Senior Backend Developer

Employment: Full-Time 40 (MT) Minimum experience: Mid-level MeDirect is a Maltese digital bank, founded in 2004, with over 180,000 clients and operations in Malta and Belgium. We offer a wide range of financial services to both retail and corporate clients, including daily banking, savings, and corporate services. We are always on the lookout for driven and creative individuals who are eager to grow their career while helping us deliver cutting-edge digital banking experiences. At MeDirect, we encourage collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning, ensuring our people thrive in a dynamic environment. Role Overview: Reporting to the Team Lead – Software Development, the Senior Backend Developer (.NET) will join our Development Team and contribute to delivering best-in-class e-banking and e-wealth solutions. You will play a key role in building and maintaining scalable systems, driving technical excellence, and ensuring that our platforms meet the highest standards of security, performance, and reliability. The selected candidate should be willing to relocate to the specified job location. Duties and responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-level backend solutions using modern .NET technologies Write clean, testable, and efficient code following best practices and coding standards Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers and contributing to higher-quality deliverables Contribute to the design and implementation of distributed, event-driven systems leveraging messaging technologies (RabbitMQ, Kafka) Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve complex production issues, working closely with other teams where required Keep documentation up-to-date for all technical solutions and processes Mentor junior developers, providing guidance, knowledge sharing, and support in their professional growth Participate in planning sessions, estimations, and contributing to technical decision-making Research and evaluate new technologies, proposing improvements and adopting tools that align with strategic objectives Assist in defining and enforcing development standards, patterns, and practices across the technology department. Ensure applications are optimized for performance, scalability, and security Collaborate with DevOps and Infrastructure teams to implement CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, and cloud-native solutions Develop and execute unit, integration, and performance tests to ensure robustness and quality Build and maintain reusable libraries and core components to support scalable application development Required knowledge, skills and experience: Solid knowledge of the latest .NET technologies (C#, .NET Core) Hands-on experience with multi-threading, concurrency, and caching (Redis) Experience with message queuing systems such as RabbitMQ and Kafka Familiarity with version control and collaboration tools such as GitLab (Gitflow), Jira, and Confluence A university degree or diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field Ideally 6+ years of professional backend development experience Experience with distributed applications, microservices architecture, and RESTful APIs Substantial experience with SQL (Postgres, MS SQL and Oracle); knowledge of NoSQL databases is a plus Strong background in containerized application development and deployments (Docker, Kubernetes) Strong experience with testing frameworks (NUnit, Moq) and test-driven development