Software Engineer (Backend)
About Bitvavo
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.
Our team, located in Amsterdam, is looking for self-driven, talented people who can help make digital assets available for everyone.
What is the role about?
We are a rapidly growing engineering organisation making digital assets accessible to our customers. To meet the demands of our growing customer base and an increasing number of assets offered, we are expanding our teams to drive innovation with focus on designing and implementing cutting-edge services for the crypto market.
How will you make an impact?
- 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
How will you be successful?
- 4+ years of development experience
- Experience with event-driven microservices using Kafka
- Strong grasp on jvm languages, preferably kotlin
- Familiarity with the Kubernetes ecosystem and a solid understanding of programming design patterns and principles
- Nice to Haves:
- Seeking a tech-startup/scale-up environment
- Familiarity with typescript
- Knowledge of databases such as MySQL and/or MongoDB
- Experience with cloud platforms — we work on AWS
If you are passionate about backend development, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and want to contribute to the success of a leading cryptocurrency exchange, we invite you to apply for the Senior Backend Engineer position at Bitvavo.
Bitvavo does not accept resumes from staffing, search, or recruitment firms without a signed agreement. If you send us a resume without such an agreement, we may contact the candidate directly without any obligation whatsoever and no fee of any kind will be paid should we hire the candidate.
What we offer:
- Excellent employment terms, including:
- a very competitive salary;
- lunch;
- 26 days of annual leave;
- Budget for external training and courses.
- We are flexible in terms of WFH or at our office in the heart of Amsterdam;
- Be actively involved with the latest technologies and innovations;
- A position in a unique, young and fast growing FinTech company.
Our selection procedure in a nutshell
- Apply by clicking the button below. Please share whatever you want about yourself to convince we are a match!
- Let's first have a 'coffee chat' to introduce Bitvavo, the role and get to know you.
- We will follow up with an in-depth interview.
We strive to process applications within a week. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us by mail at recruitment@bitvavo.com.
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Bitvavo manages the bulk of your assets in so-called "Cold Wallets" and protects your account with Two-Factor authentication, security notifications and email confirmations.
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