At Blackhawk Network, we shape the future of global branded payments through the prepaid products, technologies, and networks that connect brands and people. Our collaborative innovation and scalable, security-minded solutions help our partners to increase reach, loyalty, and revenue. We believe our future holds great things for Blackhawk Network and its partners. We believe that together, we can shape the future. Our beliefs? Win as one team, be innovative, global excellence and be inspiring!

So, what are you waiting for? Shape your career and join our global network.

What’s in it for you? 

You will build different parts of our payment network, that have high scale, precision and availability requirements. You will be part of a world class team delivering awesome features to Blackhawk consumers and partners.  You will stretch the limits of backend technologies to deliver functionality. You will be constantly leveraging cutting edge technologies on the cloud, and application stacks to build efficient systems. You will be an awesome team player that can learn and coach simultaneously.  You will learn to innovate. You will build relationships with the world's best payments systems while you help them realize their visions. Your work will play an essential part in how developers build state of the art payment experiences that consumers love.

• Lead architecture and delivery of high-performance React/Next.js apps (SSR/ISR, code-splitting), setting performance and accessibility budgets.
• Define frontend standards and evolve a reusable component library; drive the micro-frontend strategy for independent deployability.
• Shape API contracts with design/backend, make build-vs-buy calls, and align roadmaps to business outcomes.
• Establish testing strategy (unit/component/e2e) with CI quality gates; champion observability and reliability.
• Design resilient real-time/PWA UX using WebSockets, SSE, and Service Workers (offline caching, graceful fallback).
• Guide React Native integration and shared TypeScript models across web and mobile.
• Architect scalable AEM (headless/hybrid) integrations for personalized, content-rich experiences.
• Mentor engineers, lead design/code reviews, manage incidents/postmortems, and plan targeted tech-debt reduction.

• Tech in CS/IT (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years building production UIs with React/Next.js; expert JavaScript/TypeScript and solid Node.js.
• Deep grasp of web performance (Core Web Vitals), accessibility (WCAG), and frontend security basics (CSP, XSS, CSRF).
• Hands-on with SSR/ISR, modern data-fetching patterns, and micro-frontends; strong architectural thinking.
• Proficient with tooling: Webpack/Vite, Git, linting/formatting, and CI/CD for web.
• Proven experience designing test pyramids with Jest/RTL and e2e (Playwright).
• Production use of REST, WebSockets, SSE; building PWAs with Service Workers.
• Familiar with AWS/Azure and CDN/edge delivery; performance & cost awareness.
• Track record of mentorship, cross-team influence and effective communication across time zones.
• Bonus: exposure to React Native, AEM, and observability stacks (e.g., New Relic/Splunk).

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 – for our employees and the future of work.