Senior Backend Engineer

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💎 Seniority level: Senior

📍 Location: Copenhagen, London, Stockholm, Berlin, Madrid, Montreal, Lisbon, 35 other countries

🔍 Industry: Financial services

🏢 Company: Pleo👥 501-1000💰 $42,922,001 Debt Financing 10 months ago🫂 Last layoff over 2 years agoMobile Payments Financial Services Payments Information Technology FinTech

🗣️ Languages: English

🪄 Skills: AWSPostgreSQLCypressJUNITKotlinKubernetesDevOpsTerraformMicroservices

Requirements:

Expertise in server-side languages, with a focus on Kotlin since it powers 90%+ of microservices.
Experience with cloud environments, distributed systems, and microservices, specifically AWS, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes.
Knowledge of relational databases, especially PostgreSQL.
Familiarity with testing frameworks like Cypress, JUnit, and Testcontainers.
Proficiency in observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog.
Understanding of DevOps culture and tools including GitHub Actions, Gradle, and Terraform.
Fluency in English for communication.

Responsibilities:

Write excellent, well-tested, maintainable code in server-side languages, mainly Kotlin.
Provide insightful PR reviews and be a trusted technical partner to teammates.
Take ownership of large projects including new product launches and tricky migrations.
Guide the team through ambiguity and technical changes as priorities shift.
Set a high standard for team culture, promoting trust and transparency.

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