Staff Backend Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Europe.

📋 Description

• Design and develop essential components of Notabene’s transaction platform.

• Ensure reliability under failure conditions, incorporating the necessary isolation and auditability for regulated products.

• Scale the platform in response to increasing transaction volumes and the number of institutions per node, all while maintaining predictable latency and healthy databases.

• Create design documents and evaluate the designs and code of others.

• Collaborate with AI agents to enhance specifications, context, and review processes for the safe deployment of agent-generated code.

• Work alongside product, compliance, and customer-facing teams to translate regulatory and customer requirements into software solutions.

• Manage production releases, including tracing, alerts, and incident resolution follow-ups.

• Provide mentorship to fellow engineers.

• Participate in an on-call rotation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Expertise in systems design; experience in designing and managing distributed systems where correctness takes precedence over features.

• Proficient in Go, or possess extensive production experience in Java, Kotlin, Rust, or C#, with a readiness to transition to Go within the initial weeks.

• Comprehensive knowledge of PostgreSQL: schema design, query plans, locking and isolation levels, live-system migrations, and multi-tenant data management.

• Experience with end-to-end cloud ownership; familiarity with AWS or GCP, including IAM, networking, managed databases, queues, and storage solutions.

• Capability to read and modify Terraform configurations and troubleshoot production issues using traces and logs.

• Regularly utilize coding agents like Claude Code or Cursor; adept at writing specifications and context, breaking down tasks, and critically reviewing agent outputs.

• Staff-level experience in delivering large-scale, technically challenging projects from start to finish, while assisting engineers in their development; typically 8+ years in backend system development.

• Strong written communication skills in a remote setting, utilizing documents and asynchronous communication threads.

• Understanding of security essentials for handling sensitive data: encryption in transit and at rest, key management, minimizing personal data, and enforcing least-privilege access.

• Openness to participating in an on-call rotation.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible Remote Work: Enjoy the freedom to work from anywhere!

• $1000 WFH Stipend: Available for use within your first year of employment.

• MacBook Pro: To be procured by you and your manager, ensuring you select a model that suits your needs.

• Unlimited PTO: We trust you to take as much time off as you require.

• Country-Specific Benefits: Statutory offerings and contributions managed through our employer-of-record.