Senior Back-End Software Engineer

About Us

Our mission is to provide high-performance solutions that meet the evolving needs of our users. To achieve this, we're looking for a Senior Back-End Software Engineer to strengthen our back-end capabilities and contribute to building scalable, secure, and efficient systems.
Position Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Back-End Software Engineer with deep technical expertise and a strong sense of ownership. You will play a key role in designing and developing robust back-end systems, contributing to architectural decisions, and ensuring high standards in performance, scalability, and security.

You will work extensively with third-party integrations and external APIs, ensuring seamless, secure, and scalable connectivity across systems. Additionally, you will contribute to AI-driven initiatives, helping integrate intelligent services and data-driven capabilities into our platform.

The ideal candidate is adaptable, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and is comfortable working across a diverse tech stack including Java, Node.js, C++, and TypeScript.
Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and maintain complex back-end systems.

- Build and maintain secure, scalable integrations with third-party services and external APIs.

- Contribute to AI-related initiatives, including integrating AI services and supporting data-driven features.

- Contribute to architectural discussions and technical decision-making.

- Work independently to solve complex problems and implement features with high quality and reliability.

- Collaborate closely with product managers and cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions.

- Implement and follow DevOps best practices, managing AWS infrastructure and services.

- Promote high standards in code quality, CI/CD, and deployment processes.

- Utilise Docker and similar containerisation tools to streamline development and deployment.

- Monitor and analyse system performance using tools such as Datadog, proactively identifying areas for improvement.

Qualifications

- 8+ years of experience in software development, with at least 4 years focused on back-end development.

- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently with a high level of ownership.

- Excellent communication skills and experience collaborating effectively with remote teams.

- Strong expertise in multiple programming languages, including Java, Node.js, C++, and TypeScript.

- Solid understanding of DevOps practices and AWS services, including deployment, monitoring, and scaling.

- Extensive experience with Docker and containerisation tools.

- Familiarity with logging and analytics tools such as Datadog.

- Advanced knowledge of JavaScript and experience contributing to full-stack solutions is considered an advantage.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in the trading or financial services industry.

- Familiarity with front-end frameworks and how they interact with back-end systems.

- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.

The position is fully remote.

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