Python Backend Engineer

We are a leading trading platform that is ambitiously expanding to the four corners of the globe. Our top-rated products have won prestigious industry awards for their cutting-edge technology and seamless client experience. We deliver only the best, so we are always in search of the best people to join our ever-growing talent team.

Capital.com is a global trading platform offering clients to invest in Gold, Oil, Apple, Tesla and 6,500+ other world-renowned markets. We are enhancing our Backend Team and looking for great Engineers with an interest in trading to join our Team!

Our Backend Engineering team plays a pivotal role in ensuring the robustness, speed, and security of our Product. Dedicated to enhancing performance, providing a best-in-class user experience, ensuring compliance, and safeguarding data, the team’s efforts directly impact our ability to offer clients a seamless and secure trading journey.

We are seeking a skilled Python Backend Engineer to join our growing team. You will be responsible for developing and optimising our backend systems that power our Product. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of our systems, with a focus on enhancing the performance and user experience for our clients.

Experience & Domain Knowledge:

*  **Backend** : Strong understanding of distributed applications and client-server model
*  **Financial Applications Proficiency:** Experience in FinTech, Banking, or similar areas is a must
*  **Scalability Technologies:** Knowledge about technologies that allow for platform scaling to handle sudden influxes of user activities or transactions
*  **High-Performance Platforms:** Experience in designing, building, and optimising high-performance systems is a plus
*  **Security:** Knowledge of potential threats and security measures for transactional data is a plus

Technical Skills:

*  **Python:** Strong experience with Python and satellites (Flask, Requests, FastAPI, REST-Api, peewee, pandas)
*  **Database Mastery:** Strong SQL knowledge (PostgreSQL)
*  **Version Control & Development Practices:** Proficiency in Git Flow, Docker containerization, TDD/BDD
*  **Operational Proficiency:** Understanding and hands-on experience in SDLC, Kubernetes, pipelines, CI/CD patterns and strategies, ongoing support (Grafana, Kibana)
*  **Cloud Platforms:** Understanding of the Cloud Native applications principles and basic knowledge of resources and use cases for public cloud (AWS, Azure, and GCP)
*  **Events streaming:** Understanding of the event driven architecture (Kafka or similar solutions)

Soft Skills:

*  **Communication** : Effective communication skills, especially with teams responsible for security, operations, and product
*  **Analytical thinking** : Ability to tackle and investigate complicated problems and convert them to the task
*  **Adaptability to Rapid Changes** : Demonstrated capability to adjust to quick technological shifts and evolving business requirements
*  **Ownership and Accountability** : Readiness to take ownership of tasks, and issues as well as demonstrate accountability for the results and outcome

Nice to have:

*  **Trading Systems:** This would be a plus to have experience in developing core trading services, implementing real-time financial trading services, risk-based calculation algorithms, and designing low-latency, high-availability service
*  **Crypto:** Understanding and practical experience of blockchain fundamentals and platforms
*  **Performance:** Knowledge of JVM performance optimization practices
*  **Third-party systems:** Proficiency in MetaTrader platform development and integration

What you will get in return:

* You will join a company, that cares about work and life balance
* Annual Bonus based on the performance review cycle
* Generous Annual Leave Policy
* Medical Insurance and Pension fund, with additional benefit packages based on the location
* Flexible work options: choose between a hybrid model or fully remote work across your country of employment
* Multisite Policy with 30 additional days working remotely from anywhere in the world
* Possibility of taking two additional days of paid leave per year to dedicate to volunteering efforts

Be a key player at the forefront of the digital assets movement, propelling your career to new heights!

Join a dynamic and rapidly expanding company that values and rewards talent, initiative, and creativity.

Work alongside one of the most brilliant teams in the industry.