Staff Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ireland, +2 more countries.

📋 Description

• Directly report to the CTO and oversee the design and development of a brand-new, comprehensive Banking Service.

• Contribute to the creation and advancement of scalable, resilient, secure, and high-performance technology architecture.

• Mentor engineering teams on best practices in software development and engineering processes.

• Engage in hands-on coding and play a role in developing core features and functionalities.

• Collaborate closely with business SMEs, Product Designers, and other stakeholders to ensure technology aligns with business goals.

• Promote robust testing practices and ensure adherence to coding standards throughout the development lifecycle.

• Investigate new technologies and propose solutions to enhance the offerings.

• Partner with compliance and risk team members to implement security measures that protect sensitive financial data.

• Assist in establishing an engineering culture, architecture, automated infrastructure, UX, security, and compliance for the inaugural engineering team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of extensive experience in agile software design and development within the AWS Cloud environment.

• Ideally, at least 5 years of experience in areas such as Banking, payment processing, KYC, AML, Customer onboarding, UX, and Data analytics.

• Proficiency in multiple programming languages and frameworks.

• Strong skills in Python, Java, and React/Native are highly beneficial.

• Extensive experience with deployment, release, testing, observability, and alerting principles and standards.

• Proven success in prioritizing automation to enhance velocity and quality as a strategic investment for the business.

• Significant experience in developing and refining standards while mentoring Software Engineers in design, implementation, testing, automation, code quality, and cybersecurity.

• Extensive experience leading engineering initiatives in close collaboration with Business team members.

• Significant experience translating business requirements into technical specifications through close business partnerships.

• Extensive background in developing API frameworks, enabling zero downtime releases, seamless rollbacks, versioning, and backward compatibility.

• Strong expertise in evaluating and implementing improved development tools and practices.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunity to be part of a startup with a bold vision to transform the financial services landscape in Europe.

• Make a significant impact from day one in a greenfield EMI.

• Collaborate with a passionate and driven team that prioritizes innovation and a customer-centric approach.

• Chance to help shape a culture and workplace you can truly take pride in.