Fully Remote: Backend Software Engineer

April 16

VALR

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Where cryptocurrency meets accessibility. Buy, sell, store & transfer a variety of crypto assets.

Cryptocurrency Exchange • Bitcoin • Innovation • Blockchain technology • Fintech

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💰 $50M Series B on 2022-02

Description

• Build best-in-class product features\n• Create troubleshooting tools\n• Implement internal processes and tooling\n• Extend and improve our API\n• Write easy to read, maintainable code\n• Collaborate closely within a cross-functional team to build valuable product features, with a focus on scalable backend solutions\n• Develop RESTful APIs and microservices\n• Optimise and scale backend systems to handle high traffic volumes and ensure low-latency responses\n• Participate in code reviews, automated testing, and continuous integration to maintain code quality

Requirements

• Formal software engineering qualification not required but in-depth software engineering experience essential\n• Practical experience is more relevant than a formal qualification\n• 6+ years experience working in production environments\n• Experience in building and integrating with REST API’s and/or Websockets\n• Solid understanding of version control, containerisation and CI/CD concepts\n• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform and/or AWS\n• Experience creating troubleshooting tools\n• Designing and developing integrations into databases\n• Passion for cryptocurrencies and alternative financial systems\n• The ability to work collaboratively in a team\n• A natural inclination to help people and the ability to explain technical details simply

Benefits

• Competitive salary: Get paid well to work in an exciting industry.\n• Leave: Compliance with statutory leave required by individual countries, in addition to flexible leave.\n• Remote work: Work from wherever you like - Employees to ensure that there is secure, stable internet connectivity in order to effectively work remotely.\n• Home office setup: Mac laptop and a discretionary allowance to buy all the extras needed to work happily from home - all of it yours to keep after 3 years. Terms and Conditions will apply.\n• Learning fund: An annual upskilling budget of R16,000 per employee, which will be converted to the respective currency of the employee's payment, in addition to scheduled VALR training.\n• Performance bonus: When you contribute to VALR’s success, you’ll be rewarded with discretionary bonuses.\n• Regular get-togethers outside of work.\n• Annual company retreats.