Senior API Engineer
About this role
Ebury helps ambitious businesses unlock global growth, and we take the same approach with our people. We encourage innovation and movement, collaboration and problem-solving, and foster an environment where everyone can feel they belong, are valued, supported and empowered to succeed.
If you’re a collaborator who wants to help transform how businesses operate globally, get in touch - we’d love to discuss how Ebury can accelerate your career so you can shape the future.
Senior API Engineer
Madrid Office - Hybrid: 4 days in the office, 1 day working from home
We are seeking a Senior Backend-focused Engineer to play a crucial part in our API team. In this role, you will be working on scaling our main web application and developing tooling and processes to empower Ebury product teams to ship amazing features efficiently and independently while maintaining a unified, usable experience for our customers.
We’re looking for the right attitude, work ethic, and entrepreneurial spirit to ask the hard questions. To be informed by data, but be led by a desire to solve our customers' problems. You should learn by default and be ever curious. You should be programming language, framework, and tool agnostic but have strong opinions (weakly held) on the right tool to solve our biggest problems.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the development of the next iteration of our platform channels, collaborating both in the development and delivery of new products but also in the improvement and maintenance of existing ones
- Collaborate with your team members and engineering leaders to design new services and components using our Request For Comments (RFC) process
- In line with our 'You build it, you own it' philosophy, we expect you to take full ownership of the products you build, embracing both their development and ongoing maintenance
- We look for developers that can build and run services. Therefore, you will be comfortable with containerising your code, and adding monitoring and alerting to your services
- Quality is important to us; we expect your code to be testable and well covered with unit and integration tests
- We use CI/CD pipelines and IaC tools for the deployment of services and infrastructure. From time to time, you might need to contribute to it
- Mentor junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, collaboration and innovation, while setting an example of culture and performance
- The position may require being on-call at times
About you:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of software development experience, with a proven track record of building high-performance, client-facing web applications
- Knowledge of basic algorithms, object-oriented and functional design principles, and best-practice patterns
- Experience with Python, Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, RestAPIs
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS
- Experience with IAM framework and related tools like Keycloak
- Strong understanding of system architecture, API design, and building scalable services, including incorporating monitoring, alerting, and integrating complex external systems.
- Strong knowledge of Linux systems, cloud infrastructure, networking, and databases
- Proficient understanding of code versioning with Git
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills in English for seamless international teamwork
What we offer:
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Discretionary bonus based on performance
- Continued personal development through training and certification
- We are Open Source-friendly, following Open Source principles in our internal projects and encouraging contributions to external projects
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About us
Ebury delivers sophisticated, integrated solutions — business accounts, hedging, and financing — on a single platform with a seamless workflow. Our success is built on a simple premise and singular purpose: To help businesses operate and scale globally.
Since its founding in 2009, Ebury has always been a fast-growing leader in fintech. Today, we bring together 2000+ Eburians across nearly 70 cities and we’re always looking to add to our team.
At the heart of our offering is a proprietary platform, purpose-built to help businesses seamlessly streamline and manage global cash flow. We focus on continuous product evolution and innovation to build the infrastructure for borderless growth and help our clients scale at every stage.
The opportunities at Ebury are as diverse as our people, ranging from business development to engineering roles across our tech pillars.
We believe in inclusion. We stand against discrimination in all forms and are against the intolerance of differences that makes us a modern and successful organisation. At Ebury, you can be whoever you want to be and still feel a sense of belonging no matter your story.
Important Security Notice for Job Applicants:
Ebury only accepts applications via official Ebury channels. We will only contact you from an @ebury.com domain. Always check the emails you receive from us, and note that we will never request payment for any part of the recruitment process. Stay safe and report suspicious activity.
Notice to Recruitment Agencies and Search Firms:
Ebury does not accept unsolicited resumes, CVs, or candidate profiles from recruitment agencies or search firms without signed written Ebury recruitment terms in place for a specific role. Any unsolicited applications will be considered the sole property of Ebury. Ebury will not be responsible or liable for any placement fees or costs associated with unagreed candidate submissions or subsequent hires.
AI Transparency Statement:
Ebury uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automated tools to help streamline certain parts of our recruitment process, however, these tools are strictly for administrative efficiency. All hiring decisions, including application reviews, shortlisting, and final selections are evaluated and conducted by human talent acquisition professionals and hiring managers.
Company at a glance
Ebury is a global fintech offering innovative financial solutions to help ambitious businesses operate and scale in a borderless world.
Our proprietary technology and bespoke approach remove the friction from global cash flow operations, helping businesses unlock their global growth without barriers. From business accounts to hedge, financing, APIs, and more - we offer everything businesses need to operate and grow in new markets with clarity, confidence, and control.
Founded in London in 2009 by Juan Lobato and Salvador García, we are expanding rapidly with a global presence across 50+ offices in over 30+ regulated markets. It is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK.
For more information, visit http://www.ebury.com.
Top Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Benefits Package
- Discretionary Bonus
- Training and Certification
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