Role overview
We are a leading trading platform that is ambitiously expanding to the four corners of the globe. Our top-rated products have won prestigious industry awards for their cutting-edge technology and seamless client experience. We deliver only the best, so we are always in search of the best people to join our ever-growing talent team.
Capital.com is a global trading platform offering clients to invest in Gold, Oil, Apple, Tesla and 6,500+ other world-renowned markets. We are enhancing our Backend Team and looking for great Engineers with an interest in trading to join our Team!
Our Backend Engineering team plays a pivotal role in ensuring the robustness, speed, and security of our Product. Dedicated to enhancing performance, providing a best-in-class user experience, ensuring compliance, and safeguarding data, the team’s efforts directly impact our ability to offer clients a seamless and secure trading journey.
We are seeking a skilled Python Backend Engineer to join our growing team. You will be responsible for developing and optimising our backend systems that power our Product. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of our systems, with a focus on enhancing the performance and user experience for our clients.
Experience & Domain Knowledge:
- Backend: Strong understanding of distributed applications and client-server model
- Financial Applications Proficiency: Experience in FinTech, Banking, or similar areas is a must
- Scalability Technologies: Knowledge about technologies that allow for platform scaling to handle sudden influxes of user activities or transactions
- High-Performance Platforms: Experience in designing, building, and optimising high-performance systems is a plus
- Security: Knowledge of potential threats and security measures for transactional data is a plus
Technical Skills:
- Python: Strong experience with Python and satellites (Flask, Requests, FastAPI, REST-Api, peewee, pandas)
- Database Mastery: Strong SQL knowledge (PostgreSQL)
- Version Control & Development Practices: Proficiency in Git Flow, Docker containerization, TDD/BDD
- Operational Proficiency: Understanding and hands-on experience in SDLC, Kubernetes, pipelines, CI/CD patterns and strategies, ongoing support (Grafana, Kibana)
- Cloud Platforms: Understanding of the Cloud Native applications principles and basic knowledge of resources and use cases for public cloud (AWS, Azure, and GCP)
- Events streaming: Understanding of the event driven architecture (Kafka or similar solutions)
Soft Skills:
- Communication: Effective communication skills, especially with teams responsible for security, operations, and product
- Analytical thinking: Ability to tackle and investigate complicated problems and convert them to the task
- Adaptability to Rapid Changes: Demonstrated capability to adjust to quick technological shifts and evolving business requirements
- Ownership and Accountability: Readiness to take ownership of tasks, and issues as well as demonstrate accountability for the results and outcome
What you'll work on
Be a key player at the forefront of the digital assets movement, propelling your career to new heights!
Join a dynamic and rapidly expanding company that values and rewards talent, initiative, and creativity.
Work alongside one of the most brilliant teams in the industry.
Tags & focus areas
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