Back End Developer

Job Description

Join the BigPay Team Levelling up people's life, one transaction at a time.

What we do, and why we do it

The banking system is evolving to give consumers the transparency, control and financial wellbeing they deserve. In a world where technology can change how we live for the better, there is no reason to be burdened by legacy systems, bureaucracy and mediocrity. It's time for a change, and you can be part of this revolution

BigPay is everything you wish your bank was: fair, transparent, frictionless. We went back to the drawing board to explore how new technologies could bring power back to you. Our goal is to solve real-world money problems for millions of people by empowering them and providing a simple interface for users to send, receive and track their money

Life at BigPay

We're fast, curious and ambitious. We are on a fearless adventure to change financial services for consumers, and we value ownership, initiative and leadership from everyone in the company. We're going out of our way to recruit the most intelligent, creative and talented people in the world. We want innovators, and that means maintaining an environment where they can flourish. Our only boss is the consumer. BigPay values highly collaborative, hard-working people, who can deconstruct problems on the fly and take the team with them, while being inventive, iterative and agile. We never want to reach a stage where we are not challenged on a daily basis – because it means we're not going fast enough.

We are hiring

Reporting to the Group Engineering Manager, BigPay's development department is responsible for building and maintaining the software which runs the BigPay service.

We are a strongly integrated, high performing team whose members enjoy considerable autonomy, and in which you will be expected to take responsibility for significant projects, develop your skills and mentor other members of your team.

We're looking for Backend Developers to write and maintain software which our 1m customers trust with their money 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

About the job

Reporting to one of our development team leads, you will be responsible for building code that supports the financial futures of our users, by:

● Understanding the requirements of our core payment system and of new financial products and features

● Working closely in a cross-functional team with members of our product, QA and DevOps groups to deliver products on time and within budget.

● Performing PR reviews and communicating your work to the wider development team.

● Write automated tests and automated monitoring for SRE to observe and detect

● Consulting with product owners and other stakeholders about the implications and future directions of your work.

We don't silo our developers, so you are encouraged to work across backend, web frontend, and apps to implement your features.

BigPay operates on a core + elective basis, so you will also be encouraged to participate in some of:

● Performing PR reviews and mentoring more junior members of the team

● Managing feature delivery and release for your team

● Providing input into architecture and specification

● Maintaining our toolsets and deployment pipelines

● Writing about our work for the outside world in blogs, white papers and so forth.

To be successful You should have:

● 2+ years experience in software development, in statically typed programming languages like Rust, C++, Java, Kotlin, Go etc.

● Experience in Financial services or distributed systems is highly preferred

● Solid understanding of server side programming, database access and optimization and architecture patterns

● A good first degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.

● An enthusiasm for technology and an ability to learn new things quickly.

● To be a self-starter, willing to take responsibility for deliverables and able to organise to deliver.

Experience with the following will be helpful but is not essential:

● Spring Boot

● Kafka

● Docker or other container technologies

● Cloud platforms, especially GCP

We would particularly welcome applications from people who can work across boundaries between development, devops, mobile and web frontend.

Why BigPay?

● Join a fearless adventure, where your opinion and input is highly contributional.

● Work in a fast-paced, growing company where you will be empowered to succeed.

● An environment where you can challenge and be challenged.

● You will be surrounded by a multidisciplinary group of experts.

● Competitive salary & benefits.

We are all different

• one talent to another - that is how we rely on our differences. At AirAsia, you will be treated fairly and given all chances to be your best.We are committed to creating a diverse work environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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