Backend Engineer - Cards

About the opportunity

You will join the Cards & Digital Wallets Segment in the Platform Domain, where we are all responsible for providing our users and the company with a secure, compliant, scalable and disruption-free Cards experience.

Currently, Cards & Digital Wallets is based in Berlin, and we are expanding to Barcelona, so it is an exciting time to join. The new team of the Cards & Digital Wallets Segment will be responsible for impactful products such as Cash26, Cashback, perks and benefits around card usage. 

We are seeking a talented Backend Engineer to join our new team and evolve our product, powered by a microservice architecture predominantly written in Java 11 and Kotlin, using Spring Boot.

Our cross-functional teams are passionate about collaboration and sharing knowledge, as well as working with a high degree of autonomy.

As a Backend Engineer at N26, you will be encouraged to embrace the latest technological updates and given a platform to work on complex, interesting problems on a daily basis.

We highly encourage people from under-represented groups in tech to apply.

In this role, you will:

  • Design, develop, test, deploy and maintain software in a thriving environment
  • Manage individual project priorities and deliverables whilst working in a team who enjoy knowledge sharing sessions
  • Stay up to date with the latest trends in technology and you are not afraid to propose some findings during our GSDD.
  • Work within your cross-functional team to uphold the highest technical standards right across the product

What you need to be successful:

Background:

  • Experience in developing software using a JVM language and Spring Boot in large-scale production systems (note: experience of Kotlin would be a plus)

Skills:

  • Sound understanding of microservice architecture
  • Knowledge of both relational and non-relational databases, preferably Postgres
  • Appreciation of working in a modern cloud architecture, preferably with AWS
  • Language Skills: full professional proficiency in English

Traits:

  • Highly motivated and not afraid of getting things done
  • Ongoing appreciation and consideration for security
  • Motivation to write code which is well-tested and well-documented
  • Give and receive open, direct and timely feedback

What’s in it for you:

  • Accelerate your career growth by joining Germany’s #1 Top Startup Employer, named by LinkedIn two years running 🚀
  • Health & Life insurance, Personal development budget, Spanish language classes, fitness memberships, childcare services, N26 premium bank card, and your choice of a Mac or Windows laptop
  • 24 vacation days per year, with an additional day for each year of service - up to 28 days
  • A high degree of collaboration and autonomy while working with a group of international peers, getting things done attitude, and access to cutting edge technologies
  • Rotating selection of hot and cold drinks and snacks in the office, Friday Celebrations once per month with pizza, wine, and beer, plus a monthly company-wide lunch and learn
  • A relocation package with visa support for those who need it

Who we are

N26 has reimagined banking for today’s digital world. Technology and design empower everything we do and it’s how we are building the global banking platform the world loves to use.

We've eliminated physical branches, paperwork, and hidden fees for an elegant digital experience and supreme savings. Giving people the power to live and bank their way is what gets us out of bed in the morning and inspires the work that we do.

N26 has international offices in Berlin, Barcelona, New York and Vienna.

Sound good? Apply now for this position.

N26 is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.