Snr. Backend Engineer at Traction Apps

Job Summary

• We are looking for driven passionate problem solvers and self-starters to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the development and execution of best-in-class people strategies which will drive Traction forward as an employer of choice and support the organization in achieving its vision, mission, and strategic goals.

Overview of the Role:

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server- side logic
• Writing reusable, testable, readable and efficient code
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications and APIs
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Integration of data storage solutions which may include databases, key-value stores, blob stores, etc.
• Participation in the process of creating technical specifications
• Integration and unit testing developed code
• Mentoring fellow developers
• Actively taking part in the research of new technologies and solutions
• Working closely together with front-end developers
• Owning delivery end-to-end and releasing code to several deployment environments without hitches or inconsistencies.
• Treating team success as personal success
• Translating learning into systematic improvement
• The development of tests and documentation as required
• Integration of external services where necessary

 Attributes of the Ideal Candidate

• 4 - 7+ years’ experience in backend engineering
• Experience designing APIs taking a RESTful approach and provide adequate documentation for API users
• Preferred stack is Golang, NodeJS, Java
• Experience with Test Driven Development and writing high coverage tests
• Ability to deploy code, manage, monitor and scale servers required. AWS Experience is preferred
• Experience with containerization. Docker, Kubernetes similar technologies a plus. Computer Science or related degree
• A track record of responsibility and an ability to think critically though difficult technical problems
• Golang experience preferred but not compulsory
• Experience working in fintech industry a plus