Junior Back End Developer

Company Description

👑 Midas Labs is a product engineering agency building North America's newest generation of Fintech apps. With decades of combined experience in delivering fintech-focused software products and working with some of the largest financial, regulatory, and software development services globally, Midas becomes a partner and advisor to bring your vision to life in some of the most highly regulated markets in the world.

Role Description📁 We are looking for senior engineers who are keen on providing quality solutions, have great fundamentals, have proven experience building and architecting at scale, and are not afraid of challenging conventions or voicing their opinions. In this role, you will have the autonomy to design and implement solutions to achieve defined goals while actively participating in defining those goals. An understanding of cloud-based modern architecture, infrastructure, and orchestration practices are also great assets we actively look for.

Things You Get To DoContribute to a core system that millions of end users will rely onImplement backend services and work on designing an architecture where reliability mattersTake ownership of tasks, identify and address technical challenges proactively, and propose innovative solutionsContribute to architectural decisions, offering insights and suggestions for designing scalable and reliable systemsMaintain good software quality and test coverageParticipate in code reviewsTroubleshooting on incidents and reported bugs

Who You Are (Must-Haves)Strong problem-solving skills paired with a proactive mindsetExcellent communication and collaboration skillsThe ability to work independently and as part of a teamA preference for simple and elegant solutionsAt least 3 years of experience working on systems at scaleProven experience in building and maintaining micro-servicesStrong coding skills, preferably in GoAbility to write clean, well-tested, and maintainable codeExperience with domain-driven design and event-driven designAbility to debug issues or better yet, foresee problems and avoid them entirelyFamiliarity with containerization and orchestration technologies, especially KubernetesExperience with cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud PlatformExperience with messaging queues and message brokersExperience with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL

Who You Might Be (Nice-to-Haves)Previous experience in the financial industry or knowledge of clearing and settlement processesExperience with DTCC integrationExperience working remotelyExperience working at a startupDevOps mindset is an asset

How We Take Care of YouA fully remote office environment with the opportunity to work from anywhere in the worldWork with awesome hard-working people, super smart and cool clients and innovative partners from around the world.The opportunity to immigrate to Canada in the long term (this is an opportunity and not a requirement)Competitive salaries within your geographic regionA supportive team that will help you as you learn and excelThe opportunity to grow into different roles within the organization and to grow with the organization

Hiring ProcessCoding challenge (approx. 6 hours, 1 week to complete).Final chat & code review with Tech Lead and our Senior Management MemberOffer send

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Midas is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.

Key Skills

• Backend