Senior Software Engineer- Backend

Role summary 

• Alongside your cross-functional team (engineering, product, data), participate in continuous discovery of your customer/business needs/desires/problems to drive desired outcomes 
• Design, write and release software as a solution to an end-to-end problem in your business domain and deliver value in small batches in accordance with our engineering standards 
• Understand scalability & complexity of your services and own & innovate the entire SDLC 
• Mentor and inspire other engineers and continually optimize your team’s practices to develop it into a self-organized, continuously improving unit
• Critically question and simplify our tech org systems/processes and solutions

Note: On top of very good technical skills, this role requires someone willing to assume end-to-end ownership of a specific area/initiative and thrives on emphasizing with their us pains/desires/needs. You are keen to explore alternative ways of working that optimize for co-creation and continuous improvement.

The following experience is relevant to us 

• Empathetic and able to easily build relationships 
• Good verbal and written communication skills 
• Humble, curious, and open-minded with a growth mindset, thriving on continuous feedback
• Understanding of lean/agile values & principles and associated practices 
• Ability to mentor other engineers 
• 5+ years of software engineering experience, preferably within Extreme Programming environment (TDD, Pair Programming, Simple Design, and Continuous Refactoring) with predominant languages being .NET, Golang, and C# 
• Proficient in testing with focus on automated end to end quality
• Experience in Distributed Systems Architecture (Microservices, Event-Driven, and RESTful Services) 
• Experience working with relational and nonrelational databases 
• Exposed to cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
• Experience building, maintaining and improving with Trunk Based Development and Continous Delivery