Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Builds and maintains scalable backend services and APIs for financial data connectivity, focusing on performance and reliability. Requires 5+ years experience with microservices, relational databases, strong coding skills, and leadership in mentoring engineers.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain backend services with a focus on performance, reliability and scalability.
- Work closely with product managers and other stakeholders to define and implement new features that meet product and customer needs.
- Write clean, maintainable and efficient code.
- Develop automated tests to ensure the quality and reliability of the codebase. Troubleshoot and resolve issues.
- Engage in hands-on coding and architectural design, setting and maintaining high technical standards for a high performing team.
- Grow the team via mentorship and leadership, reviewing technical documents and code changes.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience with extensive experience in software engineering with a proven track record of shipping successful projects.
- Experience with MySQL or other relational databases.
- Experience working with microservices.
- Excellent coding, testing, and system design skills.
- Prior experience with cross functional collaboration, communication and project management skills.
- Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to mentor and guide junior engineers.
- Ability to work with operations, product, design, and data science.
Skills
MySQL, Relational Databases, Microservices, System Design, Java, Backend Services, APIs, Automated Testing
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