Busha is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer

About Busha Since our inception in 2018, Busha has been at the forefront of digital currency exchange, offering trading options in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Our mission is to build an open financial system characterized by innovation, efficiency, and user-friendliness. We value Clear Communication, Positive Energy, Efficient Execution, and Continuous Learning in all our team members. There are a few things we look for across all hires we make at Busha, regardless of role or team. We assess whether a candidate demonstrates our values: Clear Communication, Positive Energy, Efficient Execution, and Continuous Learning. Overview: We are looking for a Backend Engineer with a passion finding solutions that allow customers to intuitively use our products. You will work with other designers and cross-functional team members and will rely heavily on both qualitative and quantitative data to make informed decisions. Your duties may also include training new employees and maintaining open communication with other departments during the design process. Responsibilities: • Integration of user facing elements developed by front end developers with server side logic • Be involved and participate in the overall application lifecycle • Build high quality reusable code libraries for future implementation • Implementing security structures and its best practices • Conceptualizing and implementing data storage solutions • Maintain server stability with zero downtime • Configuring the backend usability for all frontend applications • Improve our code quality through writing unit tests, automation and performing code reviews • Work with product and design teams to understand end user requirements, formulate use cases, and then translate that into a pragmatic and effective technical solution • Writing clean scalable and efficient codes • Troubleshooting and debugging to optimise performance • Routinely inspect server code for speed optimization • Attend regular meetings with the frontend team to expose weakness and problems • Stay up to date with current best practices Provide code documentation and other inputs to technical documents The ideal candidate must have; • A minimum of 5 years relevant experience • Proven work experience as a backend developer • Experienced with software engineering best practices • In-depth understanding of data structures and other computer science fundamentals • Fluency or understanding in Golang, Messaging Queues and Database/Operating systems • Understanding of accessibility and server compliance • Strong understanding of the web development cycle, programing techniques and tools Nice to haves; • Excellent analytical and time management skills • A demonstrated passion for the Busha mission • The ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams • Strong problem solving, verbal, written and communication skills • Ability to work independently with minimum supervision while achieving benchmarks • A team player with excellent communication