Selby Jennings is working with a FinTech startup that was recently acquired by a major US financial institution. Our client's goal is to help financial advisors better secure the financial futures of their clients. They offer these in a variety of unique ways (personalized rules like whenever your favorite sports team wins, money is invested) or more traditional (incentivize users to save money through a rewards engine).
They are looking for Senior Backend engineers to come and work on their industry-leading products.
Qualifications
- BS Computer Science, Math, Physics, Engineering or equivalent experience
- At least five years of software engineering experience
- Strong experience designing and building distributed systems
- Expertise in Python, Java, Kotlin, or TypeScript
- Solid understanding of modern database technology (Redis, Postgres, RedShift, BigQuery)
- Ability to design intuitive and performant RESTful APIs
- Ability to work independently and as part of a fast moving team
- Ready to learn, but just as ready to teach
Nice to Haves
- Understanding of common SSO protocols (OAuth, OIDC, SAML)
- Pandas/SciPy/Django experience
- NoSQL experience (We use DynamoDB and Redis)
- Docker/Kubernetes experience
- Open source contributions
- GraphQL experience (We use Apollo + Typescript)
- Interest in financial planning and fintech/insurtech
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, Math, Physics or Engineering or equivalent experience
