Software Architect

WHAT YOU’LL BE WORKING ON

• Participate in the formulation and take responsibility for the implementation of the company’s long-term engineering strategy for developing proprietary software.
• Deeply immerse in application architecture. Proactively assess existing risks, address technical debt, and enhance the stability and performance of the application.
• Organize and maintain the release policy. Fine-tune the testing pyramid and quality gates to meet stability, security, and market/business requirements.
• Develop the development ecosystem (tools, processes) to achieve the best results in terms of predictability and quality of feature delivery.
• Assist team leads in organizing and maintaining development processes and people management: delivery pipelines, productivity and motivation management, hiring, and staff development.
• Develop the production ecosystem: fault tolerance, observability, and incident management.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE

• Proven experience as an engineering manager or lead architect in recent years.
• Broad technical expertise: algorithms, data structures, Linux, networks, security, SQL/NoSQL databases, and cloud platforms.
• Understanding the principles of distributed applications and microservice architecture (communication protocols, distributed transactions).
• Significant prior experience as a developer in one or more modern programming languages, including Go.
• Fluent in English and russian

WILL BE A PLUS

• A genuine interest in the theory and practice of management, with a desire to learn and grow.
• Experience in organizing process-based management approaches (BPM).
• Knowledge of domain-driven design (DDD) principles and practical experience applying them to real projects.
• In-depth familiarity with cloud infrastructure (we use AWS) and the ability to collaborate effectively with the Head of Infrastructure, understanding the pros and cons of proposed solutions.
• Experience in the finance sector or other areas where data security and integrity are critical requirements.
• Experience working in remote-only companies.
• Strong self-organization skills, with the ability to manage your own time and workload effectively.

WHAT WE OFFER

• An opportunity to make something great even greater, you can be the reason why we grow, develop, and become the best fintech company on the market!
• Career prospects — we are young, we have huge ambitions, and it is important that our employees grow with us
• Work with coworkers who are passionate about their business;
• Compensation that will fully correspond to the competence and knowledge, with yearly performance reviews;
• The opportunity to attend conferences, courses, and professional development at the company’s expense — we favor the continuous development of our employees;
• Private health insurance coverage;
• 20 days of vacation time; Bank holidays; Sick leaves; Additional birthday day off;
• Team building events and corporate parties.

You can find out more about our team, our values, and the unique ways we celebrate our successes here: fyst.com/culture