Senior Software Architect

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our team of talented engineers. As a key member of our organization, you will be responsible for designing, creating and running the rich product catalogue of your area.

Our team is passionate about delivering high-quality software solutions that meet the needs of our customers. We are committed to innovation and are always looking for new ways to improve our products and services.

As an Engineering Manager, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to define and implement technology strategies that drive business growth. You will be responsible for managing a team of engineers, defining technical requirements, and ensuring that projects are completed on time and within budget.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on our organization's success. You will be working with a talented team of engineers who are passionate about delivering high-quality software solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Define and own autonomously part of the target architecture for your domain, making sure that all the projects and services in the area follow it.
2. Work on early engineering phases to lay the groundwork for the team(s) in your area.
3. Work with the product team to select technology partners.
4. Lead the engineers in your team carefully dividing your time between design, coding and coaching other team members.
5. Regularly align your vision and roadmap of the your part of the target architecture with other Staff Engineers and their respective target architectures to ensure the success of complex multi domain initiatives.
6. Work closely with product owners, mobile & web engineers, data scientist and other business members to translate requirements into well-engineered solutions.
7. Make key contributions to their Community of Practice.

Technical Skills:

• Python, FastAPI/Flask, Java, Spring Boot and JOOQ to build the RESTful APIs of our microservices.
• Event-driven architecture with messages over SNS+SQS and Kafka to make them reliable.
• Primary datastores are MySQL and PostgreSQL via RDS or Aurora.
• Docker, Terraform, EKS used by the Cloud team to run the platform.
• DataDog and Rollbar to keep it running.
• GitHub with Sonarcloud, Semgrep and solid testing to power the CI/CD pipelines.

Requirements:

1. Have extensive experience (10+ years) building server-side applications and detailed knowledge of the relevant programming languages for your stack.
2. Have a sound knowledge of a backend framework (e.g. Spring/Spring Boot).
3. Have experience with running microservices and implementing and consuming RESTful APIs.
4. Have experience engineering scalable and reliable solutions in a cloud-native environment.
5. Demonstrate a mindset of delivering secure, well-tested and well-documented software.
6. Are willing to own your code and your team's processes from development to production.
7. Have exposure to complex solutions in the area of financial/payment services.
8. Have experience integrating with various third party providers and partners.
9. Have experience with relational databases.
10. Are comfortable working in an agile environment.
11. Have the ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
12. Have exposure to continuous integration, delivery and deployment.

What You'll Get in Return:

• A competitive salary package.
• Flexible benefit app (50 EUR per month accruing).
• 25 days paid annual leave(in addition to public holidays).
• 3 paid days off for volunteering or L&D activities.
• Parental Leave days.
• Family-Friendly Leave.
• Personal L&D budget in the amount of 500 EUR per year.
• Mental wellbeing platform Plumm.
• WFH equipment allowance.
• Sabbatical Leave.
• Share options.
• Team Events.