About the Role
Join the Investments team at N26 as a Backend Engineer to build a secure, real-time trading platform for Crypto, Stocks, ETFs, and Managed Funds. This role offers high-stakes engineering at the intersection of high-speed trading and financial regulation, with true autonomy to shape the product and dedicated innovation time through Get Stuff Done Days (GSDD).
Responsibilities
- Write high-quality, performant code primarily in Kotlin and navigate the codebase fluently.
- Handle deployment, bug fixing, and incident handling with independence, taking features from concept to production.
- Act as a sparring partner for Product Managers during Product Discovery.
- Question the status quo and identify simpler solutions.
- Identify knowledge gaps and technical problems, taking ownership to address them.
- Share learnings from GSDD projects with the wider team.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Software Engineer taking features from concept to production with minimal supervision.
- Track record of thriving in dynamic environments where requirements evolve rapidly.
- Growth mindset: treat feedback as a tool for engineering excellence and have a specific learning plan.
- Evidence over opinion approach: couple critiques with practical solutions.
- Resilience and proactive communication: navigate unresponsive stakeholders and unblock yourself.
- Constructive dissatisfaction: proactively fix broken processes.
Skills
- Strong proficiency in backend development, with Kotlin.
- Experience with Distributed Microservices and Event-Driven Architecture (Kafka).
- Good understanding of cloud infrastructure and containerization (AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker).
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools (Datadog, ELK/OpenSearch).
Location
- Berlin
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Mid-level
Benefits
- Competitive personal development budget
- Work from home budget
- Discounts to fitness & wellness memberships
- Discounts to language apps
- Discounts to public transportation
- Premium subscription on personal N26 bank account
- Subscriptions for friends and family members
- Additional day of annual leave for each year of service
- High degree of autonomy
- Access to cutting edge technologies
- Relocation package with visa support
About the Company
- N26 has reimagined banking for today’s digital world, building the global banking platform the world loves to use through technology and design.
- We have eliminated physical branches, paperwork, and hidden fees for an elegant digital experience and supreme savings.
- We are headquartered in Berlin with offices in multiple cities across Europe, including Vienna and Barcelona, and a 1,500-strong team of more than 80 nationalities.
Equal Opportunity
- We recognize that our strength lies in our people and the varied perspectives they bring to our workforce.
- We strive to build talented and diverse teams to drive our business success and empower our people to reach their full potential.
- We genuinely welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, genders, sexual orientations, abilities, neurodiversities, and ages.
- We're committed to creating an inclusive workspace where everyone feels valued and respected, free from harassment and discrimination.
- If there's anything you need to make the application process work for you, please let us know by reaching out to candidate.exp@n26.com.
- Visit our website to learn more about Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion at N26.
