Software Engineer - Low Latency

Bitvavo

Netherlands · Full-time · Entry

What is the role about?

We are a rapidly growing engineering organisation making digital assets accessible to our customers. To meet the demands of our growing customer base and an increasing number of assets offered, we are expanding our core backend teams to drive innovation with a focus on designing and implementing cutting-edge low-latency services with an aim for enabling seamless customer experience.

How will you make an impact?

Collaborate with your Engineering Manager, Staff Engineer and the team to craft highly performant, low latency and high throughput services
Dive into technical challenges, building solutions to guarantee peak performance across our systems with focus on measurements and benchmarking
Actively participate in pivotal decisions on technology stacks and architecture
Participate in operational rotations to resolve incidents in our production environment

How will you be successful?

2+ years of development experience.
Understanding low-level JVM & OS concepts with a strong grasp of the language, preferably Kotlin
Understanding programming design patterns and principles
Nice to Haves:

Seeking a tech startup/scale-up environment
Knowledge about network protocol - TCP, UDP
Familiarity with libraries such as Aeron and/or Chronicle queue
Experience with event-driven microservices using Kafka
Experience with the Kubernetes ecosystem and cloud platforms — we work on AWS

If you are passionate about backend development, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and want to contribute to the success of a leading cryptocurrency exchange, we invite you to apply for the Senior Backend Engineer position at Bitvavo.

Bitvavo does not accept resumes from staffing, search, or recruitment firms without a signed agreement. If you send us a resume without such an agreement, we may contact the candidate directly without any obligation whatsoever and no fee of any kind will be paid should we hire the candidate.

Benefits

We care about our people. That's why we have a broad range of benefits to support them mentally, physically, and in their career growth. And an extra holiday for your birthday, just for fun.

Flexible well-being budget
Training and development budget
Competitive package
Hybrid working
Pension scheme
26 days holiday leave
Internet allowance
Mental health support platform

Key Skills

Ranked by relevance

jvm kotlin udp microservices kafka kubernetes cloud cryptocurrency

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Posted: Oct 29, 2024
Type: Full-time
Level: Entry
Location: Amsterdam
Company: Bitvavo

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