Senior Java Backend Software Engineer

Our customer is a fast-growing, Berlin-based fintech company founded by an award-winning team. It is innovating in next generation Embedded Finance. We enable financial products for banks, Fintechs’ and non-financial services companies’. We build a platform that is connected to a growing number of financial product providers (bank accounts, cards, investment solutions, loans, insurances and value-added services) and deliver these services on a unified APIbasis as well as via our embeddable front-end components. The solution is the one-stop-shop for Embedded Finance.

You’ll work with us to develop and optimize modules, microservices, and integrations for our API-based backend system, which connects to third-party financial services, standardizes them, adds value-add features (such as data analysis to identify customer needs), and delivers them through our developer portal or front-end team’s APPs. You’ll collaborate with a skilled, lean, and modern engineering team that values transparency and trust. This role offers exposure to the rapidly growing fintech industry and the chance to influence the future of a dynamic start-up recognized as a top 50 most innovative startups in Europe by TechRound and – according to Mastercard – is the best Fintech business model in Europe 2024. You should be able to work independently, deliver high-quality results on tight deadlines, and manage multiple urgent tasks as they arise. Work will focus on general platform development and customer-driven enhancements to meet immediate needs.

Small startup team

• Interview process that respects people and their time
• Professional and open IT community
• Internal meet-ups and resources for knowledge sharing
• Time for recovery and relaxation
• Bright online and offline events
• Opportunity to become part of our internal volunteer community

Develop software solutions to address urgent business needs in the fintech space, leveraging established
design patterns and coding standards.
Build secure, durable, scalable, and accessible solutions while proactively mitigating production support
issues.
Operate within Agile Software Development processes and methodologies.
Deliver high-quality code and configurations under tight timelines.
Ensure software quality through automated regression testing, unit tests, and code reviews.
Collaborate with QA and Operations to facilitate rapid integration into test and production
environments.
Provide project leadership on short-term development efforts, organizing and guiding a team of
developers as needed.
Lead technical discussions, encouraging a culture of technical excellence and identifying key
opportunities for innovative solutions.
Coach and mentor other developers on an ad hoc basis to enhance their skills and knowledge.
Participate in iterative prototyping based on project requirements, ensuring quick, high-quality
turnarounds.

Strong engineering background, motivated by technical challenges, and capable of hands-on development work.

•  5+ years of development experience across all phases of development - from design through production. 
• Proficient in Java development, Spring Boot, REST APIs,  NoSQL databases, microservices, and messaging.
•  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or MIS preferred, or equivalent experience.
•  Fluent in English and a strong communicator. 
• Team-oriented, but comfortable working independently in a consulting capacity.
•  Familiar with agile development methods and able to adapt quickly to urgent project needs.
• Previous experience in fintech or digital banking is a plus, but not essential.

 Stack:

• Java (Java 21 to be preferable)
•  Spring Boot
•  Spring Data
•  Maven
•  ActiveMQ
•  Apache Camel
•  Redis
•  MongoDB
•  Docker 
• Kubernetes
•  Google Cloud Platform 
• AWS