Senior Scala Developer - Bitcoin Devs Company

Overview

The Senior Software Engineer (Scala, C++) plays a pivotal role in enhancing our tech capabilities in this remote-based position. This person will be instrumental in developing robust software solutions that align with our company’s strategic objectives. Working closely with a team of talented engineers, this role emphasizes innovation, ensuring code quality, and implementing efficient architectural patterns. Your expertise in Scala and C++ will be vital as you tackle complex problems and deliver cutting-edge solutions that not only meet client expectations but also contribute to the overall improvement of our software infrastructure. As the technology landscape continues to evolve, your ability to adapt and learn will keep you at the forefront of our engineering team. This role is not just about coding; it encompasses a broader vision of driving technological advancement and collaborating effectively within a dynamic team environment.

Key Responsibilities

Use engineering principles to identify and measure risk and to implement quantitative and technical risk management solutions in software.

Understand business needs, facilitate and develop process workflows, data requirements, and specifications required to support implementation of our real time exchange.

Develop scalable architecture for the future state of our exchange and contribute towards improving the trading infrastructure.

Write robust code and APIs to support the company’s vital business.

Keep everyone informed about the health and viability of the platform by reporting known issues and status of ongoing investigations.

Identify and advocate for changes vital to the stability and supportability of the system.

Mentor and advise teammates to ensure new features are efficient, highly available, and fault tolerant.

Provide continuity and stability to the production environment.

Provide quick response to production issues to help eliminate down time thereby ensuring high availability and performance of our trading platform.

Coordinate, prioritize and plan the changes to our trading software thereby ensuring smooth exchange migrations, quick time to market for new features and software.

Required Qualifications

At least 5 years of software engineering experience.

Advanced proficiency in at least one language. We use mostly Scala and C++ on our backend and Typescript on the frontend – it’s great if you’re comfortable in those or if you’re willing to learn.

The ability to work closely across teams and manage dependencies.

A customer and product-focused mindset, with the ability to make well-reasoned tradeoffs between speed and quality.

The ability to adapt and handle multiple competing priorities in collaboration with peers.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working with or being a power user of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and/or blockchain technology.

Work experience or knowledge of the finance industry, payments, trading and/or exchange systems.