What is our mission?:

Orbital is on an exciting mission to revolutionise global cross-border payments by innovatively combining traditional fiat banking rails with stablecoins over blockchain rails for a variety of use cases. Our class leading B2B payments platform offers multi-currency e-money accounts (corporate IBANs) combined with a suite of digital assets services. Our company sits at the frontier of payments & fintech, by intersecting blockchain and traditional (fiat) financial services, and is leading the way to bridging those two worlds for corporate enterprises globally.

We believe blockchain technology is firmly here to stay, and we want to be the first to bring a combined offering of fiat & crypto payment services under one exciting platform. Learn more about our team and company story here.

What is the purpose of this role in delivery of our mission?

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you are comfortable with Amazon Web Services (AWS), microservice architecture and ideally with previous Software as a Service (“SaaS”) experience. You will be responsible for a full software development cycle: Design => Develop => Test => Deploy => Operate => Support. We have dedicated DevOps and QA, but we are looking for someone that has a strong experience of understanding the full cycle and who can deliver end to end. Have good exposure to TDD and DevOps.

What are the key responsibilities / activities of the role:

- Translate designs and wireframes into high-quality code Understand business requirements.
- Translate the business requirement into technical requirements.
- Design, build and maintain high performance, reusable and reliable code Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs.
- Develop new user-facing features as well as APIs.
- Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
- Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders.
- JavaScript experience (Preferably Nodejs), HTML5, CSS3, front-end frameworks (React, Angular), NoSQL (Preferable MongoDB and DynamoDB), RDBMS (MySQL, Oracle), RESTFUL API Development, Git.

What is the scope of accountability for the role:

- Develop user friendly features as well as APIs

What are the essential skills, qualifications and experience required for the role?

- Degree level education in Computer Science, Network Technologies or similar field.
- Previous Backend Engineer experience, ideally within the FinTech/blockchain sector
- Strong experience in Software Engineering
- Experienced in TypeScript, JavaScript ES6+
- Server-side development experience e.g. Node.js.
- Experience in designing, building and maintaining RESTful APIs.
- Proficiency with SQL/NoSQL (Preferably MongoDB and DynamoDB).
- Familiarity with Linux/Unix administration.
- Familiarity with AWS cloud platform (Preferably Lambda, EC2, EB, IAM, SQS, SNS, CI & CD, API Gateway, Route 53, CloudFormation, S3, EventBridge, EventBus).
- Excellent understanding of microservice architecture, serverless.
- Version control best practices using Git.
- Experience working in an Agile delivery team.

Why Join Us:
- Be part of a cutting-edge company at the forefront of the cryptocurrency payments revolution.
- Lead groundbreaking research that shapes the future of payments.
- Collaborate with a passionate and talented team dedicated to innovation and excellence.
- Enjoy a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits including shares, bonus, and more (additional benefits vary depending on the location).

Orbital is committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, race, gender, religion or belief. We believe the uniqueness of Orbitrons greatly contributes to our success. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please let a member of the recruiter team know.