Our client is a venture-backed fintech with a mission to give employees instant access to their earned wages, which solves a major problem for real people, while killing predatory financial products like payday loans. They are the fastest-growing startup in the category and were incubated by QED Capital, a top fintech venture fund.
Their Instant Pay app provides earned wage access for employees at mid- to large-sized organisations to improve their financial wellness and to increase employee engagement and productivity.
With many workers living paycheck to paycheck, financial wellness tools are an important part of any employee benefits package. Our client gives employees access to the money that they have already earned whenever they need or want it, without needing to wait for the month-end paycheck.; The service is mobile app-based, very easy and intuitive to use. There’s a small transaction fee and no interest to pay, a much healthier solution than payday loans or bank overdrafts with their exorbitant charges.
Our client’s ultimate mission is to help people attain financial freedom, which starts with giving people full control over their income.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
We are looking for a Backend Software Engineer that must have some Golang experience. This position is remote. The candidate will be responsible for managing various areas of their backend platform, including API integrations with 3rd-party vendors and partners.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a central role as we scale to 1M+ users. You will work with our European based product and engineering teams to implement quickly and contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle. Our ideal candidate is excited to tackle tough technical challenges and looking for opportunities to contribute to our strategic thinking.
The ideal candidate will embrace the team’s global culture, which is rooted in Shokunin - the Japanese philosophy of giving your very best for the general welfare of people. The company’s other core values are radical transparency and zero ego.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
● Translate business requirements into technical solutions, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and lead engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines
● Operational Excellence - monitoring & operation of production services including implementation of adequate resilience and high-availability models to support 24x7 operational availability
● Manage backend API integrations with 3rd-party vendors and partners
● Manage integration of user-facing elements developed by our front-end developers with server side logic
● Build reusable code and libraries for future use
● Optimize the client's application for maximum speed and scalability
● Design and implementation of data storage solutions
WORK EXPERIENCE AND REQUIREMENTS:
● Proficient knowledge of back-end programming languages, Go / Golang is a MUST.
● Basic understanding of front-end technologies and platforms, especially React and React Native
● Solid understanding of REST API design and development with experience building REST APIs
● Experience with API security standards and implementation (OAuth,)
● Good experience with API frameworks
● Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
● Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling an application to support load changes
● Data migration, transformation, and scripting
● Setup and administration of backups
● Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes