Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Merchant Data Platform EU)

1 hour, 50 minutes ago
Full-time
Senior
Software Development
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Diversified Financial Services
1K-5K
Founded 2012

Description

  • Own and deliver quarterly team goals while guiding engineers through ambiguous, open-ended problems.
  • Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics during ideation and product development decisions.
  • Identify and help solve project, process, technology, and business issues proactively.
  • Drive project definition, technical design, cross-functional alignment, estimation, task breakdown, delivery, monitoring, and maintenance.
  • Support service operations and availability through metrics, escalations, and on-call/"keep the lights on" work.
  • Mentor engineers to improve system design, code quality, and testing practices.
  • Participate in the interview process and contribute to team growth and community.
  • Own the availability, reliability, and performance of the team’s systems.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of software engineering experience with leadership responsibilities and mentoring junior engineers.
  • Experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale.
  • Proficiency in Python or Kotlin.
  • Experience building highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.
  • Ability to synthesize complex business and technical requirements into high-quality system designs.
  • Comfort navigating large codebases, debugging other engineers’ code, and reviewing code.
  • Experience defining technical plans for significant features or system components with simple, extensible designs.
  • Ability to make significant changes safely in a large codebase using tools and practices you have developed.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills for collaboration with a global engineering team.
  • Experience taking ownership of personal growth and proactively seeking feedback.

Benefits

  • Base pay range of 301,000 zł to 401,000 zł per year for POL roles.
  • Equity rewards and an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) at a discount.
  • 100% subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
  • Monthly stipends and flexible spending wallets for health, wellness, technology, food, and lifestyle expenses.
  • Away Days and competitive vacation/holiday time off for rest and recharge.
  • Learning and development programs.
  • Parental benefits.
  • Remote-first work with the role located anywhere in Poland, plus flexible remote options for many roles.

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