Description:

We are seeking a super hands-on Senior Backend Developer to join our motivated team at fundcraft! In this exciting role, you will have a key impact on driving the growth and success of the fundcraft brand by delivering innovative backend solutions that make a difference.

Work Modality: Hybrid
Location: Girona, Spain
Seniority Level: Senior
Reporting to the: Lead Backend Engineer

About the Team:

Our team thrives on an agile, quality-driven approach with two-week sprints to ensure rapid, yet well-structured, product development. Your contributions will play a crucial role in delivering innovative digital solutions and ensure our product offers a seamless en-to-end user experience.

Our Tech Stack:

At fundcraft, we pride ourselves on leveraging a modern and powerful tech stack to drive innovation and efficiency in fund operations. Our stack is designed for scalability, flexibility, and continuous improvement, ensuring our platform remains cutting-edge and capable of supporting our clients' evolving needs.

• Backend: Python with FastAPI, Django, and Celery, leveraging clean architecture principles to build robust, scalable APIs and efficiently manage asynchronous task processing.
• Frontend: ReactJS, delivering a seamless and responsive user experience.
• Cloud Infrastructure: AWS Cloud, providing the backbone for our highly available and scalable infrastructure.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Docker for containerized application management, ensuring consistent and reliable deployments.
• Databases: PostgreSQL for relational data storage, Redis and MongoDB, designed for scalability and high performance.
• API Design: OpenAPI standards for clear, maintainable, and scalable API development
• CI/CD: GHA, continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery pipelines enabling fast, efficient deployments.
• Testing: Unit tests, automated end-to-end (e2e) testing, quality gates to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Collaboration Tools: Agile workflows powered by Jira and Confluence to keep our teams aligned and efficient.

About the Role:

As a Senior Backend Developer, you will  be a key player in building and shaping our platform. You will design and develop scalable, high-performance backend systems, ensuring reliability and efficiency.
Collaboration is at the heart of what we do, so you will work closely with product managers, frontend developers, and other teams to align our technical solutions with business goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and maintain backend solutions using programming languages such as Python, ReactJS, Docker and AWS Cloud technologies. 
• Develop and optimize APIs to support various frontend applications and external integrations, ensuring high performance, scalability, and security.
• Write automated unit tests and integration tests to validate backend functionality and ensure code quality and reliability. 
• Collaborate with QA engineers to conduct thorough testing and debugging, and address any issues or bugs in a timely manner.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of backend systems, APIs, and processes to facilitate knowledge transfer and ensure code maintainability. 
• Share technical insights and best practices with team members, and contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering processes and workflows.
  • Proactively provide technical knowledge and support to junior and other senior backend engineers.
• Work closely with frontend engineers, designers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver high-quality solutions that meet business objectives and user needs. 
• Communicate effectively with team members, providing regular updates on project status, challenges, and progress.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of proven experience as a Python developer.
• Strong expertise in developing, deploying, and maintaining web-based applications using Python, or a strong willingness and ability to work with it.
• Commitment to writing clean, efficient, and high-quality code.
• Fluency in both spoken and written Spanish.
• Fluency in both spoken and written English.

Skills & Expected Behaviours:

• Accountable for own and team deliverables in time & quality and reporting up.
• Proactively propose solutions, challenge the status quo, propose & implement improvements.
• Take your own decisions and contribute with ideas and arguments.
• Drive results by executing daily tasks and planning/ executing projects.
• Take actions based on feedback received to improve, provide constructive feedback.
• State your valid arguments, "Disagree & commit".
• Acknowledge mistakes & learn from them, ask for and / or provide help.
• Approach challenges with a creative and analytical mindset.
• Actively support the fast adoption of change.
• Spot and go the extra mile.

Why Join Us:

• Join a culture that celebrates creativity and welcomes innovative, disruptive ideas, empowering you to make a real impact.
• Immerse yourself in a fast-paced, diverse workplace where you'll have the chance to collaborate and learn from specialists across various fields, fostering personal and professional growth.
• Embrace automation and seamless tech integration in your workflows⚙️, while our platform boosts operations through tech leverage, ensuring you stay ahead of the curve and updated with new technologies.
• Enjoy an attractive compensation package that recognizes your contributions and dedication to our shared success, rewarding you fairly for your hard work.
• Work in a comfortable, ergonomic environment within our spacious, modern offices located conveniently in the heart of Girona, just minutes away from the train station where you can enjoy daily fresh fruit and coffee!☕️
• Monthly afterworks organised by the company to unwind and strengthen team connections.
• Enjoy flexible entry hours that help you balance your personal life with your work commitments.⚖️

About the Company:

Join the exciting journey at fundcraft, where we're revolutionizing the fund industry providing digital-native fund operations. Our mission is clear: to be our client's digital native partner, providing simple, transparent and integrated fund operations empowering alternative investment managers to focus on their core business.

As a fully CSSF-licensed AIFM and central administrator, fundcraft is uniquely positioned to meet the diverse fund operations needs of private equity, venture capital, and funds of funds.

Be part of our dedicated team of financial experts, lawyers, product managers, tech developers, and corporate professionals who are committed to disrupting the financial industry with our unique product and innovative tech-led approach. We're proud to stand out from competition and be the first provider to offer such a comprehensive solution.

Founded in 2020, fundcraft has grown rapidly, already employing over 90 professionals across two countries. If you're passionate about driving change and making a difference in the financial world, join us and be part of our success story.