Senior Backend Developer - Payments Team
Balance
Software Engineering
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Description
As a Senior Backend Developer in the Payments Team you will be an integral part of designing, developing, and maintaining mission-critical payment processing solutions. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the seamless integration of payment technologies and the continuous improvement of the payment processing systems that drive our core business
Responsibilities
- Involvement and ownership of all aspects of product development, from ideation through architecture to implementation, testing and continuous deployment
- Work closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to ensure smooth integration and delivery of features
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to developers, fostering their growth and helping them enhance their skills
- Design and implement RESTful APIs to enable seamless integration with various internal and external systems
- Optimize application performance, ensuring low latency, high availability, and reliability
- Participate in design and code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards
- Conduct thorough testing of backend components, write automated tests, and ensure high code quality and reliability
- Identify and address bottlenecks, bugs, and performance issues within the backend infrastructure.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to continually improve the development process.
- Contribute to the overall technical strategy and architecture of the product
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in server-side development (strong advantage for Node.js)
- Experience in Front-side development (e.g React) - an Advantage
- Experience with large-scale production databases
- Experience with services API architecture, such as REST
- Experience working on AWS cloud environments (Serverless \ Kubernetes \ Docker)
- Experience working in CI/CD workflows, Agile methodologies
- Solid understanding of databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB) and experience in data modeling, optimization, and query performance tuning
- In-depth knowledge of distributed systems and microservices architecture
- Proven ability to work collaboratively within a cross-functional team and effectively communicate ideas and solutions