2 months ago
Barcelona, SpainMid Level
Responsibilities
- Design, build, deploy, operate, and support services with end-to-end ownership of a banking domain.
- Develop and operate distributed, event-driven, headless, API-first backend systems in production.
- Design clear boundaries around complex banking domains and keep API changes backward compatible.
- Understand, extend, and safely replace existing systems while assessing dependencies, risks, and proof of correctness.
- Own cloud infrastructure, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and observability as part of the engineering role.
- Use AI to understand unfamiliar code, explore designs, generate and review implementations, and reduce routine work.
- Communicate technical reasoning clearly and challenge colleagues or clients respectfully when proposing better approaches.
Requirements
- Experience working across more than one programming language or platform and willingness to learn unfamiliar technologies.
- Production experience with distributed, event-driven backend systems where accuracy, reliability, and downtime have significant consequences.
- Strong systems-thinking skills, including understanding coupling, change impact, service boundaries, and inter-system communication.
- Ability to work effectively in codebases the candidate did not write and evaluate implementation quality critically.
- Experience owning software in production, including cloud, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and observability.
- Ability to use AI deliberately by providing context, directing work across large codebases, and judging model output.
- Clear communication skills and the ability to explain trade-offs and propose improvements.
Benefits
- Hybrid working setup with flexible hours.
- Work from Anywhere policy.
- Language classes and continuous learning and development.
- Home office setup support.
- Mental health and wellbeing support.
- Flexible retribution options in Barcelona.
- Weekly team lunches, wellbeing activities, and regular team events.
About Ohpen
Ohpen builds a cloud-based core banking platform delivered as SaaS for banks and other financial institutions, covering savings, lending, mortgages, investments, and pensions. Its products expose APIs and can be paired with business process outsourcing to modernize back-office operations and launch digital journeys. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Amsterdam, Ohpen serves customers across Europe.