Senior Backend Engineer at Black Pen Recruitment

Description

• Are you an experienced Lead Backend Engineer with insight into the world of Fintech? Someone who understands crypto and the blockchain space.

Summary

• Our client, an American-based company is expanding globally by being one of the first movers to bring cryptocurrency to Africa and the Middle East at large.
• The mission is to make bitcoin / blockchain and other FinTech services more accessible, and affordable, than ever before. This dynamic company is looking to hire a Lead Backend Engineer to join their team.
• Our client’s vision strives to form a committed team of forward-thinkers who collectively create a supportive, welcoming and highly innovative environment for all. Whilst driving business through technology.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction and own the architecture and implementation of features
• Provide guidance and assistance in helping knock down walls and a clear path towards work completion
• Lead a group of engineers and cross-functional team members in the implementation of new and existing features
• Provide clear and concise communication regarding feature development statuses to the team and stakeholders
• Plan, supervise and manage releases for the work the squad is performing
• Empower team members - including other developers as well as Technical Support - through technical mentoring, contributions to the team's documentation, libraries, and providing automation for manual tasks where appropriate
• Define and adhere to internal coding standards, development processes, and design best practices
• Ensure quality by performing thorough testing and leveraging peer reviews for your work and the work of cross-functional teams
• Help scope, estimate, and prioritise work
• Embrace and demonstrate our values: humility, creativity, and independence
• Write and maintain clean, maintainable, and well-tested code for the future (and present) of the company’s platform.

Requirements

• +7 years of work experience as a Lead Backend Engineer
• Strong experience working in AWS or other similar cloud architecture (Google Cloud/Azure)
• In-depth experience with Node.js, possessing broad knowledge of JavaScript in general and Node.js internals
• Strong experience in Serverless Framework
• State Machine and Step Function experience advantageous
• You have experience driving technical projects, prioritising work, identifying dependencies, facilitating technical decisions and cross-functional team discussions.
• You're experienced in designing and implementing application architectures and code that are highly scalable, available, maintainable, and performant.
• You can work independently while also putting an emphasis on mentorship of those around you.
• You're comfortable collaborating closely with product, stakeholders and sponsors, providing estimates or product ideas that will influence your team's roadmap.
• You're a thoughtful communicator - some teams are partially or fully distributed so effective written communication is key.

Team:

• Exude your upbeat energy and enthusiasm each and every day to motivate your team to be the best they can in every aspect of what they do
• Celebrate the success of others by recognizing the contributions of committed team members and their achievements
• Align your values with the Mission, Vision and Values of the Client
• Be a role model for the Client’s organizational culture by creating a positive impact at every touchpoint with people, with every word you say or put in print and everything you do
• Communicate in a fashion that is respectful and well understood
• Collaborate with your peers to collectively think of innovative ideas that drive business through technology
• Build and utilize working relationships with internal business partners across the organization and external business contacts.