Principal Backend Engineer

Über das Unternehmen

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Deine Aufgaben

• shapes the way we work.We move fast. We care about quality. We stay close to the detail. And we believe great performance and genuine hospitality should go hand in hand.If you want to build meaningful products, solve real problems and make a genuine difference for local businesses, we’d love to hear from youYour MissionSmall businesses are the backbone of our communities - yet they remain underserved by traditional banks and legacy payment providers. As a Principal Backend Engineer, you will play a defining role in changing that.Your mission is to design and build the resilient, scalable fintech infrastructure that underpins our most critical business initiatives. This isn’t about owning a single service - it’s about owning outcomes. You will drive the technical success of the platforms that power payments, merchant onboarding, transaction processing, and operational workflows across Europe.You’ll operate at the intersection of engineering and business strategy, shaping systems that must be secure, compliant, highly available, and capable of scaling with rapid growth. The decisions you make will directly influence how quickly we can launch new products, enter new markets, and serve thousands of merchants.This role goes beyond technical leadership. You will define and evolve the architectural foundations that multiple teams depend on, bringing clarity to ambiguity and ensuring our most important initiatives succeed.What You’ll DoOwn and drive the architecture behind our most critical platforms, ensuring they scale with the business and unlock new capabilitiesDesign and evolve high
• scale, cloud
• native systems powering payments and merchant

Deine Voraussetzungen

• sLead the development of resilient, secure, and compliant services for high
• volume transaction processingShape and drive adoption of modern backend practices (Java 17/21, Spring Boot 3, Kotlin, clean architecture)Architect event
• driven systems (Kafka) that enable scalable, decoupled domains across teamsDefine and enforce standards for API
• first development (REST/gRPC) and domain
• driven design (DDD)Set the bar for availability, performance, fault tolerance, and observability across critical systemsPartner deeply with Product, Data, and leadership to translate business priorities into scalable technical strategyLead cross

Benefits

• sWe trust you, so we offer flexible working hours, as long it suits both you and your team;Health Insurance;Meal Allowance;25 days of Annual leave (+ Bank holidays);Public Transportation Card;Frequent team events & activities in the office and outside;Office snacks every day;Friendly, comfortable and informal office environment.