Staff Engineer

Posted 5 months agoViewed

💎 Seniority level: Staff

📍 Location: Portugal, Denmark, UK, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Canada

💸 Salary: 101000.0 EUR per year

🔍 Industry: Financial technology

🏢 Company: Pleo👥 501-1000💰 $42,922,001 Debt Financing about 1 year ago🫂 Last layoff over 2 years agoMobile Payments Financial Services Payments Information Technology FinTech

🗣️ Languages: English

🪄 Skills: AWSKotlinTypeScriptMicroservices

Requirements:

Cloud environments / distributed systems / microservices (AWS, Google Cloud, Kubernetes)
Architecting scalable solutions and API design
Authentication & authorization for APIs
Server-side languages (Kotlin, TypeScript)
Testing frameworks, observability, and monitoring
Credit or other payments-related systems

Responsibilities:

Take charge of critical system components.
Articulate the 'why' behind each technical decision with clarity.
Bring fresh ideas and strategic trade-offs rooted in understanding users.
Build features incrementally with a focus on early feedback.
Foster a culture of innovation and collaboration through mentorship.

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