Senior Software Engineer- Backend

About this role; responsibilities & ownership

We are looking for someone with significant experience in designing & delivering multiple high impact initiatives, to join us as a hands-on senior backend engineer in this team.

• You will work on consumer-facing products delivered through iterative development, facilitating fast customer feedback loops.
• You will take ownership of system design, development, deployment, monitoring, infrastructure, and production support.
• You will need to demonstrate a strong product sense and be empathetic to clients' experiences of using the product.
• You will work closely with Product, Design, Marketing, and other stakeholders to ensure iterative delivery of customer value.
• You will also drive continuous performance & scalability improvement work to ensure we continue to meet our non-functional goals as our business grows.
• You will need to leverage the entire technology stack to realise these goals and continuously tackle questions of architecture flexibility & scalability while guarding against over-engineering.
• You will mentor other engineers in the team, helping them achieve high levels of productivity, quality, and reliability.

Requirements & qualifications

• Bachelors' or above in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Strong mastery of Scala or Java and at least one additional programming language (such as JavaScript, TypeScript, etc.)
• At least 6 years of experience building scalable backend services in either Scala or Java.
• Experience with agile processes, automated testing, CI/CD, and production error/metrics monitoring.
• Self-driven with a strong sense of ownership & bias for action.
• Comfortable with numbers and motivated by steep learning curves
• Being a team player is key. We are a small but growing team, and we believe in building an environment that fosters a sense of belonging for all of our employees.
• While Scala expertise is not a prerequisite, willingness to quickly learn and master Scala is essential since all our core backend services are written in Scala.

Nice to haves

• Experience working in a B2C domain.
• Basic knowledge of finance and trading
• Exposure to CQRS / Event Sourcing patterns
• Experience with Lagom/Akka frameworks for building microservices.
• Solid understanding of infrastructure (e.g. databases, message queues, Docker)

Our Tech Stack

• Our backend services are written in Scala/Akka and the APIs are tested using Cucumber-Scala. We are heavy users of DDD, event sourcing, and CQRS.
• Our web app is in TypeScript/React and tested using Playwright. Our mobile app is in Dart/Flutter and tested using FlutterTest.
• We use Kafka for async communication between services. Cassandra is our transactional database & PostgreSQL is our read-side database. Our datalake is built using Spark/Athena.
• We are 100% cloud native and rely heavily on CI/CD & IaC.

You can also read more about our tech culture & development practices on our blog at tech.endowus.com

Benefits & perks

• Stock options in a fast growing company
• Market competitive total compensation package
• Health insurance
• The opportunity to work with smart, curious, deeply caring people