Senior Software Engineer - United Kingdom - ● Xapo Bank

Description

Position overview
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our engineering function. At Xapo, we arebuilding truly cross-functional teams with full ownership of design, architecture, building, testing, delivery, data, and operations.
You will collaborate closely with fellow team members from the product, apps, design, and QAcommunities of practice. You will be part of the product team (we call them SATs, the StreamAligned Teams, as in the Team Topologies) in charge of the Wealth Management products & Banking
Platform at Xapo.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will develop a high-impact service, provide guidance andcoaching around technical good practices, and play an active, critical role in the DevelopmentCommunity of practice.

You will shape architectural and technical patterns used in the company to
solve the problems for operational teams, improve UX, and cause a WOW effect in the eyes of ourMembers. With that in mind, you will have an immense impact on how the future of finance looks like.

Our tech stack includes:
AWS for all of our Infrastructure
Docker
Python (Django, Flask)
MySQL
MongoDB
Redis


We also use:
Cassandra
PostgreSQL

Java
BigQuery
Responsibilities
Support, coach, and develop team members into top-performing engineers.
Working closely in cross-functional teams where everyone is responsible for the outcome.
Build a great place to work for talented and motivated people
Designing, developing, and deploying backend services focusing on high availability, faulttolerance, low latency, and security.
Take full end-to-end responsibility for the services your team owns, from development toproduction, operations, and data.
Develop innovative solutions with Bitcoin at its core.
Skills needed
Significant software engineering experience in one or more general-purpose programminglanguages (we use Python)
Excellent teamwork and communication skills, comfortable preparing high-qualitydocumentation and designs to aid understanding and knowledge sharing.
Understanding the microservices architecture, container-based 12-factor apps, andcloud-native patterns around fault tolerance.
Track record of using Event Storming and Domain Driven Design, delivering highly scalableasynchronous software.

Experience building contract-first services and adopting patterns and frameworks to enableappropriate automated testing at the unit, contract, service, and end-to-end levels.

Experience building services that can be deployed on demand, quickly, and with quality.
Excellent understanding of CI/CD patterns and good practice.
Understand the role of high-quality observability in building highly scalable and performantsoftware.
Other requirements
A dedicated workspace.
A reliable internet connection with the fastest speed possible in your area.
Devices and other essential equipment that meet minimal technical specifications.
Alignment with Our Values and the Xapo Values-Driven Leadership principles.
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