Software Engineer
Midas
Job Description
<div><strong>At <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/midas">Midas</a>,</strong> we tackle real-world engineering challenges to reshape the future of finance. Our mission is to build the fastest and most reliable products, delivering a seamless experience that empowers everyone to manage their money effortlessly.</div><div><strong>More than 4 million users</strong> use our product.</div><div>Backed by an <strong>$80M Series B</strong>, the largest fintech investment ever in Turkey, we are scaling faster than ever.</div><h3>Read Before You Apply 🚨</h3><div>This role is <strong>not for everyone.</strong> We are looking for <strong>outlier engineers</strong> who:</div><div>Have <strong>owned products end-to-end</strong>, from idea to production monitoring.</div><div>Have <strong>managed live incidents</strong>, written post-mortems, and implemented long-term fixes.</div><div>Passionate about delivering exceptional<strong> product experiences and maximizing user impact</strong>, beyond just writing code.</div><div><strong>Years of experience don’t matter </strong>— what matters is <strong>the depth of ownership, incident handling, and product impact you’ve delivered.</strong></div><div>If this doesn’t sound like you, no worries — <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/midas">Midas</a> has other opportunities that may be a better fit. </div><h3>What You’ll Do</h3><ul><li><strong>Design and build scalable, low-latency systems</strong> powering real-time trading and financial data.</li><li>Take full ownership: <strong>from ideation, architecture, development, release & monitoring in production</strong>.</li><li>Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and infrastructure teams to deliver impactful features.</li></ul><h3>What We’re Looking For</h3><ul><li>Strong fundamentals in <strong>computer science and system design</strong>.</li><li>Hands-on <strong>backend development experience.</strong></li><li>Deep knowledge of <strong>relational databases, caching systems</strong>, and distributed systems.</li><li>Proficient in<strong> containerized environments and modern cloud infrastructure,</strong> ensuring resilient and efficient deployments</li><li>Familiarity with <strong>event-driven architectures, microservices, reactive programming models</strong>.</li><li>Proven<strong> incident response experience in large-scale production environments</strong> is a strong plus.</li><li>Prior exposure to <strong>financial or mission-critical systems</strong> is a strong plus.</li></ul><h3>How We Work </h3><ul><li><strong>Full ownership</strong> — you don’t wait, you <a rel="nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer" href="http://solve.First" class="postings-link" target="_blank">solve.</a></li><li><strong>First principles mindset</strong> — you question assumptions and rebuild where needed.</li><li><strong>Balance speed & quality</strong> — you ship fast, but always clean.</li><li><strong>Product mindset</strong> — you care about the user impact, no