Senior Backend Engineer-Platform - Remote

Company: C2FO Limited
Location: Austin
Posted on: September 10, 2021

Job Description:

The Senior Backend Engineer works in the core domain of our main product. They create new product offerings and features. They help scale the system for the billion-plus invoices that flow through it each day. They make our system more reactive and event-driven with Kafka and Scala.

What you’ll do

• Take ownership of technical designs and key areas of the system.
• Work with our Product Managers to break down project details and ensure requirements are complete.
• Develop and ship code to complete impactful projects.
• Give and receive feedback on your team’s code on GitHub.
• Mentor, pair with, and support the growth of other engineers.
• Apply good coding practices to ensure our code base is readable, secure, and scalable.
• Improve our documentation and document design decisions and rationale.
• Collaborate with others across the company, including Product, DevOps, and operational stakeholders.

What We Value

• Passionate about solving problems for a fast-paced FinTech company
• Concerned with the success of their teammates as well as themself
• Respectful towards teammates regardless of their abilities
• Able to work in a highly collaborative software development environment
• Willing to debate, obtain, and move forward with the best solution
• Always digging deeper to understand the problem space and the 'why' of your work.
• Passionate about testing, code quality, and continuous integration
• Vigilant in identifying tech debt and always improving how we do things
• Persistent in the face of roadblocks; dispatches them efficiently, pulling in others as necessary.
• Comfortable with source control, especially git
• Self-motivated developer who can work independently
• Bachelor's or higher degree or its equivalent is normally the minimum entry requirement for the position
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in the job offered or in a related position
• Proficient communication in English both written and verbal

We'd be particularly delighted to hire someone who has experience with:

• Scala
• Apache Kafka, Kafka Streams, Akka, Akka Streams
• Relational database (PostgreSQL)
• RESTful or GraphQL APIs
• AWS or GCP
• Docker and Kubernetes

C2FO is working to deliver a future where every company in the world has the capital it needs to grow. Our technology provides an easy, low-cost way for businesses of all sizes to increase cash flow by receiving early invoice payments. Since 2008, C2FO’s online marketplace and innovative financial products have accelerated payments by more than one billion days for companies in over 180 countries. 

Named one of Forbes’ “Fintech 50,” C2FO provides more than $1 billion in working capital each week for hundreds of thousands of businesses. C2FO has more than 400 employees worldwide, with headquarters in Kansas City and locations throughout Europe, Asia Pacific and Australia. For more information, visit www.C2FO.com.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

Pollen, Inc. (C2FO) believes that unique backgrounds and individual voices strengthen our team, leading to the best ideas and discoveries for our innovative and growing company. At C2FO, we seek, encourage, and nurture diverse perspectives, and we welcome those of all backgrounds to help us change the way global businesses of all sizes gain access to working capital. 

As an organization, we not only value diversity and equality, we cultivate teams that feel empowered to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We strive to create a workplace that reflects the communities we serve and our global, multicultural clients. We recognize the power of inclusion, emphasizing that each team member was chosen for their unique ability to contribute to the overall success of our mission. 

C2FO is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We welcome all veterans and disabled applicants.

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