The firm is powering the world’s alternative investment marketplace. The financial technology platform has transformed how advisors, wealth management firms, asset managers, and banks evaluate and recommend bespoke public and private market strategies for their high-net-worth clients.
About the Role
The Backend Engineer will play an integral role in designing and implementing systems that power their platform. We are looking for engineers who can build APIs and applications that are highly performant and intuitive. More than checking the boxes on specific technologies, we are looking for driven team members with technical depth and a desire to deliver end products for clients.
You will work closely with the Product Management team throughout the software development process, detailing requirements, reviewing work in progress, and addressing issues found via testing.
Responsibilities
- Building cloud native services using Scala using open-source frameworks Akka, ZIO etc.
- Unit and integration test development using Scala Test
- Active participation in stand-up meetings
- Active participation in Peer Code Reviews as part of our standard SDLC and Change Management Process
Qualifications
- Degree in Software Engineering
- 9+ years of web-based application development
- Experience in Scala, Node.js or Java a plus
- An understanding of how SSO works is a big plus
- Demonstrated understanding of relational or NoSQL database concepts and modeling practices
- Passion for actively learning new technologies
- Ability to work independently or as part of a group effort, as required
- Solid problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication skills
- Collaborative approach to software development
