Staff Software Engineer, GraphQL

The GraphQL Engineering Team at Varo Bank is small but is growing rapidly. The GraphQL engineering team is responsible for building and maintaining engineering solutions that power Varo’s federated graph to achieve our goal of disrupting the banking industry and building products that help improve the financial well-being of our customers. You will get to work with new technology stacks, be part of a great and diverse workplace, and improve the financial lives of others. In our Engineering team, we value personal growth, initiative and ownership, innovation, collaboration, and the importance of thinking like an engineer while building customer-first products.

What you'll be doing

• Work with others in the engineering team to help design, build and evolve the GraphQL API for a bank for all of us
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and build GraphQL schemas and API requirements
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the development team, promoting best practices in GraphQL development
• Develop and optimize GraphQL queries and mutations for efficient data fetching and updating
• Lead end-to-end projects from ideation to creation with a customer-first mindset
• Conduct code reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards and maintaining high code quality
• Perform independent code analysis and create a backlog of technical upgrades and clean up to make sure the GraphQL platform adheres to best practices and industry standards
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
• Be involved in the technical strategy and with a drive to improve products, infrastructure, processes, or organizations
• Stay updated on GraphQL best practices and emerging trends in web development
• Write well-designed, well-tested, readable, and maintainable code

You'll bring the following required experiences and skills

• 6+ years of industry experience in software development preferably Typescript or Kotlin
• Proficiency in GraphQL query language and schema design
• Understanding of federated graphs and subgraphs
• Familiarity with GraphQL server frameworks and tools (e.g Apollo Server, Router)
• Experience in building public and internal GraphQL APIs
• Understanding of the software security practices
• Experience with unit and integration testing
• Experience with scalable, distributed systems with a test-first approach

Technologies we use

• Typescript, Node, Kotlin
• GraphQL, Apollo Server, Apollo GraphOS, and Apollo Federation
• AWS
• Kubernetes, Istio
• npm, Git, GitlabJira, Confluence

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