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Headquartered in Chicago, with a growing engineering hub in Sofia, we combine financial technology, investment expertise, and software engineering to solve complex challenges in the wealth management industry. Our platform is built and continuously developed by our engineering teams, and we’re looking for experienced Backend Engineers who want to help shape what comes next.\n\nWhy this role is interesting: \n\nWe’re not looking for someone who simply completes tickets. We’re looking for an engineer who enjoys understanding complex systems, solving challenging problems, challenging existing approaches, and taking ownership of the solutions they build. You’ll work closely with our experienced engineers, contributing to the design, development, and evolution of our backend systems. You’ll have the opportunity to influence technical decisions, improve existing architecture, and build reliable software that supports real financial operations.\n\nWhat you’ll be working on: \n\nDesigning, developing, and improving backend services that support our wealth management platform.\n\nTaking ownership of complex technical challenges, from understanding the problem through design, implementation, and production.\n\nContributing to architectural decisions, system scalability, reliability, and maintainability.\n\nBuilding clean, efficient, well-tested Java applications.\n\nWorking with databases, integrations, and message-driven systems.\n\nCollaborating with engineers, QA specialists, and product stakeholders to deliver meaningful improvements.\n\nIdentifying opportunities to improve existing systems, development practices, and engineering quality.\n\nSharing knowledge, participating in technical discussions and code reviews, and helping raise the engineering bar across the team.\n\nWhat we’re looking for: \n\nWe value strong engineering judgment, curiosity, and ownership more than the number of technologies listed on a CV.\n\nIdeally, you bring: \n\nSolid professional experience developing Java backend applications\n\nStrong understanding of object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms, and software architecture.\n\nExperience building, maintaining, and improving complex production systems.\n\nStrong SQL skills, including writing, analysing, and optimizing complex queries, understanding execution plans, indexing strategies, and database performance.\n\nExperience designing and evolving relational data models, including schema design, normalization, relationships, constraints, and data integrity.\n\nFamiliarity with Git, code reviews, automated testing, and modern software development practices.\n\nThe ability to independently investigate complex problems, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver effective solutions.\n\nA collaborative mindset, intellectual curiosity, and a willingness to challenge ideas constructively.\n\nStrong English communication skills.\n\nNice to have : \n\nExperience with message-driven or event-driven architectures.\n\nHands-on experience with Oracle/Postgres Database, including query optimization and performance diagnostics.\n\nExperience with large datasets, high-volume transactional systems, and database scalability techniques such as partitioning.\n\nFamiliarity with Hibernate, JPA, or similar ORM frameworks, including their performance implications.\n\nFamiliarity with the Actor Model.\n\nExperience with test-driven development.\n\nPrevious exposure to financial services, investment technology, or other data-intensive industries.\n\nFinancial services experience is an advantage, not a requirement. 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