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Location

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Experience

3 + years

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Software Engineer II



  • Excited to grow your career?

     

    We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

     

    Our people make all the difference in our success. 

     

    At Apex Fintech Solutions, we're transforming the future of digital wealth management by seamlessly connecting financial platforms and simplifying access to financial markets for millions.


     

    Client Developer Experience Mission:
    - Provide frictionless tools, documentation, and support to client developers so they can build and deploy efficiently with AscendOS.
    - Act as advocates for client developers, working closely with Product, Engineering, and Design teams to represent developer needs.
     

    As a Software Engineer II, you will play a pivotal role in designing, building, and optimizing solutions that power this transformation. You’ll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge software architectures, solve challenging problems, and collaborate with diverse teams to create impactful solutions for our fast-paced fintech environment. We’re looking for engineers who thrive when tackling complex, meaningful challenges and have a strong foundational knowledge of software development across multiple languages and frameworks. We are innovators who operate in a collaborative, entrepreneurial environment while valuing continual learning, flexibility, and adaptability. If you’re looking for a role that combines creative problem-solving with the drive to make an immediate impact on an evolving industry, let’s change everything together.

     

    Duties/Responsibilities

    • Write, test, and maintain high-quality, reusable code that adheres to development best practices.  

    • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and implement scalable software systems and applications.

    • Contribute to the design and optimization of microservices and cloud-based system architectures. 

    • Prototype and implement new features to enhance our financial technology platform. 

    • Participate in on-call rotations as level 1 support engineer for our data platform services. 

    • Employ CI/CD best practices, and agile workflows to accelerate development cycles.  

    • Conduct rigorous code reviews to ensure strong engineering principles and maintainable solutions.  

    • Debug complex problems across the software stack and propose solutions to enhance performance, stability, and maintainability.  

    • Ensure compliance with regulatory standards and industry protocols while adhering to the firm’s policies.  

     

    Education and Experience

    • A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience) required

    • 3+ years of professional development experience with a multi-person engineering team, leveraging modern practices like code reviews, CI/CD, and trunk-based development.  

    • Experience in cloud ecosystems, particularly Google Cloud Platform services like BigQuery, Pub/Sub, or Cloud Functions.  

    Required Skills/Abilities

    • Proficiency in software development using modern programming languages like Python, Java, Go, or similar tools.  

    • Strong understanding of microservices architecture and CI/CD pipelines.  

    • Proven expertise in relational databases and familiarity with distributed systems or data-intensive platforms including SQL query expertise.  

    • Familiarity with software development best practices like testing, version control, and agile processes.  

    • A problem-solving mindset, with the ability to think critically through challenging engineering scenarios.  

    • An innate passion for learning new technologies, frameworks, and tools to contribute to dynamic software solutions.  

     

    Work Environment

    • This role operates in a hybrid office environment 2 days per week