Senior Software Engineer (Limerick/Hybrid)

North (NAB-IRE Ventures Limited)
1 year ago
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Job Summary: North is a dynamic and innovative technology company dedicated to reshaping the landscape of financial risk and compliance management.

Learn more about the general tasks related to this opportunity below, as well as required skills.

We seek a product-minded Software Engineer with a focus on software development to join our talented team at the Fraud & Risk Management Research & Development Centre of Excellence in Limerick.

Position Overview: As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work towards building and maintaining our cutting-edge platform using the best software engineering practices and adhering to the industry standards while collaborating with other software engineers, architects, product managers and stakeholders.

This platform will leverage the power of artificial intelligence to address the complex challenges of fraud detection, risk assessment, and regulatory compliance in the financial industry.

This position will be responsible for the full software development life cycle, including, but not limited to: API design and management, microservices, unit testing, production readiness and observability.

What youll do: Write clean, reusable, readable code with the appropriate tests.

Execute code reviews and other peer review processes (e.g., pair programming) to ensure code quality and security practices.

Triage product and systems issues, including debugging and monitoring, aiming to resolve problems and identify root causes.

Research new technologies, including hands-on technical evaluation and POCs.

Collaborate with software engineers, architects, UI/UX designers, and product managers to deliver high-quality solutions.

Produce and contribute to high-quality documentation.

Participate in conversations and workshops with stakeholders to understand requirements and identify solutions and opportunities.

Mentoring other engineers.

What we need from you: 5+ years of experience in application development.

Bachelors degree in a relevant discipline, or relevant experience.

Experience working in the financial services, financial technology and risk management industry.

Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, comfortable discussing technical information.

In-depth knowledge of a selected programming language (e.g., Java, SQL).

Experience working with microservices frameworks (e.g., SpringBoot, Quarkus, Dropwizard).

Experience with testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, Mockito, JaCoCo, TestContainers).

Experience working with RESTful APIs and familiarity with GraphQL.

Experience working with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and knowledge of NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB).

Experience with building and package tools (e.g., Maven, Gradle).

Experience with containerisation tools (e.g., Docker, Podman, Buildpack, Jib).

Experience deploying applications onto cloud-native environments (e.g., AWS, GCP).

Knowledge of OpenAPI specification.

Knowledge of software versioning control using Git and related platforms (e.g., Bitbucket, Github).

Experience implementing security measures and ensuring compliance with data privacy and security regulations.

Additional information:This is a hybrid role
- as part of our hybrid work model, employees are expected to be onsite at our Limerick City office on in-office days.

Disclaimer: The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.

It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

North reserves the right to alter this description at any time.

North practices the concept of equal employment opportunity with respect to hiring, promotions, transfers, pay, discipline, fringe benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment.

No individual will be discriminated against, and no employment decisions will be made, on the basis of an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, protected disability, marital status, familial status, veteran status, height, weight or citizenship.

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Remote working/work at home options are available for this role.

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