Software Engineer III - Customer Relationship

Published on February 14, 2024

We are Kueski, and our mission is to develop an ecosystem of financial products which are simple and convenient for our users. We are part of the financial digital transformation, being one of the key players in Mexico.

About Kueski
Founded in 2012 with the mission to improve the financial lives of people in Mexico, Kueski has grown to be one of the largest buy now, pay later (BNPL) and online consumer lending companies in Latin America. Kueski provides financial services to consumers and connects the Mexican economy through its innovative product ecosystem. This ecosystem consists of Kueski Pay, the company's BNPL product available online and in-store, and Kueski Personal Loans, a direct to consumer loan product.
The company is frequently recognized for its strong, diverse and inclusive company culture. In 2022, Kueski has been named one of the most ethical companies in Mexico by AMITAI, and one of the best companies for both young professionals and female talent in Mexico by EFY. The company has also been named to CB Insights’ Fintech 250 list. 

Purpose
As a Software Engineer you'll be creating and supporting user-facing software products that customers want to use, and considering functional and non-functional requirements as well as user experience.
Key Responsibilities
  • Mentoring and supporting other software engineers, and is comfortable collaborating with different teams to accomplish their team's goals.
  • Promote of technical excellence and helps the team to thrive by constantly making informed decisions that consider tradeoffs, and pushing the team to follow and improve at their practices.
  • Building products using different technologies, as well as scaling them up using cloud computing.
  • Supports the team to design and build high quality systems that may involve multiple teams and iterations. Collaborates with other teams to make sure the solution is feasible and aligned with the technical vision.
  • Collaborating with their team, and supporting other team members to achieve the team’s goals while guaranteeing that the team is able to perform their development activities at all times. Also they must deliver at the expectations quantitatively and qualitatively.
  • Responsible for understanding the business so they can evaluate the trade-offs accordingly and make informed decisions. As well as identifying and promoting areas of improvement for deliverables, practices and processes, such as identifying and prioritizing tech debt.
  • Collaborating during the early analysis of a project, helping the team estimate medium to complex projects, and supporting the team to translate business requirements into technical requirements.

Position Requirements
  • At least 8 years of progressive experience in software engineering
  • Ability to clearly communicate simple to complex ideas
  • Ability to navigate uncertainty and help the team to find its way
  • Ability to structure ideas and convey them
  • Ability to translate technical language to non technical people
  • Ability to transform requirements into working software in production.
  • Ability to collaborate in an interdisciplinary team.
  • Ability to make decisions based on tradeoffs between business, product and technology.
  • Ability to undertake and lead medium to complex projects that require multiple iterations and may involve different technologies.
  • Experience troubleshooting and debugging problems.
  • Experience in Microservices.
  • Experience with Ruby
  • Strong experience in Software Engineering in backend.
  • How a good Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) is organized.
  • How the non-functional requirements are part of delivering a solution.
  • Experience on the different types of testing and their importance in the SDLC.

  • Nice to have
  • Experience with AWS
  • Experience with Rails/Grape
  • Experience with Kafka
  • Experience with React
  • Experience with GO

You’ll love working at Kueski because:
  • We have a mission-driven culture focused on customer value, teamwork, humility,  and integrity. 
  • Everyone is expected to have role clarity, career growth, and a personal development plan. Feedback and recognition  is embedded in our company processes, systems, and practices. 
  • We ensure competitive salary, medical insurance, and wellbeing through ample and flexible time off as well as mental healthcare benefits. Everyone is an owner and eligible for competitive stock options with a company poised for success. 
  • We´re committed to building an inclusive and diverse team and we know this leads to incredible work.
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