Backend Engineer
Devexperts3 months ago
Porto, PortugalMid Level
Responsibilities
- Build and own backend services, infrastructure, and data systems for a trading platform.
- Develop systems for order issuance, validation, routing, execution, options pricing, and reconciliation.
- Solve complex scalability, high-performance, low-latency, and fault-tolerance challenges.
- Participate in code reviews and testing to maintain software quality.
- Deliver large technical projects while collaborating with cross-functional and multicultural teams.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of backend development experience.
- Strong proficiency in Go or Python.
- Solid understanding of system design principles.
- Experience with Kafka or similar streaming platforms.
- Experience working in capital or trading markets.
- B2+ English proficiency for communication with multicultural teams and US customers.
- Strong focus on code quality and thorough code review processes.
- Preferred: familiarity with PostgreSQL, Redis, DynamoDB, Kubernetes, AWS or similar cloud platforms, high-load systems, concurrent programming, and thread synchronization approaches.
Benefits
- Hybrid or remote work options and flexible working hours.
- Fully paid additional wellness days, medical insurance for employees and children, fitness or Urban Sports Club reimbursement, meal allowance, and Flexpay Card.
- Parking, free drinks and snacks, corporate event admission, conference and professional fair participation, and personal branding support.
- Local language courses, unlimited access to self-learning platforms, parental bonus, pension plan, referral bonus, and paid blood donation leave.
- Interview process includes recruiter screening, CoderPad assessment, system design interview, final call, offer, and background check.
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About Devexperts
Devexperts builds multi-asset trading platforms, market data services, and custom software for brokerages, exchanges, and investment firms, plus related consulting. Its products cover order management, matching engines, risk management, pricing, analytics, and data visualization across equities, options, FX, crypto, and commodities. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Dublin, the privately held company serves capital-markets clients worldwide through software development projects and brokerage automation.