Remote Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

The Senior Backend Engineer role at Ajaib involves designing, developing, testing, and deploying software solutions for millions of investors. The employee will collaborate with product and business leaders, contribute to the startup engineering culture, and have opportunities for mentorship and professional development. The job requires a bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience, 4 years of software development experience, proficiency in one or more programming languages, knowledge of specific technologies, and experience with cloud deployments.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Minimum 4 years of software development experience, preferably in distributed systems or full-stack architecture
• Highly proficient in one or more programming languages, including Java, C, Go, or Python
• Solid knowledge of Kafka, Redis, Cassandra, and MySQL. Tuning and query optimization is a plus
• Able to work individually with limited guidance, responsible for their work, and self-motivated

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy elegant software solutions impacting millions of investors
• Deliver high-performance, low-latency services with complex requirements
• Build and optimize fault-tolerant distributed systems under rapid growth demands
• Collaborate with product and business leaders to provide solution guidance
• Share past experiences and mentor fellow engineers in improving their crafts together with work discipline
• Contribute actively to our startup engineering culture with ideas and suggestions
• Deploy to hybrid environments and provide technical assistance

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with FIX (Financial Information eXchange) protocol is a bonus

Benefits

Work From Anywhere (WFA) and Work From Office (WFO) options