Backend Engineer
What you’ll do: We’re seeking a back-end engineer in a forward-thinking FinTech organization that’s pushing boundaries within commercial banking and financial services. You will complete backend ownership of projects. Our ideal candidate has experience building backend services and a firm understanding of Node.Js frameworks, APIs, databases, AWS, and DevOps. You’ll be joining a small team working at the forefront of banking technology, solving the challenges that impact the backend architecture, to deliver an amazing client experience.
Responsibilities include:
- Developing new features and infrastructure development in support of rapidly emerging business and project requirements
- Designing and implementing scalable web services, applications, and APIs
- Assuming leadership of new projects from conceptualization to deployment
- Ensuring application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful application design
- Working with agile development methodologies, adhering to best practices, and pursuing continued learning opportunities
- Participating in all aspects of agile software development including design, implementation, and deployment
- Architecting and providing guidance on building end-to-end systems optimized for speed and scale
- Identifying bottlenecks and improving software efficiency
- Working primarily in JavaScript and Node.js
What you need:
- 6 years of experience building highly-scalable consumer-facing applications
- Experience with Node.Js frameworks like NestJS
- Experience with AWS products like Lambdas, SQS, EKS
- Experience using Terraform to manage an AWS environment
- Experience with git and using github actions
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and EKS
- Experience working with Datadog to build monitoring
- Experience building highly scalable distributed solutions that enable positive user experiences and measurable business growth
- Banking or financial services experience a plus
- Experience building web applications
- Previous work with JIRA and Agile/SCRUM
- Experience designing and integrating RESTful APIs
- Expert knowledge of Javascript and Node.js
- Excellent debugging and optimization skills
- Strong attention to detail and a desire to own the end product and maintain it during its lifespan
Apply on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2979315271/