Backend engineer [API Focus] (Full time, remote, contract based)

  • Full-time

Company Description

We offer an exciting opportunity to join a leading Swiss/European Fintech. AAAccell, a spin-off company of the University of Zurich, is looking for a backend engineer working from Romania. 

AAAccell is a leading Fintech company in asset- and risk management, developing cutting-edge solutions for the financial service industry. We are one of the most awarded Fintech companies in Switzerland and are currently joining several global Accelerator programs.
AAAccell stands for Academic excellence, Artificial intelligence, and Algorithmic power. Our solutions are based on the latest scientific results and methods, developed by leading academics, professors and researchers from various Universities such as ETH, University of Zurich or Columbia NY. We have successfully combined academic research with real world applications in the financial market. More on our website – www.aaaccell.ch 

Job Description

We are looking for a Python back-end engineer to help with the development of back end systems for product support. The candidate will develop, construct, test and maintain functional APIs, server architectures, platforms and their core functionalities, as well as ensure that business requirements are met.

Qualifications

Who You Are:

  • BS, MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Informatics, Information Systems or another related field.
  • Strong experience with Python in context of back-end web server development including database connections 
  • Experience with constructing and deploying APIs in Python
  • Experience with Linux and Bash for scripting/task-automation

Nice to have:

  • Experience with C++ and/or JavaScript
  • Experience with data analysis: time series models, machine learning models.

Additional Information

  • Join an innovative, flexible and friendly team, become integrated into a dynamic moving start-up  
  • Exposure to exciting developments in the financial service industry
  • Competitive salary
  • Our solutions are cutting-edge, and you will hardly find another opportunity to learn about similar products 
  • Opportunity for future involvement and additional responsibilities 
  • We are planning to open an office in Romania in the second half of 2019, integrating the new position in the planned set-up