Software Engineer (Backend, Fintech)

TL;DR

Software Engineer (Backend, Fintech): Building and optimizing seamless cross-border payments involving crypto and fiat currencies with an accent on smooth trading processes, liquidity management, and automation. Focus on developing future-proof products, designing effective solutions, and contributing to engineering standards.

Location: Remote/Hybrid in South Africa or Bulgaria

Company

hirify.global is building stablecoin-native infrastructure to accelerate global money movement, facilitating billions in transactions for enterprise clients and recognized as a top startup.

What you will do

• Collaborate with the product team to iterate fast and deliver results.
• Translate from technical to non-technical with stakeholders across the business.
• Advocate for the simplest but most effective approach in everything we do.
• Develop future-proof products, focusing on delivering quality code consistently and efficiently.
• Contribute to our engineering culture and standards to help us perform better.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience working as an engineer using a compiled language.
• Proven ability to design, architect, debug, test, and create well-documented code.
• Production experience in asynchronous messaging with micro services.
• Understanding of common design patterns and principles, and how/when to apply them.
• Demonstrated ability to translate abstract challenges into clear, actionable steps and solutions.
• Experience in taking a product from initiation through the go to market phase, supporting products post launch.
• Open to participate in out of hours on call rota.

Nice to have

• Experience in fiat payments, card payments or exposure to banking infrastructure / integrations.

Culture & Benefits

• Fair and competitive salary at every stage of your growth.
• Meaningful ownership in the business through our employee option scheme.
• Flexible working hours, with hybrid working at its heart.
• A culture built on passionate growth-minded people.
• A flexible approach to holiday.
• Opportunities to travel to our offices around the world, in locations such as London and Cape Town, to collaborate with your colleagues.
• An open and creative environment where you can help us define the future of hirify.global, its culture, and its opportunity sets.