Senior Backend Developer (m/f/d) at Upvest - Berlin, Germany

Job Description

Upvest’s mission is to empower developers building an efficient and transparent financial world.

We create powerful blockchain APIs and enable developers to connect to and build on major open-source protocols. Founded by serial entrepreneurs Jesper Noehr (founder of Bitbucket, exit to Atlassian) and Martin Kassing (COO of ShopCo, exit to Klarna), Upvest has generated substantial early stage revenues and is backed by Europe’s largest VCs (e.g. Holtzbrinck Ventures).

These will be your responsibilities:

• Be responsible for the design and development of our backend architecture
• Work on the API development with external providers and manage complex integrations
• Build microservices architecture
• Develop data processing and storing mechanisms
• Collaborate with front end developers, designers and CPO
• Choose the best technology for the job

You’re offering these qualifications:

• You have built API and event-driven systems
• You are familiar with at least one programming paradigm next to OOP
• Experience with NoSQL databases
• You have strong knowledge in at least one of these languages: Scala, Go, Python, JS, C
• You are experienced in the entire project life cycle, from requirements to CI
• You hold a Bachelor’s degree in CS, Mathematics, Physics, Electrical Engineering or alternative related field
• You have good understanding of distributed consensus technology, like POS/POW
• You have interest or experience with Ethereum and/or other blockchain protocols
• You have written and deployed a smart contract
• You contributed to any kind of open source projects - we are a community players and we are happy to contribute back!

Perks & Benefits

• Work in a core function at one of Europe’s fastest growing blockchain tech businesses
• Bei part of a senior team that have done it before (exits to Atlassian, Klarna)
• Very competitive salary and potential company bonus’
• Open and transparent company culture, numerous perks and team events