Sr. Software Engineer (Backend) - Portugal +351
Lively, Portugal - Remote
The role
We are looking for a strong Senior Software Engineer who wants to create deep and meaningful product engagement experiences! We have an increasing user base, and you will be focusing on implementing and enhancing our investment and financial products. Our customers trust us with a lot: integrating seamlessly across financial institutions, moving funds, tracking balances, helping with their healthcare decisions, and keeping their data extremely secure.
In order to take on this mission we’re building our applications on modern web technologies around HTML/CSS/Javascript/React, NodeJS/Typescript, PostgreSQL, Amazon Lambdas and Kinesis etc. You should be comfortable in contributing to every part of the stack: from UI to API development, to complex integrations with financial institutions and partners, and building infrastructure, but you will be expected to be focused mostly on backend development. You should feel comfortable in a fast paced, growing, and nimble environment, keeping in mind that everything we do is to better the lives of our users!
Even though this position is based in Portugal, you will be working closely with US based employees. You must be fluent in both written and spoken English.
What you will do
- Analyze and provide feedback on product requirements.
- Implement features and functionality with clean and maintainable codes.
- Take pride in software quality through rigorous functional testing and writing automated unit tests.
- Troubleshoot production issues, provide resolutions and recommendations for improvement.
What you need
- 5+ years at a technology company in a software development or similar role.
- Fluent in both written and spoken English, with strong communication skills.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, or equivalent.
- Strong knowledge in software design and familiarity with design patterns.
- Experienced with TypeScript, Javascript, and NodeJs.
- Strong fundamental understanding of relational DataBase (Postgresql, Mysql).
- Able to model and design intuitive and scalable schemas.
- Strong debugging skills and not afraid of getting hands dirty in other areas.
- Strong product delivery records.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum development methodology.
- Proven experience on building backend services with high availability and scalability requirements.
- Someone who isn't afraid of responsibility, a good sense of humor and a down-to-earth personality.
This position is based in Portugal, and candidates are not eligible for the benefits or requirements below.