Posted 2 months ago

Staff Software Engineer

BudapestHybridFull-time

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Staff Software Engineer driving architectural decisions and feature ownership for an AI fintech platform, mentoring engineers and working hybrid (on-site Mon–Thu, remote Fri).

About this role

Company Overview:

We're Zocks, a venture capital-backed AI startup changing the world of financial services, and other industries that value security and privacy. Our founding team built their careers working on real-time communication products, building enterprise platforms, and crafting tools for some of the most security-conscious industries. With experience gained from industry leaders like Twilio, IBM, Microsoft, and Hearsay Systems, we're using AI to bridge human conversations with enterprise systems, starting with financial services.

Our focus, although simple, is powerful: reinventing business operations and transforming the areas that often get bogged down by slow, inefficient processes. Our innovative platform allows people to communicate naturally, while we capture the information they need, so they can avoid data entry, streamline their operations, and spend more time on what matters most: their clients.

Location: Budapest, XI. (On-site Monday to Thursday, Remote on Fridays)

Why we're hiring for this role: As we continue to grow and evolve, we're seeking a Staff Software Engineer with at least 7 years of experience to join our dynamic team of developers. We are looking to expand our team with someone who can bring fresh perspectives, advanced technical skills, and a passion for innovation. Ou Staff engineers are not just writing code, but setting direction. We're looking for someone who drives architectural decisions, owns features end-to-end, and mentors the team while working closely with the engineering manager. You will play a crucial role in driving forward our product, enhancing our product offerings, and meeting the increasingly complex needs of our customers.

Key challenges you will work on every day:

Integrating the latest AI models into customer facing features and workflows at scale

Taking part in driving architectural decisions and setting technical direction across the team

Solving complex problems and transform them into business solutions

Owning features end-to-end, from design through production

Mentoring engineers through code review and technical guidance

Supporting the engineering manager on team-level technical decisions

Leveraging your expertise in the current technology stack, which includes Python, MySQL, React, AWS, K8S and many more

Working in an agile environment with a strong focus on well-structured code, testing, and continuous integration

Working closely with key stakeholders such as Product Managers, UX Designers and other development team members

Taking part in all stages of development: investigate product increments’ technical feasibility and suggest implementation options and follow development lifecycle until releasing

Design and build tools and frameworks to automate development, testing deployment, management and monitoring of the company’s services and products

Give a high level of attention to creating software and networking platforms free of faulty programming, design well-organized code

Plan and scale distributed software and applications, applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns, write code, and deliver with urgency and quality

Track, document, and maintain software and network system functionality—both internally and externally, leveraging opportunities to improve engineering productivity

Requirements:

7+ years of experience with React and Python or comparable language (Java, Node.js) in developing, maintaining and deploying software

Proven track record of driving architectural decisions and technical direction

Experience mentoring junior and mid-level engineers

Proactively find problems of existing system/product without guidance and offer solutions

Solid knowledge in cloud computing, especially AWS

Capability to understand the codebase and drive assigned request to improve it, such as migrating it to modern frameworks

Experience working in an agile development environment, preferably in a startup or dynamic tech company

Interest in AI technology and staying abreast of the latest trends and advancements in the field is advantage

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