Founding Full-Stack Engineer (Ref: 190542)

Forsyth Barnes; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech organization is seeking a Founding Full-Stack Engineer to develop and maintain their platform's technical backbone. The role involves holistic full-stack development, system architecture design, and user-centric feature iteration. Ideal candidates have strong backgrounds in JavaScript, C#, Go, and Python, alongside cloud technology proficiency. Join a dynamic environment with significant growth opportunities after a successful product launch.

Benefits

Collaboration with experienced founders

Participation in a significant growth sector

Access to $6 million seed funding

Qualifications

• Strong background in full-stack software engineering.
• Experience in designing scalable architectures with solid engineering principles.
• Ability to integrate customer feedback into product development.
• Proficient with cloud technologies and event-driven systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and management of services and features.
• Build robust, event-driven systems for ledgering and risk management.
• Gather insights from customers to align the roadmap with expectations.
• Evaluate technologies for execution versus scalability.

Skills

JavaScript

C#

Go

Python

Event-driven systems

Job description

About Us

We are proud to partner with an innovative organization specializing in stablecoin payment processing. This client provides businesses with seamless APIs and SDKs that enable money transfers globally at significantly lower costs than traditional solutions. Founded by an experienced team with a solid history of scaling products at industry giants like Coinbase and Sardine, this organization is strategically positioned for rapid advancement in the fintech arena.

Job Description

This organization is in search of a skilled Founding Full-Stack Engineer to play a crucial role in establishing and maintaining the technical backbone of their platform. This role offers a vibrant and ownership-focused environment, where responsibilities span from developing architecture to ensuring the reliability of mission-critical services in production. The selected candidate will collaborate closely with founders and initial customers to transform practical requirements into advanced, high-quality software solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Holistic Full Stack Development – Lead the design, implementation, and management of comprehensive services and user-centric features, overseeing all aspects from requirement collection to ongoing production support.
• System Architecture Development – Build robust, event-driven systems aimed at ledgering, compliance, and risk management that efficiently scale with increasing transaction volumes while guaranteeing zero downtime.
• User-Centric Development – Work closely with customers to gather insights and iterate rapidly to guarantee the roadmap aligns with user expectations.
• Technical Strategy & Decision-Making – Evaluate the balance between swift execution and sustainable scalability, carefully selecting pertinent technologies such as Next.js/TypeScript, C#, Go, Python, and contemporary cloud architectures for varied challenges.

Requirements

• A strong background in full-stack software engineering, with expertise in programming languages and frameworks like JavaScript, C#, Go, and Python.
• Proven experience in designing scalable architectures, solid engineering principles, and efficient systems.
• Ability to effectively integrate customer feedback within product development processes.
• Proficient with cloud technologies and event-driven systems.
• Skilled in making technology selections that merge immediate speed with long-term growth potential.

Benefits

• The chance to collaborate with experienced founders who have successfully exited to Coinbase, starting at a critical juncture just after product launch but before extensive scaling, with customers already set to engage in substantial volumes.
• Participation in the payments infrastructure sector, which is notably underdeveloped, presenting a significant opportunity for success; notable acquisitions in this domain have achieved impressive returns.
• Access to a recently acquired $6 million in seed funding from eminent venture capitalists, ensuring a solid financial runway projected to last 3-4 years.