Senior Software Engineer (Golang/TypeScript)

FXC Intelligence Limited; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 125,000 - GBP 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial data company in the UK seeks a Senior Software Engineer skilled in Golang, Node.js, and TypeScript. You'll join a dedicated team to enhance their Sales Enablement Platform and shape the future of cross-border finance. This role involves high-performance backend development and collaborative efforts to create innovative software solutions. The company offers a supportive culture, embracing diversity and AI technologies. A competitive salary of $5,000 to $6,000 per month is offered, along with opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Positive company culture

Qualifications

• Professional software development experience with complex technical challenges.
• Experience with Golang to build backend services.
• Ability to develop responsive web applications using React, Node, and TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and optimise a high-performance Node/TypeScript backend.
• Deliver polished React and TypeScript applications.
• Take ownership of features from ideation to production.

Skills

Golang

Node.js

TypeScript

React

SQL

Agile methodologies

Clean Code Principles

Tools

Git

AWS

Docker

Grafana

Prometheus

GitLab CI

Job description

Senior Software Engineer (Golang/ Node/TypeScript)

European Remote

$5,000 to $6,000 per month

Reporting to: Lead Software Engineer

Typical hours are Monday-Friday working UTC/UTC+1 with potential on-call support required

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Sales Enablement team, responsible for working on our Sales Enablement Platform, which gives enterprises the tools to build revenue and volume. We’re especially excited to find someone who is passionate about harnessing the power of AI and bringing fresh ideas and enthusiasm in practical, high-impact ways.

What success looks like in this role:

• You maintain and optimise a high-performance Node/TypeScript backend while spearheading the development of new microservices in Golang to evolve the team's technical capabilities

• You deliver polished React and TypeScript applications that provide enterprise customers with intuitive interfaces and a seamless user experience

• You take full ownership of features from ideation to production, collaborating with Product to define requirements and managing the entire CI/CD and monitoring lifecycle

• You act as a strategic technical voice, navigating the trade-offs between existing systems and new technologies while communicating architectural decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• You serve as a key voice in technical strategy, effectively reasoning through complex trade-offs and communicating architectural decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

About the team:

• You will join a technical team of c. 40 technologists with a key purpose of continuously and reliably collecting large amounts of financial data describing cross-border payments, then processing the data, checking the quality and serving it to our users so that they can make the best business decision

• The Sales Enablement team is made up of five people, including Developers, a QA and a Product Manager

• We follow Agile methodologies and collaborate closely with product and commercial teams, so you will be interacting with various stakeholders across the business in addition to your immediate team

You should apply if you can confidently:

• Bring professional software development experience to solve complex technical challenges and mentor others

• Utilise your knowledge and experience of Golang build new backend services for the system

• Develop sophisticated, responsive web applications using React, Node and TypeScript

• Design and optimise schemas while managing data integrity within SQL environments like MariaDB or PostgreSQL

• Apply "clean code" principles and language-specific idioms (Go/TS) to lead code reviews and establish high-quality engineering benchmarks for the team

• Champion software quality by writing comprehensive automated unit tests to ensure long-term stability

• Harness AI tools to accelerate your development productivity and successfully deploy AI-driven features into production environments

• Approach every challenge with a positive attitude and a proactive drive to learn new technologies and methodologies

It’s a bonus if you also have experience with:

• Microservices and microservice architecture

• Applications with concurrent logic (i.e. goroutines)

• Building CI/CD pipelines, especially with GitLab CI

• Configuring and using observability tools (e.g. Prometheus and Grafana)

• Containerisation services (e.g. Docker), AWS and/or Kubernetes

• gRPC

• MaterialUI

Tech Stack :

• Golang, TypeScript, React, MaterialUI, MariaDB, Clickhouse, Git, Gitlab, AWS

About us:

FXC Intelligence is a leading provider of cross-border payments data and intelligence, providing some of the world's biggest companies, central banks and non-governmental organisations with the strategic insights, expertise and awareness to effectively compete in their chosen markets. By joining us, you will be diving into a world of data-driven exploration and innovation, revolutionising financial insights through cutting-edge technologies, machine learning and predictive analytics.

Your contributions will shape the future of cross-border finance, helping clients to uncover better paths to growth and profitability, as well as being a trusted reference and source for many of the leading international publications.

We are proud to produce industry-changing data and intelligence, aided by our company values of being customer-focused, taking ownership, knowledge, communication and leadership.

We’re an innovative company that strives to look after its team, and we take pride in providing a positive company culture. Feel free to check out our blog, Instagram and Glassdoor pages to learn more about our culture and hear directly from our team about what it's really like to work with us

What’s in it for you?

• $5,000 to $6,000 per month

• Read more about being a Consultant at FXC Intelligence here

We’re an innovative company that strives to look after its team and we take pride in providing a positive company culture. Feel free to check out our Blog, Instagram, and Glassdoor pages to learn more about our culture and hear directly from our team about what it's really like to work with us!

At FXC Intelligence, we believe in embracing diversity in all forms and fostering an inclusive environment. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran status, neurodiversity status or disability status.

AI Usage Disclaimer:

At FXC Intelligence, we are enthusiastic about the use of AI tools and value candidates with experience or interest in AI technologies. However, we kindly ask that candidates refrain from using AI tools during interviews or for technical tasks unless explicitly instructed by us. This is because we want to understand your thought process and approach to tasks. If AI assistance is used in tasks or interviews where it was not permitted and is detected, the submission may be discounted.