Sr. Backend Engineer (Nodejs)

About

Unitalent Consultancy OÜ, in partnership with Flatworld, is helping an a London based Fintech search for a Sr. Backend Developer (Nodejs). The position is fully remote within the EU. 

Responsibilities

• Be a key member of the product team, and will work with the Founder / CEO and Engineering Lead.
• Design, prototype and implement new features end to end.
• Utilize your vast experience with architecting, developing and supporting distributed & scalable systems running on AWS.
• Demonstrate leadership principles including excellent judgment and high standards on software delivery.
• Be expected to have the ability to dive deep and gather business requirements, drive best
  practices in the team and deliver high-quality results.
• Help develop guidelines and best coding practices for our growing dev team.
• See the effects of your work make real-world impact.
• Collaborate with product and development teams across multiple projects.
• Manage project scope, backlog and timelines.
• Proactively identify and help fix any problems and roadblocks
  

Requirements

• Are a highly experienced senior engineer with 10+ years of software development experience Must
• Have experience building and supporting distributed & scalable fault tolerant systems running on AWS - Must
• Have lots of commercial experience working with AWS services like - API gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS etc.
• Are highly proficient with Javascript, Typescript and NodeJS - Must
• Have Bachelor's degree in computer science or a relevant field.
• Have core software engineering skills, including the ability to write maintainable, testable and robust code
• Have experience designing and implementing clean APIs following REST or GraphQL concepts for integration of user-facing elements developed by app developers with server side logic
• Have experience in taking product requirements and building scalable, reliable solutions
• Have commercial experience of tracking the health of your deployed services, identify and fix problems proactively.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English.

Bonus points if you 

• Have experience with AWS Serverless services.
• Have experience with low-latency, high-availability, and performant GraphQL API.
• Have experience designing and building event driven architectures.
• Have experience with system and application monitoring, software distribution, patching and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines.

Benefits & Work-life balance

• A fully flexible and parent-friendly remote work environment
• Generous stock options package (equity)
• Self-development budget
• Spotify/YouTube music subscription
• Whatever you'll need within reason
• 28 vacation days per year
• Public & Bank holidays off (included in the 28 days)