OANDA

Everyone at OANDA is focused on our vision to transform how our customers can meet all their currency needs. We are revolutionising the world of currency trading by providing innovative trading experiences, currency data and analytics solutions. Dare to be open, bold, focused - own it and apply! The future is now!

Join us and:

• Work in the company that the main product is an award-winning platform that processes billions of dollars every day.
• Improve yourself and your team through education and continuous learning.
• Grow your skills across a diverse technology stack, with opportunities to learn modern cloud technologies.

How do we work?

We’re looking for a backend software engineer with experience of building APIs and microservices. You’ll be joining an engineering team tasked with developing and maintaining our high-visibility Exchange Rate API services as well as a payments platform that offers some of the most competitive foreign exchange services in the market, focused on providing corporate clients with a high service level and fast transactions.

We work with an end-to-end stack of technologies because we own our services from development to production monitoring. You will bring a learning mindset to the job and pick up skills as needed, with appropriate training and mentoring.

In this role, you will:

• Work closely with the stakeholder and frontend developers to architect, develop, test and deliver new features.
• Participate in a Kanban-style agile process with close communication between the business and engineers.
• Ensure high product quality through code reviews and automated tests to increase confidence in releases.
• Be responsible for monitoring and maintaining the health of our apps running in production (bugs, crashes, performance, etc).

What skillset you need, to be successful in this role:

• 3+ years of experience developing backend services.
• Experience with Java or Scala is required.
• Solid knowledge of software engineering best practices and design patterns.
• Understanding of resilient, highly-available applications.
• Solid understanding of SQL databases, Redis, HTTP(S), RPC (e.g. Thrift/Protobuf), Linux service management.
• Highly organized, with good written and oral communication skills in English.

Nice to have:

• Experience with Go, Python (Django, Flask, etc.).
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Terraform.
• Experience with Play Framework and Twitter/Finagle stack.

OANDA Global Corporation is a diverse and global team with offices around the world. We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to OANDA. We are committed to creating and sustaining a collegial work environment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect and one which reflects the diversity of the community in which we operate. We provide an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Candidates selected for an interview will be contacted directly. If you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. We will work with you to provide as seamless a recruitment experience as possible.

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