Lead Backend Engineer - Financial Empowerment

About the opportunity 

You will join the Lending & Savings Segment in the Financial Empowerment Domain. Timing wise you are joining at a pivotal moment during which we are redefining our strategy to achieve scale and grow revenue inline with our growing global footprint. We are seeking a talented Lead Engineer to join our expanding teams and evolve our product, powered by a microservice architecture predominantly written in Java 8 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 Lead 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.

Your role:

• Working as part of global customer experience team you will take technical leadership and ownership of the back end product development
• You will build architectures and write code that is able to fulfil the needs of our users and own it from idea over development to operations
• You will mentor and coach the team of back end engineers, cultivating DevSecOps culture and pragmatic engineering attitude
• You will drive the team's agile build-it-ship-it attitude by shipping large scale consumer products
• You will take a lead on back end development initiatives and will take all technical decisions that it needs to move forward quickly

Your profile:

• 5+ years of experience in building digital products in Java or/and Kotlin
• Experience architecting and developing complex systems for CD in a cloud-based environment
• Experience leading developers, tech mentoring and working with cross-functional teams
• You are familiar with and enjoy working in Agile technical setup (e.g. Scrum, CI/CD, DevOps, Cloud).
• You have full professional proficiency in English and good communication skills

What’s in it for you:

• Accelerate your career growth by joining one of Europe’s most talked about disruptors 🚀.
• Employee benefits that range from a competitive personal development budget, work from home budget, discounts to fitness & wellness memberships, language apps and public transportation. 
• Come together with your team in the office for a dedicated day of teamwork each week, plus another day of your choice, and enjoy the flexibility of remote work the rest of the time. Some roles may require additional in-office presence.
• As an N26 employee you will have access to a Premium subscription on your personal N26 bank account. As well as subscriptions for friends and family members.    
• Additional day of annual leave for each year of service.  
• A high degree of autonomy and access to cutting edge technologies - all while working with a friendly team of peers of diverse nationalities, life experiences and family statuses. 
• 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.  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.

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Equal Opportunities:

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.  Visit our website to learn more about Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion at N26.