Mid-Level / Senior Software Engineer
About The Position
Syntaxâs Software Engineering team is a group of highly motivated people with a passion for technology. As a Mid-Level or Senior Software Engineer you will be responsible for developing, maintaining and innovating on Syntaxâs financial software and data products. You will be tasked with writing optimized, performant code, and be expected to contribute to the planning and design of our products. Your work will contribute to the development of web applications, data pipelines and third party integrations. You will mentor peers, conduct code reviews, and provide direct feedback into Syntaxâs software engineering process and improve the efficiency of the team.
Requirements
- A bachelorâs degree or higher in computer science or a related discipline
- Proficiency in relational database systems such as Postgresql
- Familiarity with JavaScript and at least one modern front-end framework
- An eye for code quality, familiarity with design patterns and best practices
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, agile environment
- Strong communication skills and the ability to articulate technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences
Nice To Haves
- Experience with python and a dataframe library such as Polars or Pandas
- Experience working in finance or financial technology
- Prior professional experience working with and deploying to cloud environments such as AWS, DigitalOcean, or equivalent
- Experience with Ruby on Rails or similar MVC framework
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code and tooling such as Terraform or AWS CDK
Responsibilities
- Designing, enhancing and maintaining large financial databases for use in web applications
- Developing and maintaining database systems supporting the construction of performant, complex queries
- Writing well-designed APIs and working with backend services
- Creating flexible and intuitive client-facing JSON APIs for streaming data
- Implementing dynamic front-end layouts to design specifications
- Ensuring that mission critical systems and services operate smoothly by triaging and resolving operational issues as part of a team of on-call engineers
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and solve complex problems
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
51-100 employees
