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About the client:
It is a fintech company that helps users invest spare change from everyday purchases into diversified portfolios, offering automated savings and investment solutions.
The ideal candidate will be a Full Stack Developer to join our client’s team. This role will focus on designing, developing, testing, and deploying scalable backend services and APIs that support customer financial accounts, financial transactions, large-scale data processing, and integrations with third-party providers. The ideal candidate will have expertise in full-stack development, microservices architecture, and cloud-based solutions..
Responsibilities:
* Backend Development:
* Design and develop backend services for maintaining customer financial accounts and transactions.
* Implement scalable solutions for processing large datasets using batching, caching, parallelization, streaming, and queuing strategies.
* Utilize RDBMS and NoSQL databases, virtual machines, on-demand workers, and messaging systems.
* API Development:
* Develop GraphQL and RESTful APIs for seamless integration with third-party services.
* Ensure APIs support both synchronous and asynchronous processing.
* Facilitate integration with iOS, Android, and Web clients.
* Frontend Development:
* Develop and maintain React applications for a seamless user experience.
* Ensure frontend applications effectively interact with backend APIs.
* Optimize web performance and implement responsive designs.
* Software Development & Deployment:
* Design, develop, test, and operate microservices solutions.
* Maintain and enhance code repositories, system documentation, and CI/CD pipelines.
* Implement test automation and contribute to QA testing frameworks.
* Collaborate with backend service engineering teams to coordinate testing and deployments.
Required skills:
* Proficiency in TypeScript, Ruby on Rails, React, AWS, and SQL.
* Experience with Git, Harness, and Testrails.
* Strong background in RDBMS.
* Familiarity with software development best practices, including Agile methodologies.
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Nice to have skills:
* E xperience with Java, Scala, Spark, Databricks, and Python.
* Knowledge of big data processing frameworks and distributed computing.
* Prior experience in the financial services or investment industry.
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