As a Backend Developer, you will be responsible for building new features across multiple backend services that are central to our systems. We strive to create an enjoyable and rewarding environment for making great products. Our teams are self-organizing, using scrum, kanban, or a hybrid approach tailored to meet their goals effectively. Each team comprises specialists in development, testing, and sometimes hardware, working collaboratively to deliver excellent business outcomes for our customers.
As we expand our fare engine calculations and architecture, this role enables developers to work with diverse technologies and programming paradigms, on complex and interesting challenges.
We also host hack days a few times a year. These events are primarily for fun, learning, and prototyping cool and innovative ideas that could benefit our customers.
Our Stack
We don’t expect you to know the whole of our stack. We want the stack to keep evolving as developers identify new tools and frameworks.
REST
Git / Gradle / Maven / Artifactory
Amazon tech (DynamoDB, EC2, S3, SQS, Kinesis, etc)
Kafka
Spock/Groovy used for testing
Fully cloud-hosted platform with Infrastructure as Code tooling(Terraform)
About You
Desire to implement quality software that operates at scale
Ability to operate as part of a team that owns their piece of software and advise on the best shape of a new feature
Open to adopting well-supported ideas and solutions, demonstrating a productive approach towards governance
Excellent interpersonal skills to foster positive relationships with colleagues and contribute effectively to team goals
A proactive and driven mindset to ensure projects are completed efficiently and effectively