Sr Backend Engineer

About Zepz

Zepz powers two leading global remittance brands, WorldRemit and Sendwave, to build the next generation of cross-border payments. Serving over 9 million customers across 4,000 corridors, Zepz is transforming how money moves across borders by making it faster, safer and more convenient. Its innovative digital solutions are designed to break down financial barriers and expand access to better financial tools. Zepz operates across a broad global footprint, connecting the global north and south and enabling migrants to support loved ones, fuel local economies and build better futures.

Come join us

Our Commitments:

• Velocity - We are fast

• Outcomes - We work for our customers

• Integrity - We do the right thing

About the Role

We are looking for an Automation Engineer to build software that streamlines key business processes for our internal teams. This is a full-stack development role where you'll own the solution end-to-end, from back-end code, to the database and cloud infrastructure, to user-facing tools. The ideal candidate is an empathetic problem-solver who is dedicated to elevating the productivity and experience of our colleagues through high-quality, reliable code, while championing our core values of Velocity (be fast), Outcomes (focus on the customer), and Integrity (do the right thing).

What you will own:

• Build Automation: Design and build robust automation tools and software systems using Python as the primary language.
• Full-Stack Development: Perform activities across all layers of the technology stack, including back-end programming, front-end appearance, and database integration.
• System Design & Implementation: Be involved in all stages of software development, including architectural design, development, database integrations, and user experience (UX).
• Code Management: Utilize GitHub for source code control, collaborative development, and implementing continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Deploy, manage, and scale applications using Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Testing and Quality Assurance: Develop and maintain comprehensive test suites to ensure software reliability, performance, and conformance to specifications.
• API Integration: Proficiently read and interpret external API documentation and write conformant software to connect and interact with these APIs.
• Collaboration: Listen to stakeholders, understand their needs, and translate complex requirements into straightforward, carefully designed software solutions.

What you'll bring to the table

• Python Expertise: Strong professional experience developing back-end software solutions using Python, or similar languages such as PHP, Perl or Ruby.
• Database Management: Hands-on experience with relational databases, specifically PostgreSQL.
• Cloud Computing: Practical experience utilizing and managing services within AWS.
• Version Control: Proficient in using git for version control and team collaboration.
• Software Testing: Demonstrated ability to write effective and thorough test suites.
• Familiarity with containerization (e.g., Docker and/or Podman).
• Experience building internal tools using low-code/no-code platforms like Retool.

What you'll get from us
Please note that the benefits below will apply to permanent roles.

We have five core benefits for our talent in the US, UK, Philippines, Poland, and South Africa. specifically:

• Unlimited Annual Leave: Feel free to make the most of your time off and maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Private Medical Cover: You can opt-in to a Private Medical Insurance scheme. This provides you with access to thorough medical coverage, so you can feel confident in your health and well-being.
• Retirement: We offer pension schemes to help you plan for and secure your future.
• Life Assurance: Life assurance is available to give you peace of mind and protect your loved ones in case of the unexpected.
• Parental Leave: We offer competitive parental leave schemes to ensure you are spending as much quality time with your new bundle of joy as possible.

We are also remote-first as an organisation, offering flexibility for you to work where you need to be most productive. In addition to the above, you will discover that we have a range of secondary perks (such as the cycle-to-work scheme and employee discounts) depending on your location, to help you thrive at Zepz

Why choose Zepz?

• Our team of over 800 employees is fully distributed across the world. We are working from coffee shops, homes, and co-working spaces — making us one of the larger fully distributed growth-stage startups in the world but we also offer workspace in our talent cluster locations - spaces we can meet, collaborate and connect.
• We are proud parents, community organizers, farmers, band members, yoga teachers, YouTube influencers, former Olympians, and serial entrepreneurs.
• We collectively speak over twenty languages, including Akuapem, Amharic, Bengali, Ewe, Fante, Ga, Igbo, Kalenjin, Luganda, Oromo, Somali, Swahili, Wolof, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.
• At Zepz, embodying our commitments binds us together. We are collectively passionate about striving to achieve our vision and purpose - to continue to provide the best service to our users.

Ready to Apply?

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. If interested, please submit your resume along with a cover letter (optional), highlighting why your experience demonstrates you meet the requirements of the role. Please also indicate the countries in which you have work authorization.

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. Zepz is a place where everyone can thrive.

So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, and if at all you might need any form of support to make the process as comfortable as possible, please let us know and give us a shot by applying. We want you to be excited to wake up to make an impact every day.

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