Charlie is hiring a
Backend Software Engineer in Worldwide

Summary

The job involves creating a simple, transparent, and delightful banking experience for tech-comfortable retirees as a Backend Engineer in startup Charlie. The role requires architecting and building new systems, maintaining existing ones, and collaborating with the tech and product team. The candidate should have 5+ years of backend software development experience, strong experience in Microservices using Java, Spring Boot, Docker, and Kubernetes, and excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in backend software development
• Strong experience in design, implementation, and deployment of Microservices using Java, Spring Boot, backed by hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes (Amazon EKS experience is a bonus)
• Experience delivering software using agile methodologies (Scrum and Kanban), strong analytical and problem-solving skills, working with ambiguity (remember, we are a startup), and making timely decisions based on facts, knowledge, experience, and judgment
• Advocacy towards embracing Test Driven Development (TDD) using frameworks like JUnit, Mockito, and PowerMock
• Experience working with heterogeneous databases and data stores (SQL, NoSQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, etc)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills along with dexterity working with various individuals and groups, both in-person and virtually with remote team members that are geographically spread across the world. Being a team player who respects diversity and a multitude of cultures on the team is a must

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, test, integrate and document complex backend applications
• Champion the design and development of application software by delivering well-tested, high-quality, highly optimized, highly performant software
• Review tasks critically and ensure they are appropriately prioritized and sized for incremental delivery
• Anticipate and communicate blockers and delays before they require escalation
• Communicate and work closely with 3rd party vendors to deliver highly integrated, yet highly decoupled APIs with touchpoints across various vendors and systems
• Work effectively in a cross-functional team, closely following agreed-upon coding standards and integration methodologies to facilitate work with a growing, geographically distributed global team across various time zones
• Actively participate in design and code-review sessions, advocate innovation and uphold SDLC best practices
• Be accountable for ensuring all aspects of product development follow compliance and security best practices
• Write easily maintainable code that you or anyone else can effortlessly work with. Continually maintain and improve your work, and quickly and effectively resolve bugs
• Work closely with the customer service team to resolve customer issues in the fastest possible turnaround time

Benefits

• Equity ownership
• Competitive compensation
• Medical, vision and dental coverage (US employees)
• 401k with company match (US employees)
• Three weeks of annual vacation after the first year of employment. Two weeks during the first year
• 8 observed US holidays