senior Software Engineer - data (node.js, python, restful api)Xendit

Mission
The Data team is responsible for conceiving and delivering a range of data products. These may be used to assist in verification and management of users' identity or financial risk assessment and be the first of their kind in SE Asia. We also provide high availability, performant shared services to support enhanced payment experiences for merchants and users across the Xendit group. As a part of this process, we need to iterate quickly and discover what customers want, as well as design systems which are set up for future scale. As a senior member of the team, you will be responsible for hands-on delivery, laying out the technical roadmap and supporting your team through mentoring and coaching.
Outcomes * Maintain and improve mission critical data products that support the Xendit group, optimising for processing speed, fault tolerance and uptime
Experiment and rapidly prototype new data products for testing with clients
Develop clear technical requirements and lead development of software to those standards
Advance engineering standards, tooling and processes to build team efficiency
Proactively define and maintain a long term technical roadmap for all data products, and deliver it on time
Mentor and up-skill colleagues on a day-to-day basis
Do whatever it takes to make Xendit succeed
You may be a good fit if you
Have 5+ years of experience designing, developing and deploying large scale software applications
Have a Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in CS or equivalent experience
Are experienced in NodeJS and Python. Bonus points if you are a fullstack developer and/or have experience with crawlers
Worked on RESTful APIs, large-scale data and machine learning pipelines
Transition fluidly from big picture business requirements and company standards to writing detailed technical specifications and user stories
Are comfortable in an ambiguous or fast-paced startup environment
Pick solutions that are fit for purpose, whether to drive continuous improvement on the core data products and rapid experimentation on newer areas
Develop MVPs that can be incrementally extended to production ready products
Communicate well with data scientists, data engineers and the wide range of other teams relying on our data products
Enjoy talking with stakeholders to understand why a problem matters to them
Thrive on autonomy and have proven you can push towards a goal by yourself
Bonus points if:
You've worked specifically in a data product business that supplies identity verification, credit or fraud risk assessment products
You've successfully moved products from MVP to rapid scaling afterwards
Xendit

Manila City, Metro Manila
Permanent
Full-time