Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure and Microservices

Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure and Microservices

Runa is at the forefront of digital payment solutions, offering a unique payment rail that allows businesses to send and receive digital value at scale. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team in Sofia, Bulgaria, to help us continue to innovate and deliver exceptional products to our customers.

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for producing clean, scalable, and reusable code. You will play a crucial role in delivering products that significantly impact our customers. You will have the opportunity to contribute to architecture and take ownership and accountability of parts of the product. You will be part of the Network team and will report to the Engineering Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deliver, and deploy large-scale, complex projects used by thousands of people with high throughput.
• Utilize modern technology like AWS serverless infrastructure and event-driven microservice architecture.
• Mentor junior team members to support their growth and development.
• Act as a subject matter expert on technology and domain-specific problems, taking ownership of software services from end to end.
• Improve the responsiveness and overall performance of our web services.
• Lead technical interviews to help scale the team.

Our Tech Stack

• We use Python and TypeScript services running across Kubernetes (EKS) and Lambda functions.
• Our persistence is largely Aurora (Postgres), but new services will also leverage DynamoDB and their event triggers.
• We value skills in any programming language and are open to engineers from any programming background.

What We Are Looking For

• Around 5+ years of software engineering experience, architecting and developing new services and features from end to end.
• Ability to take ownership of design and architecture of large-scale systems and develop API-heavy software solutions without guidance.
• Passion for promoting software engineering best practices and mentoring junior engineers.
• Proactive contribution to the continual improvement of our engineering processes.

Benefits

• Hybrid work structure with 1 day a week at our Sofia Office.
• £1000 annual L&D allowance for mastering your craft, including accredited studies, plus 5 days study leave per year.
• 25 days holiday.
• Work from anywhere for up to 45 calendar days a year.
• Participation in the Employee Options pool, giving you ownership in Runa.
• Private Medical Health Insurance, covering Dental & Vision Insurance.
• Runa Reset Days - Runa closes on the first Friday of each quarter for a well-deserved Reset Day.
• Summer Hours - In August, we log off at 3pm on Fridays.
• Enhanced parental leave for all new parents, up to 16 weeks full pay.

Interview Process

• Call with Talent Partner.
• System Design Interview.
• Coding Interview.
• Values Interview.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all the requirements but believe you would be a good fit for the role.

Diversity and Inclusion

Runa is committed to providing a hiring and working experience in which all people feel equally respected and valued, regardless of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.