Backend Software Engineer

Alviere; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Alviere is seeking a Software Engineer to join a green-field REST API project within the fintech platform. You will design and implement services, collaborating with a talented team to deliver high-quality code and scalable architectures.

The role emphasizes secure software practices, testing, and modern tech like Go/Python/JavaScript, MySQL, and CI/CD, with exposure to Kafka, OCI, Kubernetes, and microservices in a fast-growing company based in Lisbon, Portugal.

Qualifications

• Solid experience designing and implementing REST APIs.
• Strong understanding of Clean Architecture.
• Knowledge of secure software principles.
• Experience with testing methodologies or TDD.
• Hands-on experience with MySQL.
• Proficient with Git, Docker, and CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software and corresponding services.
• Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features.
• Identify bottlenecks and fix bugs.
• Help maintain code quality and organization.

Skills

REST API design

Clean Architecture

Secure software principles

Test-driven development

MySQL data handling

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Gitlab

Docker

Kubernetes

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Kafka

Redis

Go

PHP

Python

JavaScript

Job description

Company Summary:

Alviere empowers any business to provide financial services to its customers through the Alviere HIVE technology platform. Alviere streamlines and automates the delivery of financial products like accounts, mobile payments, card issuance, payment processing and cross-border currency exchange, enabling its clients to strengthen customer relationships, increase revenue and maximize profits.

The Alviere mission is to ensure everyone has meaningful access to financial tools and solutions, and can find those via the brands and organizations they know and trust. With more access comes more possibility — enhancing the global financial ecosystem.

Job Summary:

Alviere empowers every business to provide financial services to its customers quickly and easily. By providing an advanced single-integration plug and play software service, Alviere streamlines and automates the delivery of financial products like banking, mobile payments, card issuance, payment processing and cross-border currency exchange, enabling its clients to strengthen customer relationships, increase revenue and maximize profits. Exciting opportunity at a rapidly growing Fintech company. Alviere’s state of the art Embedded Finance Platform is transforming how banks and businesses serve their clients.

We are looking for a Software Engineer that will join us in a green field project, being responsible for the development and maintenance of our platform. Your primary focus will be development of REST APIs for our back-end services. You will be working within an exceptional engineering team working on different layers of the infrastructure. A commitment to collaborative problem solving, and the creation of quality software is essential. It’s a great opportunity to help build a brand and product.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement software and corresponding services


• Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features


• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs


• Help maintain code quality and organization

Skills:

• Solid experience in designing and implementing REST API providers and consumers


• Good understanding of Clean Architecture


• Demonstrable understanding of secure software principles


• Test-driven development, or experience with testing methodologies


• Detailed understanding of how databases in general, and MySQL in specific, work


• Proficient understanding of Git and Docker containers


• Familiarity with continuous integration


• A BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject would be great but not required


• Previous work in the Finance sector would be a plus, but not mandatory


• Understanding of multiprogramming (routines) would be a plus


• It’d be great if you also brought the following experience:
  
  
  
  • Interaction with payment providers (credit card and others)
  
  
  • Previous work in the financial sector
  
  
  • Basic Linux system administration skills
  
  
  • Docker / Kubernetes / Gitlab
  
  
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
  
  
  • Event driven - Kafka
  
  
  
  

Tech Stack:

• Microservices: >20 services running


• Event driven architecture: Kafka


• MySQL


• Redis


• Go, PHP, Python, Javascript


• Gitlab


• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)


• Kubernetes


• Attlassian


• Slack / Zoom


• Jetbrains IDE’s

We pride ourselves on developing and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer - Veteran/Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. We are a true merit-based organization and work hard, so there are no artificial barriers to one’s potential success. Alviere is committed to a workforce where everyone’s opportunities are limitless.

Consistent with this commitment, Alviere will endeavor to provide reasonable accommodation to otherwise qualified job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities. Please contact [e-mail] for any assistance.