Software Engineer (Backend)

As a Software Engineer, you’ll be part of a team of smart, highly skilled technologists who are passionate about supporting and progressing leading edge solutions to meet our business requirements. Right now our platform is based in Java/Kotlin, Python, and JavaScript (React), and we continue to adopt the best of breed in cloud-native, low-latency technologies. We value CI/CD in everything that we develop.

What you will do:

• Start the day collaborating with your XFN team and Product Manager during daily standups to discuss the current sprint and remove any roadblocks
• Write Java, Kotlin, JavaScript or Python code (using TDD) to add functionality to our platform
• Build out an event driven, microservices architecture using both serverless technologies and RESTful, Spring Boot APIs (Java/Kotlin)
• Work on our infrastructure as code framework, using AWS services such as Lambda, ECS, Fargate, Step Functions, SNS/SQS, and Kinesis Firehose
• Model complex product data and work with multiple data stores, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB and Elasticsearch
• Pair with and mentor other engineers to provide highly valuable and innovative products to our customers
• Author architecture decision records and participate in whiteboarding sessions to demonstrate continual improvement of our engineering practices
• Help establish a technical vision and facilitate its implementation
• Meet weekly with your manager 1:1 to keep the lines of communication flowing and ensure your performance and development is on track
• Host a Lunch-and-Learn or Engineering Learning Session to showcase a new technology