated tools including, Soap UI, Ready API, Selenium, Jmeter

• You have experience working with multiple internal stakeholders to understand requirements

• You have strong knowledge of the development process for both large-scale distributed and centralized software applications

• Experience in client end-to-end implementation

• Strong analytical, organizational and communication skills to manage deliverables

• Experience using test tools for EMV based testing

• Experience in working with large technical documents and advanced knowledge of Word and Excel are strongly preferred

• Eligibility to work for Interac Corp. in Canada in a full-time capacity

Interac requires employees to complete a background check that is completed by one of our service providers. We use this service to complete the following checks:

• Canadian criminal record check;
• Public safety verification;
• Canadian ID cross-check;
• 5-year employment verification;
• Education verification; and
• If applicable, Credit Inquiry and Social Media Check

How we work
We know that exceptional people have great ideas and are passionate about their work. Our culture encourages excellence and actively rewards contributions with:

Connection: You’re surrounded by talented people every day who are driven by their passion of a common goal.

Core Values: They define us. Living them helps us be the best at what we do.

Compensation & Benefits: Pay is driven by individual and corporate performance and we provide a multitude of benefits and perks.

Education: To ensure you are the best at what you do we invest in you

Please be aware of certain individuals fraudulently using Interac Corp.’s name and logo to offer fictitious employment opportunities. Interac Corp. will never ask, solicit, nor accept any monies in exchange for employment opportunities. Any such offers of employment are fraudulent and invalid, and you are strongly advised to exercise great caution and disregard such offers and invitations.

Please note that under no circumstances shall Interac Corp. be held liable or responsible for any claims, losses, damages, expenses, or other inconveniences resulting from or in any way connected to the actions of individuals performing such fraud. Further, such fraudulent communication shall not be treated as any kind of offer or representation by Interac Corp. or its subsidiaries and affiliates.