Staff Backend Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Staff Backend Engineer (Fintech): Shaping technical direction and elevating engineering practices within a modern fintech company, mentoring engineers, and delivering iterations of the hirify.global App with an accent on API design, scalability, and microservices architecture. Focus on designing solutions, addressing technical debt, and resolving live user issues in a planned and organized manner.

Location: Hybrid in Amsterdam, Netherlands (1-2 days at the office)

Company

hirify.global is a modern fintech company committed to making investing accessible and affordable for everyone through its intuitive app.

What you will do

• Shape technical direction, elevate engineering practices, and mentor engineers across the organization.
• Take project requirements, design solutions, and document them in RFCs.
• Advocate for modern software development practices and collaborate across teams on broader impact projects.
• Analyze technical challenges (e.g., scalability), raise awareness of technical debt, and proactively address system issues.
• Discuss technical solutions with Product Owners and support colleagues with complex problems.
• Diagnose and resolve live user issues or monitoring alerts in a thought-out, planned, and organized manner.

Requirements

• Excellent command of Git and collaborative workflows (e.g., GitFlow).
• Excellent knowledge of core system-design concepts and common microservices design trade-offs.
• Ability to own, be responsible, and accountable for the success of projects, combining direct code contribution with mentoring.
• Excellent command of Java, Kotlin, and the Spring framework ecosystem.
• Experience working with transactional Kafka and event-sourcing architectures.
• Solid understanding and working knowledge of GCP (with focus on Kubernetes).
• Agile mindset and working knowledge of the Scrum framework.

Nice to have

• Regularly use GenAI tools, stay up to date with new ones, and encourage the team to use them.

Culture & Benefits

• International work environment with a hybrid work environment (1-2 days at the office).
• Company pension plan, working from home allowance, and mobility benefit.
• Gym membership contribution via Urban Sports.
• Learning budget and full access to a learning and development platform.
• A1 Dutch language course for you (and your partner).
• Possibility to work from abroad for 1 month every 12 months.
• Take care of your mental and emotional well-being with unlimited appointments with psychologists or coaches through OpenUp.
• Regular team gatherings and fun company events.

Hiring process

• Learn more about the hiring approach and interview preparation in the dedicated 'How we hire' section.