Platform Backend Software Engineer

About AlphaVerse 

The AlphaVerse team is responsible for putting together a best-in-class mid-frequency trading and crowdsourcing platform where anybody can contribute signals and is rewarded for their innovations. We are looking for an enthusiastic and talented Software Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguous, fast-paced environments, is excited about building products from the ground up, have strong experience and proficiency in Python and Cython, and will be responsible for developing and maintaining our backend infrastructure for all AlphaVerse products. 

Key Responsibilities

• Implement, extend and maintain platform features 
• Write clean, well-documented code with appropriate test coverage 
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical documentation 
• Assist in troubleshooting and debugging production issues 
• Be on-call on a rotating basis 
• Contribute to technical documentation and internal knowledge base 
• Participate in team meetings and design discussions to gain system understanding 
• Take ownership of smaller projects and features from design to deployment

Requirements 

• Able to thrive in the crucible of an extremely fast-paced, demanding start-up like environment 
• Able to bear immense responsibility for high-stakes, large-scale production infrastructure 
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system design 
• High proficiency in Python with a strong understanding of how it works at the lower level 
• Experience designing and implementing RESTful services 
• Experience with GCP services such as Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, Datastore,Cloud Storage 
• Experience with PostgreSQL (or an equivalent SQL database) 
• Experience with Cython/C/C++in a performance sensitive environment is a plus