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Tech Lead at Payoneer
Gurugram, IndiaFull-timeBusiness ApplicationsPosted 5 months ago
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<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>About Payoneer</strong></p>
<p>Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world’s underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We’re a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 countries and territories.</p>
<p>By taking the complexity out of the financial workflows–including everything from global payments and compliance to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligence–we give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence.</p></div><p><strong><span data-contrast="none">ABOUT THE ROLE</span> </strong><br><span data-contrast="none">We are looking for a Tech Lead to be the technical backbone of our Cards engineering team in India. You will set the technical direction, drive architectural decisions, and raise the engineering bar — while staying hands-on with code and guiding engineers through complex problem-solving.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span><span data-contrast="none">WHAT YOU'LL DO</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></strong></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Own and drive the technical vision, architecture, and design for the Cards domain</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Be a hands-on coding leader — write, review, and set the quality bar for production code</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Lead technical design discussions, RFC processes, and cross-team architectural decisions</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Mentor and upskill engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical guidance</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Partner with Product and Engineering Manager to translate business goals into technical roadmaps</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Identify and resolve technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and scalability challenges</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="7" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Champion engineering best practices: testing, observability, CI/CD, and Agile delivery</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="8" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Collaborate with DevOps, Security, and peer tech leads on platform-wide standards</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></strong></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">10+ years of backend development experience in Node.js with strong C# exposure</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">3+ years of advanced SQL (MSSQL / Oracle / MySQL / PostgreSQL)</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Proven track record as a technical leader driving complex, distributed systems</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Deep experience building SaaS platforms on AWS</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Containers & Kubernetes (K8s/EKS) experience</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="7" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Message broker expertise: RabbitMQ / SQS / Kafka (Kafka preferred)</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
</ul>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="8" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Microservices architecture and strong OOP / design patterns knowledge</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Experience in payment card systems, card processing, or financial platforms</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">NICE TO HAVE</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></strong></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Full-stack exposure: Next</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
</ul>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Redis or equivalent caching layer</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
</ul>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">ORM experience (Entity Framework or similar)</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
</ul>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Domain Driven Design (DDD) practice</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">PCI-DSS compliance or card network (Visa/Mastercard) integration experience</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">TECH STACK SNAPSHOT</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></strong></p>
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">Backend</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
</td>
<td data-celllook="0">
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Node.js · C#</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td data-celllook="0">
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Database</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
</td>
<td data-celllook="0">
<p><span data-contrast="auto">MSSQL / PostgreSQL</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
</td>
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<td data-celllook="0">
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Cloud</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
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<td data-celllook="0">
<p><span data-contrast="auto">AWS / EKS</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
</td>
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">Messaging</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">Kafka / SQS</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">Infra</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
</td>
<td data-celllook="0">
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Docker · K8s</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
</td>
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<td data-celllook="0">
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Caching</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
</td>
<td data-celllook="0">
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Redis</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Deep systems thinking — design for scale, resilience, and maintainability</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Strong written and verbal communication of complex technical concepts</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Influential without authority — lead through expertise and trust</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Bias for action: ship iteratively, measure, and improve</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="4" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Security-conscious engineering mindset</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
</ul>
<p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">WHY PAYONEER</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">High-impact, global fintech platform processing billions in transactions</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Autonomous teams with deep ownership over critical payment infrastructure</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Clear growth path: Tech Lead → Principal Engineer</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Competitive compensation + benefits in India</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335557856":16580093,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
</ul>
<p><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">The Payoneer Ways of Working</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":240,"335559739":0}"> </span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1;"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Act as our customer’s partner on the inside</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}"> <br></span><em><span data-contrast="auto">Learning what they need and creating what will help them go further.</span></em><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Do it. Own it.</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}"> <br></span><em><span data-contrast="auto">Being fearlessly accountable in everything we do.</span></em><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Continuously improve</span></strong> <br><em><span data-contrast="auto">Always striving for a higher standard than our last.</span></em> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Build each other up</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}"> <br></span><em><span data-contrast="auto">Helping each other grow, as professionals and people.</span></em><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}"> </span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1;"><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-teams="true">If this sounds like a business, a community, and a mission you want to be part of, apply today.</span></span></p>
<p><em>We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace. Payoneer is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment no matter your race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please speak to the recruiter managing the role for any adjustments. Decisions about requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.</em></p></div>
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