Backend Engineer
About us:
Fondo is a startup within the savings industry. Our app allow anyone old enough to open an investment account to invest in mutual funds at the lowest fees available in Sweden. We are on a mission to make investments available for all people. As such, we are believers in good design, simplicity and technology that allow us to create the most valuable and user-friendly savings platform out there.
About the role:
As a Backend Engineer you will be implementing new functionality, architecting our system, squashing bugs and maintaining the health of our code. The ideal candidate has a true passion for tech. Is both forward-thinking and hands-on with a strong sense of ownership and drive for delivery. We take pride in the collaboration between Product, Design and Engineering and you will be involved in the entire product lifecycle.
Our stack is based on micro service APIs in Kubernetes. It's a hybrid architecture both REST and event driven. We primarily use Postgres for storage and leverage cloud services like Google BigQuery and Google PubSub.
You are expected to participate in shaping the technical architecture and deliver highly available, secure, scalable services in a production environment. Working alongside other teams at Fondo, you will help to translate user stories into technical solutions and come up with ideas for new initiatives and technologies.
Who you are:
- You have a couple of years programming experience with transactional systems and APIs
- Much of our stack is JavaScript, TypeScript and Go. A solid programming experience from these languages is expected but you are probably somewhat language agnostic
- You have experience working in a cloud environment, with containers and with CI
- You have a strong sense of responsibility and gets stuff done
- Your interest keeps you updated on tech
Bonus Points:
- Experience in scaling highly available, mission critical systems
- Worked with bank, trading or exchange systems
- Google Cloud experience
- Department
- Tech
- Locations
- Stockholm
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
Benefits
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💰 Pension
Your financial future is important which is why we contribute to your pension every month.
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🧘🏋️ Health & Wellness
Get started with that gym membership, take a massage or wind down with some yoga? We give you 5000 SEK to use per year.
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📱💻🎧 Gear needs
You get all the stuff needed to excel with your work. Laptop, phone and ear-pods for calls on the go.
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🏡 Work Remote
Live and work where it suits you! We started Fondo in a time when remote work was standard so we are down for any setup that suits you. We do of course love it if you want to hang with us in the office located in the heart of Stockholm.
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🎓 Growth mindset
We encourage personal development and cover expenses for courses or workshops.
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🏝️ Holiday
What is more important than some well deserved rest and relaxation? We offer 30 days paid holiday per year as standard.
Backend Engineer
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