Software Engineer (Backend) Job Vacancy At Cowrywise

Software Engineer (Backend)

CowryWise

Software Engineer (Backend) Job Vacancy At Cowrywise

A Software Engineer (Backend) job vacancy is currently available at Cowrywise. Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified individuals who possess all the below-listed criteria.

Cowrywise is a fintech company democratizing access to premium financial services by making these services available to the mass market cheaply.

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About this position

We are looking for a Software Engineer (Backend) to help us as we scale out our engineering infrastructure, software, and services. Talk to us if you are interested in a fast-paced environment and if you are passionate about using technology to solve exciting problems.

Software Engineer (Backend) Responsibilities

  • Working within the engineering team to build new product features and enhancements, while solving some of the most interesting problems in financial analysis, machine learning, payments systems, and infrastructure scaling.
  • Building internal and external interfaces (API) for a diverse set of touchpoints, while also consuming other 3rd party interfaces.
  • Collaborating with product designers, product managers, and the rest of the team to bring to life new experiences for our customers.
  • Working on scaling our backend infrastructure on AWS, including writing automation scripts and technical documentation.
  • Contribute to raising our engineering standards, tooling, and processes.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience developing backend software applications, web or mobile applications, and public-facing APIs.
  • Solid knowledge of writing software in Python. Good knowledge of Django and other Python frameworks will be an added advantage, including experience with caching, queuing, and asynchronous tasks and frameworks.
  • A good experience working with production apps on Linux environments and you’re not afraid of being dropped in front of a shell prompt.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals, algorithms, and data structures background.
  • Experience with containers, and container orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Close familiarity with software engineering tools, software development methodology, TDD, and release processes is a big advantage.
TLDR Requirements:
  • Sound Knowledge of Python web frameworks (Django, Flask, Falcon)
  • Working knowledge of Database Systems (Mysql, Postgres)
  • Familiarity with using Linux commands (centos or ubuntu)
  • Familiarity with uwsgi, gunicorn and Nginx
  • Ability to use git
  • Good understanding of REST principles and a fair understanding of building RESTful APIs with Django rest framework
  • Familiarity with Oauth2 and JWT Authentication
  • Bonus points for Celery, Redis, Memcache, Docker, RabbitMQ
If selected, you would have access to:
  • Earn in the top 25% of the industry benchmark.
  • Work with some of the smartest engineering talents and compassionate people building the next-generation personal wealth management tools.
  • 21 days paid leave and 13th-month salary.
  • Fully-funded all-around health insurance.
  • 10% employer’s pension contribution.
  • An exciting opportunity to network vertically and horizontally with different businesses across the diverse sectors we interact with.
  • Free lunch, data allowance, and other benefits.

How To Apply For Software Engineer (Backend) Job

  • Hit the ‘APPLY FOR JOB’ button below.
  • Follow the displayed link to proceed to the Cowrywise recruitment portal.
  • Follow the onsite guidelines and complete your application.
  • The application deadline was not specified.

To apply for this job please visit cowrywise.breezy.hr.