Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Overview

Contract - W2

Skills

Product design
Ideation
Continuous improvement
Leadership
Testing
IT architecture
Product requirements
User stories
Mentorship
Engineering support
Computer science
Scalability
Java
Kotlin
Spring Framework
Amazon Web Services
Kubernetes
SOA
Microservices
Git
Continuous integration
Continuous delivery
Management
Relational databases
Integration testing
Software development
Collaboration
Problem solving
Shipping
Payments
Banking
Finance
Apache Kafka
Docker
Database
Amazon DynamoDB
UI
JavaScript
TypeScript
React.js

Job Details

Job Description

REMOTE -- West coast preferred
On call: 1 week every 6 weeks (24 hours/day).

We are looking for a Staff Backend Software Engineer to join the Bank team who will help build our next generation banking platform.
You will be part of a team that empowers its engineers to make technical decisions.
As a member of the Bank team you will architect new systems, implement functionality, fix bugs, maintain the health of our systems, and continually grow your skill set.

The ideal candidate is both forward-thinking and hands-on, has a solid sense of ownership and drive for delivery, and a strong team player.
We pride ourselves on the collaboration between Product, Design and Engineering and so you will be involved in the entire product lifecycle, from ideation through building, deploying and continual improvement and evolution.

What you'll do:
Lead the development and testing of our systems and services
Participate in shaping the technical architecture of the product
Help translate product requirements into user stories and technical solutions
Deliver highly available and scalable services in a production environment
Mentor other engineers, support the technical culture, and help grow the team
Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies
Communicate with project leads, product managers and other software developers

What you'll need:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
7+ years programming experience & designing for consumer facing applications with stringent scalability/uptime requirements
4+ years in Java/ Kotlin/ Spring / AWS / Kubernetes
Experience with Temporal / Kafka and DynamoDB database
Experience working on SOA / microservice-based applications.
Experience working with GIT and CI/CD systems.
Experience working in a collaborative coding environment, refining designs together, working through code reviews and managing pull requests
Experience scaling highly available, mission critical systems
A solid understanding of relational databases and ORMs
View Unit and Integration test as 1st class citizens in software development
Willingness to roll up your sleeves, collaborate with others and get stuff done
Solid sense of responsibility; driving a project from inception to completion
Affinity for solving problems and shipping impactful features, not polishing perfect code or architecture

Nice to have:
Fintech, payments, banking experience
Interest in personal finance
Experience scaling highly available, mission critical systems
Full-stack experience, either toward systems (kafka, temporal, docker), databases (DynamoDB), or front-end (javascript/typescript, react).
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