Backend Engineer

Backend EngineerMeet myZoimyZoi is changing lives for the better for those who deserve it the most. We are an exciting fintech start-up aiming to promote financial inclusion globally. Our vision is to provide a level playing field to the unbanked and the underbanked in accessing essential financial services in an affordable, convenient, and transparent fashion. We are looking for smart, ambitious, and purpose-driven individuals to join us in this journey. Please apply via the link below if you are interested.The RoleYou will be leading and coding, working in a squad with a mission to build and deliver a world-class application to our global customer base. You will be challenged to deliver software that is highly functional yet simple, feature rich yet low latency and overall best of breed, using java and cloud native technologies. You will experiment with Event Driven services, REST and GraphQL endpoints, high resiliency, low latency and high scalability to challenge and improve our application and delivery across diverse regional requirements. You will be fully agile and fully empowered. You will be an innovator and a mentor. You will work with a hybrid local and overseas team with best-in-class tools and processes.Responsibilities Build, deliver and support first-class Java Services, Micro services and Functions Work hand-in-hand with the Lead Architect to engineer a cloud native financial application Design for fault tolerance and resilience, speed and security Use data-driven insights and observability to foster a culture of continuous improvement Balance an Agile fast-paced delivery within a highly regulated industry Ensure security and compliance best practice Work on continuously improving the application delivery processes Be an awesome member of the team, have fun and enjoy social events About You You are a skilled, creative and inquisitive java engineer with a passion for quality and delivery You have hands on experience with REST API design, services architecture You have an appreciation of Event driven architecture You have experience working with Databases, Data Lakes, Data Ingestion and Analysis tools You have experience with Docker, Kubernetes You have skill across build tools, optimisation techniques and modern frameworks You have strong communication skills, curiosity. You are a quick and eager learner. You enjoy a creative fast paced agile world You enjoy mentoring and teaching other developers to create a world-class cohesive team You enjoy making friends, having fun Skills AWS Java - Spring, Spring Boot, Javalin Services and Microservices Docker and Kubernetes REST, OpenApi Reactive services Event-driven Services Domain Driven design Testing frameworks (Unit, Integration, API and Contract Testing) Relational and NoSQL Databases Bonus Skills o An appreciation of other languages such as TypeScript, Pythono Lambda and serverless functions development and deploymento Appreciation of Data Lakes, Data Ingestion and Analysis toolsAt myZoi we strive to create a both a product and a team that embraces equality, inclusion, diversity and freedom. We want people who can be themselves and bring their own brand of value to the team. Come and join us!