Senior Backend Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Fintech): Building and optimizing highly scalable and secure web applications, services, and APIs for an open banking infrastructure with an accent on API design, database performance, and scalability. Focus on designing microservices architectures, solving complex concurrency challenges, and ensuring system reliability under heavy traffic.

Location: Hybrid in Spain, with the flexibility to work from home. Option for 'Nomad Working' for up to 30 days per year.

Company

hirify.global is building a powerful, scalable, and secure open banking infrastructure that redefines how the world interacts with value, powering leading companies such as Adyen, Intuit QuickBooks, and Google.

What you will do

• Build and maintain highly scalable and secure web applications, services, and APIs.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and stakeholders to gather and refine specifications and requirements.
• Collaborate with Support and CSM functions to troubleshoot and debug customer issues.
• Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and promote knowledge sharing.
• Write well-structured, reliable, efficient, and easily maintainable code.
• Learn about Open Banking and PSD and build with the APIs provided.

Requirements

• 5+ years of working experience with Java and Spring Framework.
• Experience with Kubernetes and microservices.
• Comfortably debug a distributed system using distributed tracing.
• Ability to design RESTful APIs and articulate their pros and cons.
• Possess an API-first product mindset, focusing on customer outcomes.
• Ability to drive initiatives independently and support team goals.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Driven, curious, and comfortable with the pace, ambiguity, and self-starter nature of a startup environment.

Culture & Benefits

• 23 days holiday a year (plus bank holidays) in Spain, with additional holiday day after 1 year of service, up to 5 days over 5 years.
• Hybrid working, with flexibility to work from home or office, and up to 30 days per year for 'Nomad Working' abroad.
• Mental health support through an award-winning provider.
• €200 annual Learning and Personal Development budget.
• Employee Referral Scheme which offers €1,000 per employee referral.
• State health insurance, parental leave, unemployment insurance, and state pension fund.