Backend Software Engineer
City of London, London
Backend Software Engineer
- Permanent
City of London, London
The details
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Start your job searchMarks Sattin have partnered with one of London's most exciting and fast growing (POS) Point of Sale FinTech start ups.
On the back of a second multimillion pound investment round, this FinTech are looking to add to their already experienced and high preforming Engineering team.
They have funding from the leading names in tech investment and a visionary leadership team. We are looking for Developers that would like to join this remarkable adventure, and to have the autonomy to masterfully develop their expertise.
The role
We're looking for an intelligent, ambitious Backend Software Engineer. A first rate problem-solver with the desire to build the future of one of London's brightest fintech startups.
To be successful in this role, you should have previous experience working as a
Java/Kotlin/SQL engineer: building secure, resilient, and scalable REST based services.
This position will give you the exciting opportunity to work closely with the experienced C-level officers from the likes of Google, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs!
What your day will involve
- Becoming a key contributor in the dynamic and tightly-knit engineering team.
- Involving yourself across all modules of the core systems: backend systems, APIs, and the tools/technologies that keep everything humming.
- Collaborating with the product team to cultivate secure and efficient platform services.
- Assisting solutions architects/engineering leads in the planning of wider features.
- Designing and creating scalable, modular services which can be used effectively by other members of the engineering team.
- Coding with JAX-RS, Kotlin, SQL, configuring GraphQL endpoints via PostGraphile and deploying in Docker containers.
- Working with front-end engineers to connect app features to mid-layer and backend services.
- Respecting data security as an important part of the role.
- Striving to improve the platform with high quality code and great testing.
- Engaging in sprint planning with the product team, committing to timely execution of features, and prioritising within sprints where necessary.
- Collaborating with senior members of staff and the business development team to demonstrate test builds of a given feature.
- Contributing to the construction and shipping of a world-class product, achieving a high standard of quality in the process.
- Championing security, scalability, and resilience throughout the organisation.
You should apply if
- You have plenty of strong, relevant software engineering experience.
- You have experience in and love programming in Kotlin/Java/SQL.
- You enjoy supporting front-end teams in connecting application features to mid-layer and backend services via REST/GraphQL.
- You enjoy working in an engineering team committed to agile development, working in sprints to achieve the best results.
- You have a good grasp of the fundamentals of computer science and an excellent working knowledge of industry standard tools (including Git)
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