As a Senior System Engineer, you contribute to reusable artefacts and best practices for the organisation and have demonstrated this in your previous assignments. You are capable of mentoring colleagues and participating in R&D and CS interactions.
What you'll do
This is a challenging position where you will be exposed to a variety of environments and technologies within different teams in R&D.
Being a System Engineer at Backbase means taking ownership of your projects and enabling our teams to set up their environments from test to release. You will analyze the specific situation and needs, providing documented guidelines for implementation. You will advise on security standards and performance optimization.
You will design, develop, and oversee the implementation of solutions that improve the stability, scalability, availability, and latency of our product. At Backbase, we focus on providing solutions rather than workarounds. You will work closely with R&D Engineers, contributing valuable input to improve our product through collaboration.
This role requires in-depth knowledge of the current SDLC used by Backbase, best practices, trends, and related technologies, as well as an interest in new tools.
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in a similar role;
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience;
- Professional proficiency in English, both written and spoken;
- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator or similar qualification is a plus.
Functional/technical skills include:
- Experience in developing custom solutions for system monitoring, deployments, continuous integration, etc.;
- Design and/or build mission-critical services (large-scale internet or cloud-based services);
- Solid software development background with Java, Spring, and Maven;
- Experience with Shell scripting, Java, and Python programming;
- Expertise with Linux/Unix systems;
- Experience with configuration management tools (preferably Maven, Ansible);
- Experience with continuous integration servers (such as Bamboo, Jenkins, TeamCity, GoCD);
- Knowledge of cloud-native deployments on Kubernetes (EKS, Azure, GCP, OpenShift, or bare metal) and Pivotal Cloud Foundry.
R&D experience includes:
- Understanding of systems monitoring, alerting, and analytics tools (NewRelic, Cacti, Graphite, Log Stash, Nagios, Ganglia, etc.);
- Proven experience managing production systems and resolving production issues;
- Extensive knowledge of automation tools;
- Experience deploying to application servers such as Jetty, Tomcat, JBoss, WebSphere in enterprise environments, and working with Relational and NoSQL Databases;
- Experience with Agile development methodologies;
- Insight into systems architecture;
- Experience with Helm Charts;
- Proficiency with Npm, Node, Maven;
- Experience with Python, Flask, and Jinja2;
- Knowledge of REST APIs;
- Experience with Git version control;
- Experience with software testing and CI/CD pipelines (Travis CI, GitLab, Jenkins, GoCD);
- Experience with domain-specific languages like Chef, Ansible, Salt, or Puppet;
- Experience with deployment and configuration management;
- Knowledge of static code analysis and code quality practices;
- Understanding of security considerations;
- Awareness of Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs);
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes;
- Understanding of deploying mobile apps, pipelines, and production releases.
Join our team at Backbase, recognized as one of the LinkedIn Top Companies of 2023 in the Netherlands. We offer a great work environment, opportunities for career growth, and a culture of collaboration, innovation, and growth. Work with talented industry professionals and help shape the future of digital banking.
Our environment is lively and diverse, emphasizing celebration of achievements, humor, and shared interests in food, movies, travel, and sports. We are a big, diverse family working towards common goals.
Benefits
Insurance: Private health insurance options for you and your family.
Cycle: Loan bikes, cycling equipment, and a generous tax allowance through our Cycle to Work Scheme.
Pension: Pension scheme with a 4.5% contribution matched by Backbase.
Health: Discounted gym memberships via our corporate fitness plan.
Referral: Incentives for referring top talent.