Bitvavo

Backend engineer in securities trading

In short

Senior backend engineer role at Bitvavo, a digital assets trading platform and market leader in the Netherlands, building event-driven microservices for trading products. The team works on-site in Amsterdam, focusing on Kafka-based architecture, JVM languages (preferably Kotlin), and Kubernetes. Requires 8+ years of software development experience, including experience with retail trading products, plus participation in production incident rotations.

About Bitvavo
In 2018, Bitvavo launched the first version of its digital assets trading platform, to bridge the gap between traditional currencies and digital assets. By offering transparent fees, a wide range of assets and an easy to use platform, Bitvavo is making the currency of the future accessible for everyone. In two years' time, Bitvavo has established itself as the market leader in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe, with over one million users exchanging tens of billions of digital assets a year.
Responsibilities
•Collaborate with your Engineering Manager, Staff Engineer and colleagues across the organisation to craft high quality software used by our customers
•Dive into technical challenges, building solutions to guarantee peak performance across our systems
•Actively participate in pivotal decisions on technology stacks and architecture
•Participate in operational rotations to resolve incidents in our production environment
Requirements
•Experience with trading products in retail space
•8+ years of software development experience
•Expertise in event-driven microservices architecture, particularly with Kafka
•Strong proficiency in JVM languages, preferably Kotlin
•Familiarity with Kubernetes and a solid understanding of design patterns and programming principles
Conditions
At Bitvavo, we believe in attracting, motivating and retaining talented people through market-competitive offerings that go beyond compensation alone.

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