Senior software engineer - low latency

Bitvavo Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Join to apply for the Senior Software Engineer - Low Latency role at Bitvavo. Bitvavo launched the first version of its digital assets trading platform in 2018 to bridge traditional currencies and digital assets, offering transparent fees, a wide range of assets, and an easy-to-use platform. Bitvavo is the market leader in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe, with over one million users and tens of billions of digital assets exchanged each year. Our team in Amsterdam is seeking self-driven, talented people to help make digital assets accessible for everyone.

We are a rapidly growing engineering organization focused on designing and implementing cutting-edge low latency services to enable a seamless customer experience.

• Collaborate with your Engineering Manager, Staff Engineer, and the team to craft highly performant, low latency, and high throughput services
• Dive into technical challenges, building solutions to guarantee peak performance across our systems with a focus on measurements and benchmarking
• Actively participate in pivotal decisions on technology stacks and architecture
• Participate in operational rotations to resolve incidents in our production environment

• 5+ years of development experience
• Firm understanding of low level JVM & OS concepts with a strong grasp of the language, preferably Kotlin
• Solid understanding of programming design patterns and principles
• Nice to Haves:
  • Seeking a tech-startup/scale-up environment
  • Knowledge about network protocol - TCP, UDP
  • Familiarity with libraries such as Aeron and/or Chronicle Queue
  • Experience with event-driven microservices using Kafka
  • Experience with the Kubernetes ecosystem and cloud platforms — AWS

At Bitvavo, we believe in attracting, motivating and retaining talented people through market-competitive offerings that go beyond compensation alone. To learn more about our total rewards package and the benefits we offer, visit our Life at Bitvavo page.

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Information Technology

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