[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer, Backend @Primer.io

Role Description

• 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 looking at ways of improving our ways of working
• Creating detailed internal documentation for the projects you work on

Qualifications

• 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.

Requirements

• An initial intro call with a Talent Partner
• An interview with the Hiring Manager
• Challenge Stage - Contextualised to the role
• A final, values-alignment interview

Benefits

• We are fully remote and globally distributed; and have been since day one
• Competitive share options
• Uncapped holiday, with 25 days minimum to be taken
• Co-working space access
• Workations & Company Retreat
• The best equipment for your role
• £500 towards your home office setup
• Generous learning budget
• Private Medical Insurance
• A broad set of additional perks and benefits (depending on location)