Senior Backend Engineer

 

Position overview

At Xapo we are building truly cross functional teams with full ownership of design, architecture, build, test, delivery and operations. You will collaborate closely with your fellow team members from the product, apps, design and QA communities of practice. 

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Banking Operations engineering function. Our tech stack includes:

AWS for all of our Infrastructure

Docker

Python / Flask

MySQL

MongoDB

Redis



As a Senior Backend Engineer you will provide guidance and coaching around technical good practices as well as playing an active role in the Development Community of practice. 

Responsibilities

Designing, developing and deploying backend services with a focus on high availability, fault tolerance, low latency and security. 

Your team will take  full end to end responsibility of the services your team owns, from development through to production operation

Collaboration with team members across multiple functional areas to ensure delivery of the best solutions for our customers.



Skills needed

Significant software engineering experience in one or more general purpose programming languages (we use Python)

Great teamwork and communication skills in English, comfortable preparing high quality documentation and designs to aid understanding and knowledge sharing. 

Understanding of microservice architectures, container based 12 factor apps and cloud native patterns around fault tolerance.

Practical experience applying Domain Driven Design and understanding the principles behind building software that is testable, observable, reliable, and sustainable to maintain.

Experience building contract first services and adopting patterns and frameworks to enable appropriate automated testing at unit, contract, service and end to end levels. 

Experience building services that can be deployed on demand, quickly and with quality. Excellent understanding of CI/CD patterns and good practice. 

Understands the role of high quality observability in building highly scalable and performant software

Experience working with a public or private cloud vendor 

Experience working in Finance is beneficial



Other requirements

A dedicated workspace 

A reliable internet connection with the fastest speed possible in your area

Devices and other essential equipment that meet minimal technical specifications

Alignment with Our Values.

Key Skills

• Docker
• Mysql
• MongoDB
• Redis
• Flask