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Senior Full Stack Engineer

MoonPay

MoonPay

Software Engineering, (Engineering)
London, UK · New York, USA
Posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2022
<div class="content-intro"> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">We are MoonPay. Architects of the future, inventors, artists, and authors of innovation.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Our vision? To unlock digital ownership for everyone. We are onboarding the world to web3, where people can own and control their digital identity, data, property, and money.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">MoonPay is the world’s leading web3 infrastructure company. We provide end-to-end solutions for payments, enterprise-scale smart contract development, and digital asset management. Many of the world's most iconic brands rely on MoonPay to power their web3 strategies and ideas.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Now boarding the next generation of leaders. Come help us build what's next.</span></p> </div><p> <span style="font-weight:400;">We are a fully remote, global team across 25+ countries, and we pride ourselves on having a connected and inclusive culture that empowers people to do their best work. We give our team autonomy to move fast, innovate and take responsibility. In the same way the internet became a means to democratize information, cryptocurrency is becoming a means to democratize financial participation at scale. Join us in our mission to build a better financial world!</span> </p> <h2> <strong>The Discipline ❤️</strong> </h2> <p> <span style="font-weight:400;">Our engineering discipline builds the technology that enables MoonPay to learn quickly and scale easily. We organize in small cross-functional squads of 4-6 engineers and an embedded Product Manager and Product Data Analyst. We currently have squads across Crypto / NFT / Payments / KYC / Core Product and others. We’re pragmatic and believe in having fluid structure, this means people can move between teams or specialize.</span> </p> <h2> <strong>Tech Stack 💻</strong> </h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <a href="https://www.typescriptlang.org/"><span style="font-weight:400;">Typescript</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> as our programming language of choice</span> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <a href="https://nodejs.org/en/"><span style="font-weight:400;">Node.js</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> as our backend platform</span> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <a href="https://typeorm.io/"><span style="font-weight:400;">TypeORM</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">,</span><a href="https://github.com/typestack/typedi"><span style="font-weight:400;">TypeDI</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;">,</span><a href="https://github.com/MichalLytek/type-graphql"><span style="font-weight:400;">TypeGraphQL</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> and</span><a href="https://github.com/typestack/routing-controllers"><span style="font-weight:400;">routing-controllers</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> as our backend libraries</span> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <a href="https://reactjs.org/"><span style="font-weight:400;">React</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> and </span><a href="https://nextjs.org/"><span style="font-weight:400;">NextJS</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> hosted on </span><a href="https://vercel.com/"><span style="font-weight:400;">Vercel</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> as our frontend</span> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/"><span style="font-weight:400;">Google Cloud Platform</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> to host our services</span> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <a href="https://www.postgresql.org/"><span style="font-weight:400;">Postgres</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> as our core database</span> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <a href="https://redis.com"><span style="font-weight:400;">Redis</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> for caching</span> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <a href="https://github.com/OptimalBits/bull"><span style="font-weight:400;">Bull</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> to manage background tasks</span> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <a href="https://www.datadoghq.com/"><span style="font-weight:400;">DataDog</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> for logging and monitoring</span> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <a href="https://github.com"><span style="font-weight:400;">GitHub</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> to manage our source code</span> </li> </ul> <p> <a href="https://jestjs.io"> <span style="font-weight:400;">Jest</span> </a> <span style="font-weight:400;"> to run our tests ✅</span> </p> <p> <strong>What you’ll do 👀</strong> </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Work in the widget team, helping build a core set of products.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Work with Product Managers to come up with the best solutions and implementation plans for new features or changes to existing ones.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Scale our systems to support our ever growing partner and consumer base.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Contribute to the estimations, planning and execution of projects, features, and integrations.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Integrate and work closely with external service providers to ensure smooth operation.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Maintain and improve our existing codebase.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Write fully tested, high quality and performant code on both backend and frontend.</span></li> </ul> <p> <strong>As a Senior you will be expected to:</strong> </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Mentor and coach Engineers.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Champion the writing of high quality code.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Contribute to our overall approach and standards within the Engineering discipline.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> <span style="font-weight:400;">Lead squads from an Engineering perspective, partnering closely with Product Managers. </span><strong><br><br> </strong> <p><strong>You should apply if ✅</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">You have extensive engineering experience at leading startups or fast growing tech companies.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">You are confident developing, releasing and maintaining web applications in a fast paced, iterative environment.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">You’re comfortable working a full stack role on the front and backend.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">You have either had experience with some of our tech stack or are confident you can cross train and up skill quickly.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">You’ve got a deep understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and best practices.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">You have cloud native experience with AWS or similar e.g Google Cloud</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Bonus points if you make open-source contributions or have experience in payments or FinTech.</span></li> </ul> <p><em><span style="font-weight:400;">These are ideal but not all required as we know some people (e.g </span></em><a href="https://hbr.org/2014/08/why-women-dont-apply-for-jobs-unless-theyre-100-qualified"><em><span style="font-weight:400;">women</span></em></a><em><span style="font-weight:400;">) are less likely to apply for the role unless they are 100% qualified. We promote a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture at MoonPay.</span></em></p> <p><strong>Logistics 🛠</strong><span style="font-weight:400;"></span></p> <p><strong>Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visas of any kind at this time!</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Our interview process takes place on Google Hangouts and tends to consist of the following stages:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Recruiter call (20-30 minutes)</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Initial screen (30-45 minutes)</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Remote take-home task (role dependent)</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Final interview (2 hours)</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Please let us know if you require any accommodations for the interview process, and we’ll do our best to provide assistance.</span></p> </li> </ul>
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