Backend Software Engineer at PPRO Group (München, Germany)

Backend Engineers build PPRO’s core payment platforms, products, services and APIs. As a growing FinTech company, PPRO relies on our robust core platforms to serve our customers world-wide in a way that is reliable and robust. As a backend engineer, you will work on the business logic to build and expand our services.

We are looking for people who have professional work experience as a Software Engineer, you should be comfortable in dealing with a lot of moving parts, have a good eye for detail, be comfortable to learn new technologies and systems, and understand the balance between striving for technical excellence and getting things done.

Key responsibilities

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• Develop and enhance tools and applications alongside other engineers by producing well-designed, testable code
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• Contribute to all phases of the software engineering lifecycle from requirements to delivery to customers including design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance and ongoing improvement
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• Manage individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables
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• Own and solve problems end-to-end
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• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organisation such as product, design, infrastructure and operations
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Key skills for this position

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• Proven work experience as a Software Engineer
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• Experience in a dynamic environment, agile methodologies and seeing projects through
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• Most of our backend code is written in C++. We also have excellent C++ teachers in our team. We are looking for both good C++ engineers as well as experienced software engineers who are eager to learn C++
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• Our servers are running on FreeBSD, so basic UNIX knowledge is necessary
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• Knowledge of additional languages like Python or JavaScript is a plus
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• Experience with modern tools and best practices like version control systems, issue tracking, code reviews and continuous integration is beneficial
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• Programming/coding including design, debug, good practice
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• Logical and structured thinking and an ability to communicate ideas clearly to other technical staff both verbally and written
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Role success factors

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• Take responsibility for full software lifecycle including support post deployment
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• Be a team player, collaborate, communicate, give and receive feedback
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• Learn to understand both the business and the technical side in decision making
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