Senior Backend Developer
KOHO Financial
About KOHO
About the Role
As a Lead Backend Developer, Risk on KOHO’s Tech and Engineering team, you will be a strong contributor in the KOHO ecosystem and work with other developers to help define and implement processes. You will be working as part of a cross-functional team and driving our core risk features from start to finish.
Our teams have a large degree of autonomy and ownership and we’re looking for someone with a high level of initiative. This is a fast-paced outcome-oriented environment! We are looking for collaborative-oriented developers like you who are always eager to learn and take on a leadership role to help other developers grow. Excited yet?
Please Note: This is a remote position based in Canada that is available to those who are legally entitled to work in Canada.
What You’ll Do
- You are an ambassador for KOHO and live the company’s five Values
- You will guide the technical strategy for your direct team
- You will be participating in rotating on-call duties, including incident management
- You will create technical designs for KOHO’s new features
- You will be mentoring and educating other developers on the team and accelerating their career growth
- You will be owning the production operation, monitoring our system, and helping define SLAs
Who You Are:
- You can lead a team of developers through complex work (but you don’t have direct reports)
- You can challenge the status quo through research and introduce new tech to the team
- You are solution-oriented - you identify problems, own them, and improve them!
- You can communicate complex technical issues in a concise and effective manner
- You thrive on collaborating within the tech team and other departments
- You can work independently and effectively without clear requirements or supervision
- You know how to find the balance between quality and speed
- You know how to monitor and observe the performance of your system in a production environment
- You understand microservices architecture and distributed systems
A bonus if you have experience or an interest in any of the following! -
- Go
- RESTful APIs, Docker, or AWS
- Understanding of risk related software development including fraud detection, AML & KYC
- Experience in a leadership role or any leadership training with a strong desire to lead a team of developers
- Front-End development experience in React, Angular or mobile hybrid development is a benefit
At KOHO, we are dedicated to providing pay transparency to all candidates. Compensation at KOHO is determined through various factors including but not limited to: comparable salary market data within Canada, technical skill assessment, a holistic view of previous work history, and internal pay equity with other KOHO team members.