We're a high-performing Product & Engineering team looking for an exceptional Backend Software Engineer to help us progress our ambitious product roadmap. Caruso’s cloud platform helps fund managers manage over $20B of assets, serve over 30,000 investors, and manage more than 400+ funds.

Caruso was founded in 2023 and has offices in Auckland (HQ), Sydney, and Dallas. By providing powerful, modern and automated tools to fund managers across asset classes, we're not only helping those fund managers grow their business, but also creating a brighter financial future for all investors.

We're based in Viaduct Harbour (Auckland CBD) in a premium office with a relaxing water view. 

Role summary

You will develop services in Go that communicate Protobuf messages over gRPC and through a GraphQL gateway. You'll build on top of our AWS cloud infrastructure, leveraging services such as Fargate, Kinesis, DynamoDB, and more.

Technology

• Go, gRPC, Protobuf
• GraphQL
• MySQL
• AWS — Fargate, Lambda, Kinesis, DynamoDB, S3.
• DevOps: Datadog, GitHub, Terraform, Docker (all services are containerized)
• Linear.app (Jira is officially banned)

You might work on

• Building systems that settle transactions on our Secondary Market.
• Implementing OCR and natural language processing to improve investor onboarding.
• Launching Caruso into completely new markets and developing for their specific requirements.
• Developing in-house devtools to improve developer experience (DX).

Requirements

• Go: 2 years commercial experience
• Bachelor degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Software Engineering (or similar)
• Right to work in New Zealand

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance with Southern Cross.
• Enjoy our premium office space with luxury fit-out and water views all within close proximity to Auckland's best bars and cafes.
• New workstation package including Macbook Pro, dual screens, Apple peripherals, Airpod Pro noise-cancelling headphones.
• 5 weeks annual leave after 2 years tenure, 6 weeks of annual leave after 3 years tenure.
• Unlimited sick leave.
• Generously extended maternity/paternity leave.