Senior Backend Engineer

at  Slyp

Join Slyp and be a part of revolutionising the world of receipts! We are a Fintech dedicated to eliminating paper receipts and creating a seamless customer experience. With the backing of major banks and a team of industry experts, Slyp is at the forefront of transforming the way we view receipts. Today, we seamlessly tap our cards, our phones, even our watches to make a payment, but at the end of a transaction, we’re still handed a centuries old paper receipt that will likely end up in the bin. We thought there has to be a better way.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

A Senior Backend Engineer who will contribute to our backend services that support direct integrations into merchant and financial institution apps, including Kmart, Country Road and the big 4 Australian banks, that gives Australians a better, more sustainable way to get receipts
We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who can design, develop, and deploy scalable and reliable web applications using AWS services, Kubernetes, Postgres, and TypeScript. You will be working with a team of talented engineers who are passionate about building innovative solutions for our clients.

REQUIREMENTS

• At least 4 years of experience in a similar software engineering role
• A degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• Proficient in TypeScript, NodeJS and willing to learn new frameworks and technologies as you contribute to a broad set of services
• You’re a team player and collaborate with the team to adjust to changing priorities
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
• Experience with testing tools such as Jest
• Experience with designing and deploying cloud resources, preferably on AWS
• Experience with Git, developer code review processes, and CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions
• Strong knowledge of web service fundamentals, such as RESTful APIs, security, performance, etc.