Backend engineer in securities trading

Bitvavo; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bitvavo, Amsterdam-based cryptocurrency exchange, is seeking an experienced software engineer to help scale our trading platform and deliver reliable, high-performance services.

You will collaborate with engineering leadership to tackle complex technical challenges, influence technology choices, and participate in on-call rotations to keep production systems healthy.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Experience with trading products in retail space.
• Expertise in event-driven microservices architecture, particularly with Kafka.
• Strong proficiency JVM languages, preferably Kotlin.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and a solid understanding of design patterns and programming principles.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with your Engineering Manager, Staff Engineer and colleagues across the organisation to craft high quality software used by our customers.
• Dive into technical challenges, building solutions to guarantee peak performance across our systems.
• Actively participate in pivotal decisions on technology stacks and architecture.
• Participate in operational rotations to resolve incidents in our production environment.

Skills

Trading products experience

Software development experience

Event-driven architecture

Jvm languages (Kotlin)

Kubernetes

Design patterns

Tools

Kafka

Kubernetes

Kotlin

Job description

Описание

In 2018, Bitvavo launched the first version of its digital assets trading platform, to bridge the gap between traditional currencies and digital assets. By offering transparent fees, a wide range of assets and an easy to use platform, Bitvavo is making the currency of the future accessible for everyone. In two years' time, Bitvavo has established itself as the market leader in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe, with over one million users exchanging tens of billions of digital assets a year.

Задачи

Collaborate with your Engineering Manager, Staff Engineer and colleagues across the organisation to craft high quality software used by our customers. Dive into technical challenges, building solutions to guarantee peak performance across our systems. Actively participate in pivotal decisions on technology stacks and architecture. Participate in operational rotations to resolve incidents in our production environment.

Требования

• Experience with trading products in retail space.
• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Expertise in event-driven microservices architecture, particularly with Kafka.
• Strong proficiency JVM languages, preferably kotlin.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and a solid understanding of design patterns and programming principles.

Условия

At Bitvavo, we believe in attracting, motivating and retaining talented people through market-competitive offerings that go beyond compensation alone.