Senior Software Engineer at Xapo Bank

Job Description

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will develop a high-impact service, provide guidance and coaching around technical good practices, and play an active, critical role in the Development Community of practice. You will shape architectural and technical patterns used in the company to
solve the problems for operational teams, improve UX, and cause a WOW effect in the eyes of our Members. With that in mind, you will have an immense impact on how the future of finance looks like.

Our tech stack includes:

AWS for all of our Infrastructure
Docker
Python (Django, Flask)
MySQL
MongoDB
Redis
We also use:

Cassandra
PostgreSQL
Node.js
Java
BigQuery
Responsibilities

Support, coach, and develop team members into top-performing engineers.
Working closely in cross-functional teams where everyone is responsible for the outcome.
Build a great place to work for talented and motivated people
Designing, developing, and deploying backend services focusing on high availability, fault tolerance, low latency, and security.
Take full end-to-end responsibility for the services your team owns, from development to production, operations, and data.
Develop innovative solutions with Bitcoin at its core.
Skills needed

Significant software engineering experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages (we use Python)
Excellent teamwork and communication skills, comfortable preparing high-quality documentation and designs to aid understanding and knowledge sharing.
Understanding the microservices architecture, container-based 12-factor apps, and cloud-native patterns around fault tolerance.
Track record of using Event Storming and Domain Driven Design, delivering highly scalable asynchronous software.
Experience building contract-first services and adopting patterns and frameworks to enable appropriate automated testing at the 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.
Understand the role of high-quality observability in building highly scalable and performant software.
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 and the Xapo Values-Driven Leadership principles.