Sr. Backend Developer

EngineeringFull TimeToronto, ON

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About Koho

Koho is a high profile FinTech company backed by some of the leading investors and advisors across Canada and Silicon Valley. More than 10,000 Canadians have signed up to join Koho and we’re just getting started.

We’re building Koho because we think there is a real opportunity to democratize the best financial tools for all Canadians, without profiting from fees, complexity and confusion. 

We’re starting with the Koho Visa* Prepaid Card and mobile app that allows users to manage daily financial needs (direct paycheque load, bill pay, ATM cash withdrawals, etc.), while offering tools such as automated savings goals, real-time updates, transfers, spending insights, categorizations and much more. You can see what people are saying about us here & what we’re working on here.

About the Role

As a Senior Backend Developer at Koho, you will be part of one of Koho’s feature teams, applying your expertise in Software Engineering and Architecture to create the backend API component of the features used directly by Koho users. The results of your work will be highly visible, both inside and outside of Koho.

Requirements

Relevant Experience

  • 4+ years of industry software engineer and architecture experience;
  • 2+ years building distributed software applications & scalable backends;
  • A full understanding of the SDLC;
  • A passion for technology;
  • A passion for hands-on data-driven architecture;
  • A familiarity with highly available, secure, self-healing, message driven, distributed systems, and scalable backends;
  • Expert level proficiency in one or more programming languages;
  • A passion for automation and quality assurance;
  • A passion for being data-driven.

Nice-to-Have Skills & Experience

  • Go (a.k.a. Golang)
  • Postgres
  • RabbitMQ
  • Amazon AWS
  • Docker
  • Event Sourcing
  • Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS)
  • Staged Event-Driven Architecture (SEDA)
  • Domain-Driven Design (DDD)

Bonus Skills & Experience

  • Ionic
  • PhoneGap
  • AngularJS
  • TypeScript
  • Machine Learning
  • Data Science
  • Startup experience

Benefits

Working at Koho

We can’t stand lip-service values. We invest time and resources into making sure Koho is as good as the people we hire. Just some of the reasons to apply:

  • Solve an important problem with an exceptional team
  • Full health and dental coverage
  • Get equity in a company you believe in
  • Growth minded company, including access to a personal coach
  • "Powder days" to give you the flexibility you need

*The Koho Visa Prepaid card is issued by Peoples Trust Company pursuant to license by Visa Int.