Senior Software Engineer

Company: Peak6 Investments LLC
Location: Austin
Posted on: January 24, 2023

Job Description:

This is an incredible opportunity to join Apex's Accounts Engineering team in Austin, Texas as a Senior Software Engineer. The team is responsible for supporting the needs of Apex Fintech Solutions' clients. The product strives to be the de facto account management platform for asset custody, and has touchpoints with nearly every other product space at Apex. Our platform will empower all technology companies to onboard, maintain, and safeguard a diverse chart of accounts serving all sectors.
What you will do:

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• Lead designs of major software components, systems, and features.
  
• Solve interesting technology problems with creative and simple solutions.
  
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve software.
  
• Write high-quality, well-tested code while maintaining high code-quality standards across your team via code reviews, mentoring & coaching.
  
• Deliver value in a pragmatic and iterative manner.
  
• Mentor & train other team members on design techniques and coding standards.
  
• Build resilient, self-scaling, self-healing services that allow you to sleep through the night.
  
• Support the production systems that you create: this includes build, deployment (CI/CD), and monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, DataDog, PagerDuty).
  
  What you can expect:
  
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  • A highly collaborative environment where everyone is focused on outcomes that build momentum for Apex to achieve its goals.
    
  • A culture that values a test-centric approach to software development where 100% code coverage for unit tests is the expectation.
    
  • End-to-end ownership of what you & your team deploys. From documentation to service-level targets, your team is ultimately responsible for the health of your products
    
  • Contribute to and benefit from a culture of continuous learning. Access to mentors, generous policies regarding industry conferences
    
  • An environment committed to using the right tools to get the job done.
    
  • Work that matters.
    
    The skills you'll need to succeed:
    
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    • 6+ years of experience as a software engineer or similar role.
      
    • BA, BS, MS, PhD in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
      
    • Strong sense of ownership & personal accountability.
      
    • Experience hiring, mentoring and coaching other engineers.
      
    • Proven experience in at least one modern language (Java, C#, Python, Go, etc.).
      
    • Ability to learn new technologies (languages, tools, frameworks) quickly.
      
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
      
    • Experience with Google Cloud Platform / Amazon Web Services is a strong plus.
      
    • Experience with Kubernetes and/or Docker is a plus.
      
    • Experience with Apache Kafka, AWS Kinesis, or Google Pub/Sub is a plus.
      
    • Financial services background is a plus.
      

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