Primer
Engineering
SeniorSoftwareEngineer
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“Senior Software Engineer at Primer. Skills: Backend services, Distributed systems. Lead design of backend services. Implement core backend services”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
In-depth understanding of development process, Knowledge of building developer frameworks, Based in Poland, Portugal, Hungary, Romania or South Africa
Nice to Have
Experience in Python is advantageous, Payments knowledge
What You'll Do.
Lead design of backend services
Implement core backend services
Take ownership of technology decisions
Create well tested code
Collaborate across teams
Improve ways of working
Create internal documentation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Product-driven environment
Communication Scope
Verbal communication; Written communication; Internal documentation
Full Job Description
An Introduction to Primer Primer is the unified infrastructure for global payments. We give finance and payments teams the visibility and control to reduce complexity, improve performance, and capture more revenue - all from a single platform. Backed by Sofina, Peak XV Partners, ICONIQ, Tencent, Accel, and Balderton, we're building the payments layer the world's best companies rely on. Watch our showcase > https://primer.io/the-primer-showcase Read up on our $100m Series C https://www.primer.io/blog/series-c Learn more about our culture > https://primer.io/careers 🔍 WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING? - Leading the design and implementation of core backend services for high performance, complex distributed systems - Taking ownership of key technology decisions, building for scale and optimising for output - Driving and using modern development practices such as BDD and TDD would be highly beneficial - Creating clear, modern, well tested code - Collaborating across teams in a product-driven environment - Conducting code reviews and continuously look at ways of improving our ways of working - Creating detailed internal documentation for the projects you work on 👀 WHAT WE’D LOVE TO SEE: - In-depth understanding of the entire development process (design, development and deployment) - Knowledge of building developer frameworks and workflows, allowing both customers and third-parties to integrate as seamlessly as possible - Experience in Python is advantageous (it's what we use!) but we have had success hiring engineers of any technical background and understand that people can adapt - Highly motivated self-starter who values autonomy and getting things done - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Payments knowledge, always looking for ways to optimise our merchant developer experience - You will need to be based in: Poland, Portugal, Hungary, Romania or South Africa. ✅ A TYPICAL INTERVIEW PROCESS - An initial intro call with a Talent Partner - An interview with
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