Remote Backend Developer

About Us

Bankuish is a startup that helps millions of entrepreneurs and freelancers in Latin America access financial services. Our app connects gig workers with personalized loans and offers from the largest banks and institutions in the region. Together, we are helping banks better serve this niche and simultaneously helping gig workers improve their financial security.

The Role

As Backend Developer, you will be responsible for the interchange of data between the Bankuish App, the Bankuish databases, and partner integrations. This includes but is not limited to collaborating on the design of the overall architecture of the platform, ensuring maximum performance and stability. The right candidate will be passionate about solving business problems with technology.

You have passion for building great products, especially in early-stage companies, and are looking to have a meaningful and positive impact on both the product and the company. In this role, you will have the opportunity to help build out architecture and processes as we scale.

What Makes a Great Fit?

We believe that people do their best work when they are aligned with the mission and company goals. We're looking for an experienced professional who is self-motivated, dynamic, and great working closely with small teams. The ideal candidate believes in doing hard things by doing them together. We're looking for someone who is excited to apply their personal superpowers to serve millions of gig workers – someone who is passionate about addressing issues of financial inclusion and democratizing access to financial services.

How we Work

At Bankuish we are fully remote and widely dispersed, working from our own homes and neighborhoods across the world. We still prefer to collaborate and communicate in real-time.

Required Skills:

• 4+ years experience with backend programming using NodeJS with Javascript o GoLang
• RESTful APIs design
• Design of cloud native backend services
• Unit testing (preferably with Mocha and Chai)
• End to End testing NodeJS APIs
• Conversational English (does not need to be perfect)

Desired Skills:

• Experience with Docker
• Working experience with NoSQL and SQL Database
• Experience with Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery principles
• Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
• Cloud Run & Cloud Function development
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform or AWS
• Prior Startup Experience
• Experience with Go
• Spanish or Portuguese bilingual fluency is not required but is preferred.