Backend Engineer - Investments & SavingsActive

N26

The opportunity

Democratize wealth: You will build a secure, real-time trading platform powering everything from Crypto and Stocks to ETFs and Managed Funds.

What you'll do

  • Democratize wealth: You will build a secure, real-time trading platform powering everything from Crypto and Stocks to ETFs and Managed Funds.

  • High-stakes engineering: Operate at the thrilling intersection of high-speed trading and strict financial regulation where markets move fast.

  • True autonomy: You are an active partner in shaping the product, not just a ticket taker. We trust you to be the owner of the delivery.

  • Get Stuff Done Days (GSDD): Every six weeks, take two days of dedicated innovation time to explore new tech stacks, fix nagging bugs, or prototype outside the roadmap.

  • Write high-quality, performant code (primarily Kotlin) and navigate the codebase fluently.

  • Handle deployment, bug fixing, and incident handling with a high level of: independence, taking features from concept to production.

What they're looking for

  • Act as a sparring partner for Product Managers during Product Discovery,: ensuring technical decisions support the user experience.
  • Question the status quo by asking "why are we building this?" and "is there a simpler way?"
  • Identify knowledge gaps and technical problems, taking active ownership to: address them without waiting to be told.
  • Share your learnings from GSDD projects with the wider team, turning: individual curiosity into collective knowledge.