Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC, is seeking the following. Apply via Dice today!Our large finance and advisory company is looking for a contract Senior Software Engineer, Backend. This is a fully remote role.We are looking for a Staff Backend Software Engineer to join the client's Bank team who will help build our next generation banking platform. You will be part of a team that empowers its engineers to make technical decisions.As a member of the Bank team you will architect new systems, implement functionality, fix bugs, maintain the health of our systems, and continually grow your skill set. The ideal candidate is both forward-thinking and hands-on, has a solid sense of ownership and drive for delivery, and a strong team player. At the client, we pride ourselves on the collaboration between Product, Design and Engineering and so you will be involved in the entire product lifecycle, from ideation through building, deploying and continual improvement and evolution.Contract Duration: 5-MonthsRequired Skills & Experience• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field• 7+ years programming experience & designing for consumer facing applications with stringent scalability/uptime requirements• 4+ years in Java/ Kotlin/ Spring / AWS / Kubernetes• Experience with Temporal / Kafka and DynamoDB database• Experience working on SOA / microservice-based applications.• Experience working with GIT and CI/CD systems.• Experience working in a collaborative coding environment, refining designs together, working through code reviews and managing pull requests• Experience scaling highly available, mission critical systems• A solid understanding of relational databases and ORMs• View Unit and Integration test as 1st class citizens in software development• Willingness to roll up your sleeves, collaborate with others and get stuff done• Solid sense of responsibility; driving a project from inception to completion• Affinity for solving problems and shipping impactful features, not polishing perfect code or architecture• On call: 1 week every 6 weeks (24 hours/day)Desired Skills & Experience• Interest in personal finance• Fintech, payments, banking experience• Interest in personal finance• Experience scaling highly available, mission critical systems• Full-stack experience, either toward systems (kafka, temporal, docker), databases (DynamoDB), or front-end (javascript/typescript, react).What You Will Be DoingDaily Responsibilities• Lead the development and testing of our systems and services• Participate in shaping the technical architecture of the product• Help translate product requirements into user stories and technical solutions• Deliver highly available and scalable services in a production environment• Mentor other engineers, support the technical culture, and help grow the team• Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies• Communicate with project leads, product managers and other software developers