Staff Engineer - Core Platform
About Fero:
Fero is on a mission to transform the $2 trillion global drinks industry. Our unique approach to financing, logistics, commercial infrastructure, and automation is unlocking new possibilities across the supply chain, giving us exceptional traction and the ability to innovate and scale like no one before us.
The role
A staff level individual contributor working across our core platform: the infrastructure the product runs on and the services it is built from
The role sits within a small, high-performing engineering team that works across disciplines
You would help set the technical direction for our infrastructure, and own significant pieces of work end to end
There is a lot to take on and plenty of scope to shape both what we build and how we build it. The more you want to own, the better
What you’ll own
Production AWS: ECS, RDS Postgres, S3, networking, IAM, cost
Backend services in our main Java codebase, and the developer experience around all of it
Infrastructure as code, and the release path through GitHub Actions
Reliability and observability: Datadog, alerting, tested backup and restore, runbooks
Examples of what you might work on
Integrations: connectivity between our platform and the ERPs, warehouses and banks we connect to
Identity and access: bringing one coherent multi-tenancy model across our applications
Reducing complexity: spotting where the estate can be simplified as we grow
Core backend services: fee calculations and accruals, pricing across currencies and jurisdictions, tracking physical stock around the world
New infrastructure: standing up what the business needs, often at short notice
What we’re looking for
Essential
A record of driving substantial work from problem to production on your own initiative
Real enthusiasm for getting into unfamiliar problems and working them out
Production AWS experience, including when it goes wrong
Strong backend development experience building and running production services. Our core codebase is Java / Kotlin
Infrastructure as code in any tool
Highly valuable
Identity and access: OIDC, SAML, multi-tenant models
GitHub Actions at depth
Fero provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.