Member Of Technical Staff - X Money
Build and optimize high-scale backend microservices for a global payments platform, supporting secure transactions, fraud detection, and compliance. The role requires at least five years of software engineering experience and proficiency with Go, Postgres, Kafka, and distributed systems.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize microservices for high-concurrency transactions using Go, Postgres, and Kafka.
- Collaborate on system architecture, testing, and monitoring to ensure uptime and performance.
- Build internal tools using frontend technologies as needed to support operational efficiency.
- Support the Technical Lead in risk mitigation and align with engineering, product, and compliance teams to drive project success.
- Contribute to the development of secure, scalable systems for handling financial data and transactions.
- Iterate rapidly on feedback to deliver high-quality solutions in a dynamic environment.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong focus on backend development.
- Proficiency in Go or similar languages and experience with databases such as Postgres and streaming systems such as Kafka.
- Familiarity with building distributed systems for high-scale, low-latency environments.
- Knowledge of handling secure financial data.
- Ability to contribute to frontend development for internal tools when required.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills, with a collaborative mindset.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in fintech, payments, or regulatory frameworks such as PCI-DSS and AML/KYC.
- Prior work in a fast-paced, startup-like environment on greenfield projects.
- Comfort navigating ambiguous requirements and iterating based on feedback.
- Passion for leveraging AI to transform financial systems.
Skills
Go, Postgres, Kafka, Microservices, Distributed Systems, Frontend Development, Pci-Dss, Aml/Kyc, Fraud Detection, Payment Systems
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