Senior Software Engineer

About Heka 

Heka is a US-Israeli FinTech startup dedicated to integrating open-based customer data into decision-making, aiming to fill blind spots in consumer-facing services for financial institutions. We collaborate with banks, FinTechs, and insurance firms to unlock new value in risk management. Our company is backed by leading banks, VCs, and institutional investors. Our team comprises technologists, financial experts, and business and data analysts who work collaboratively.

Senior Software Engineer (Tel-Aviv Office)

As we expand our team, we're looking for a highly skilled and motivated Senior Software Engineer with a strong backend orientation to help us build and scale our innovative FinTech platform. You'll be a key player in developing robust, secure, and high-performance solutions that directly impact our product roadmap and contribute to breaking silos between engineering and business.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain software solutions with a primary focus on backend technologies (NestJS) while also contributing to front-end development (React).
• Perform troubleshooting, debugging, and upgrades to ensure the longevity and stability of our systems.
• Build functions and applications for effectively querying data sources, managing related analysis, and optimizing databases.
• Develop and implement advanced security layers to prevent data leakage and ensure data integrity.
• Lead the development of our AWS cloud infrastructure-based system, ensuring high levels of availability, reliability, and information security capable of handling significant data volumes.
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing and advocating for best practices and habits.
• Research and test new technologies, complementary solutions, and systems, including the potential integration of NLP, ML, and AI modules.
• Contribute to DevOps practices and potentially work with agent-based systems (nice to have).
• Report directly to the VP Engineering.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a full-stack developer, with a proven track record of strong backend development.
• High command of multiple front-end and back-end languages, with a focus on Node.js and proficiency in React.
• Familiarity with AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms, data coupling techniques, profiling, and optimization.
• BSc. in Computer Science or Mathematics, or equivalent experience or education.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse teams.
• Desire to work in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment that values collaboration and breaking down silos between engineering and business.

Nice to have:

• Experience with agents or agent-based systems.
• DevOps experience.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Study fund (Keren Hishtalmut)
• Stock options