Senior Software Engineer (f/m/d) - Golang & NodeJS

Braunschweig , Germany

We are smava – the online loan comparison platform. We make loans transparent, fair and affordable! With more than 300.000 satisfied customers, we are one of the biggest FinTech companies in Germany. Become a part of our vision to shape the digital future of the consumer loan market now!

Our Development teams are distributed along the customer journey, each being completely in charge of their corresponding part of the platform and respective services and systems. They operate in a vastly autonomous and self-managed way: we live up to our belief in flat hierarchies and self-organized network structures where leadership happens in a lateral manner and teams are enabled to make their own decisions within our exciting roadmap. This empowers everyone to a great extent - by sharing responsibility and decision-making amongst all colleagues.

 

YOUR NEW TEAM

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Offers and Checkout team. Our mission is to empower loan customers through effortless and transparent digital services that are trustworthy and self-serving. We strive to provide a seamless experience from deciding for a loan to formalizing the checkout process, ensuring our customers feel confident and in control throughout every step of the way. We are organized in a cross-functional team with Frontend, Fullstack, Backend, QA and Design roles working closely with our Product Owner and stakeholders.

 

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

  • Develop backend services in a data-intensive distributed environment using GoLang or NodeJS, deploying on AWS Lambda and Kubernetes, utilizing various other Cloud Products, and interfacing with React/Typescript frontends. 
  • Work in a team that has a central role in our customer journey and collaborate closely with many other teams for this purpose.
  • Ensure that all services of our offers page, checkout route and customer area run with high stability and all journeys are properly funneled and tracked.
  • Take part and pro-actively drive all the decisions involving the team (goals, concepts, tools, timelines, stack, etc.).
  • Work closely with the Product Owner and UX Designers to plan and continuously conceptualize and develop new features for the team’s domain.
  • Involve in the development and maintenance of the team’s products end to end in line with our “you build it, you run it, you own it” philosophy which also includes DevOps tasks.

 

YOUR PROFILE

  • You have several years of professional experience with Golang and are familiar with NodeJS (TypeScript).
  • You bring extensive experience with AWS containerized microservice infrastructures, running in an event-driven environment on Kubernetes or AWS Lambda.
  • You are familiar with the “LGTM” Grafana stack (Loki, Grafana, Tempo and Mimir/Prometheus) as well as Terraform for IaC, ideally also with Kubernetes.
  • You are passionate about your work and a great communicator, always keen on sharing knowledge with the team. 
  • You have worked in agile environments in the past; ideally within startup-like companies.

Nice-to-have

  • Prior experience with CI tools, especially transitioning or maintaining pipelines.
  • Professional experience with developing mobile apps or backend for those.
  • Experience with A/B-Test setups and tooling.
  • Interest in cross-team / cross-functional projects is a plus.

 

WHAT WE OFFER

  • Our team comes from over 50 nations and you can expect an open and dynamic working environment with plenty of room for your further development.
  • We actively work to create a diverse and inclusive work environment by sharing our different skills, ideas and experiences as a team and representing diversity within the company.
  • For your personal development, we offer internal career programs, further training opportunities and language courses (German).
  • A modern equipped office with roof terrace, lounge and much more.
  • We value our successes and celebrate them through regular events, such as the Company Lunch, the Table Tennis Tournament or our Summer Party.
  • Get your lunch delivered right to the office and save at the same time through the subsidy from smava.
  • Your rest is important to us so we offer 30 days of vacation, parents benefit from 10-child sick days in addition to the statutory entitlement.
  • To support your physical and mental health, we offer collaborations with sports providers and weekly sports activities in our office.
  • We support social projects and subsidize your ticket for public transport so that you can get to your destination in an environmentally conscious way.
  • Enjoy exclusive offers from a large number of brands and secure the best prices when buying through our Corporate Benefits partnership
  • With smava you are secured in your old age and benefit from a subsidized company pension plan

Interested?

Then apply online in just a few clicks via the application button). Simply upload your CV (preferably as PDF file) and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

All applications are accepted exclusively via the application form.

Contact:  Luisa Tomasella ([email protected])

At smava we celebrate diversity and stand for an environment that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We're committed to equal employment and development opportunities regardless of gender identity or expression, race, religion, age, sexual orientation, colour, disability, culture or place of origin.

Do you want to learn more about us?

Visit our career page: www.smava.de/jobs/

or our Instagram profile: www.instagram.com/smavacareer

smava is a leading loan portal in Germany. We make personal loans transparent, fair and affordable for consumers. Based on digital processes, smava compares loan offers from more than 20 banks, ranging in value from €1,000 to €120,000. In this way, borrowers can choose and conclude the deal most favourable to them. On average, borrowers pay at smava more than 35 percent less for their loan compared to the national average. In 2018, the volume of loans originated through smava was over $2 billion, with a total of more than $5 billion since inception. As one of the largest fintech businesses in Germany, smava employs around 600 staff with over 40 nationalities under the direction of an experienced management team with strong backgrounds in finance and technology. The company is based in Berlin. To date, highly renowned investors such as Vitruvian, Verdane Capital, Runa Capital and Earlybird have invested a total of $135 million in smava. Become a part of the smava-story now!

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