Principal Software Engineer - Fintech

Requirements

• Experienced in Payment, E-money or Wallet FinTech solutions industry.
• Deep understanding & proven experience in JVM-based technologies (Kotlin knowledge is a plus).
• 10+ years of experience building and delivering software solutions, including distributed systems based on microservices, API- and event-based communication, data processing (streaming and batch).
• Knowledge of storage systems such as PostgreSQL, Redis.
• Knowledge of AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code.
• Understanding of monitoring tools such as Grafana, Kibana, DataDog, etc.
• Experience with cloud cost optimization.
• Ability to lead and drive technical initiatives across multiple teams.
• Significant and proven experience building and delivering solutions at scale.
• Deep understanding of software architecture, scalability, and reliability.
• You are pragmatic and focused on empowering others.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a group.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, ability to communicate technical topics and architecture design using both written and visual communication to tech-savvy and non-tech-savvy stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of frontend and mobile technologies.
• Experience with cloud cost optimization.
• Active blog writer, meet-ups/conferences speaker, open-source contributor.

What You'll Be Doing

• Be an active partner for Engineering and Product Management.
• Drive cross-domain and cross-tribe architecture discussions.
• Set standards for Engineering Excellence.
• Drive technological improvements.
• Perform periodical reviews of reliability, load test confidence, cost efficiency, and security commandments.
• Enable visibility of system’s KPIs through meaningful metrics, dashboards, and alerts.
• Design and implement cutting-edge applications.
• Craft and maintain world-class, high traffic services and APIs.
• Initiate and execute software delivery and technical improvements.
• Foster knowledge sharing across the entity/vertical.
• Contribute to the tribe org design.

Perks and Benefits

• Make the most of our hybrid working model and join the team for face-to-face connection and collaboration in our beautiful Berlin campus 2 days a week.
• 27 days holiday with an extra day on 2nd and 3rd year of service.
• Support in developing yourself and your career growth opportunities.
• Health benefits including Health Checkups, Meditation, Yoga, Gym & Bicycle Subsidy.
• Financial benefits like Employee Share Purchase Plan, Sabbatical Bank, Public Transportation Ticket Discount, Life & Accident Insurance, Corporate Pension Plan.
• Dining perks including Digital Meal Vouchers, Food Vouchers, Corporate Discounts, Courses.