Senior Software Engineer

WHO WE ARE

Apex Fintech Solutions (AFS) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by processing millions of transactions daily, to simplify, automate, and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Our robust suite of fintech solutions enables us to support clients such as Stash, Betterment, SoFi, and Webull, and more than 20 million of our clients' customers.

Collectively, AFS creates an environment in which companies with the biggest ideas in fintech are empowered to change the world. We are based in Dallas, TX and also have offices in Austin, New York, Chicago, Portland, and Belfast.

If you are seeking a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment where you'll have the opportunity to make an immediate impact, and you have the guts to change everything, this is the place for you.

AFS has received a number of prestigious industry awards, including:

2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 Best Wealth Management Company - presented by Fintech Breakthrough Awards

2021 Most Innovative Companies - presented by Fast Company

2021 Best API & Best Trading Technology - presented by Global Fintech Awards

ABOUT THIS ROLE

About This Role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll have a big impact across Apex Fintech Solutions. You’ll work in our Billing team, building out new cloud-based solutions for our billing platform. This role will partner with our US based operations team to impact the product strategy and our Belfast team to deliver customer features in a reliable, scalable, and secure product. This is a role for someone who flourishes in a fast-paced and collaborative environment. Though our current project is written in Java, we routinely encounter and work in different languages, frameworks, and systems. We value engineers who are proficient in multiple languages because we know they can quickly learn the next one that comes up.

Duties/Responsibilities

Define, develop, deploy and operate software that delivers real value to Apex. We often work with micro-services, managed by Kubernetes.

Think through difficult problems and solve them at all layers of the enterprise

Develop and maintain clean and consistent code for applications that are used internally and externally

Write self-documenting and well-tested code with an emphasis on sustainable development practices. Work as a part of small, productive development team that puts an emphasis on code quality, peer reviews and strong engineering practices

Help grow the team. As one of the team members in Belfast, you will help recruit the right talent and establish a culture that developers love to work in. Your coaching and mentoring will prove important in growing the Belfast Office.

Education and/or Experience

A degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or other demanding engineering degree (or equivalent work experience)

Four more years of professional experience working as a part of a multi-person development team, doing code reviews, testing, CI, trunk-based development, and/or other modern software practices.

Experience with Docker and/or Kubernetes is desirable

Experience of any cloud provider (GCP/Azure/AWS) is desirable

Required Skills/Abilities

Demonstrated skills in software design.

A strong proficiency and in-depth understanding of Java

Ability to learn new and unfamiliar technologies quickly, as required.

Adaptability: while you enjoy establishing processes and standards, you understand the need to be flexible and enjoy trying new things.

An intuitive understanding of distributed architectures – experience with event-driven architectures is a big plus.

A DevSecOps mindset and a driving desire to deliver value through software.

Work Environment

This job operates in an office environment.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

As part of our interview process, you may meet with members of both our Belfast and US offices. Everyone you meet, shares the same values: Open and Honest Communication, Teamwork and Collaboration, Involving Everyone, Leaders Who Serve and Personal Accountability.

Life at AFS UK:

We want you to like coming to work so we work really hard to make your job fun and different from any other.

We offer:

Market Leading Salary plus Annual Bonus

28 days annual leave plus 10 NI national holidays

Training & Development Budget

Pension matched up to 7%

Private health insurance for medical, dental & optical

Life Insurance

Great work/life balance, flexible working hours

Parental leave allowance

Modern city centre office

Hackathon events

Poker tournaments

Charitable matching gift program

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Our Rewards

We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits, including healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP), competitive PTO, 401k match, parental leave, and HSA contribution match. We also provide our employees with a paid subscription to the Calm app and offer generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits. At AFS, we offer a hybrid work schedule for most roles that allows employees to have the flexibility of working from home and one of our primary offices.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Commitment

We're looking for all kinds of people.

At Apex, we believe that wealth management and investing should be accessible to everyone, and we strive to create spaces to democratize investing for folks of all walks of life. Internally, we embrace diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace, which reflects our company vision and mission. We value every team member's unique perspective and are committed to fostering a culture where everyone belongs. Join us in our mission to empower and celebrate individual differences.

Apex is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We ensure that qualified applicants receive fair consideration for employment without discrimination based on sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, genetics, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. We stand by this commitment to promote a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce.

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