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Lead Backend Engineer - Assistance(m/w/x)
Managing technical roadmaps and minimizing debt for high-performance web applications at a digital banking platform. Expertise in distributed systems, DDD, and Hexagonal architecture required. Personal development and work-from-home budgets provided.
Requirements
- Firm grasp of OOP, distributed systems principles, DDD, Hexagonal, Event-Driven, Microservices
- Strong track record using engineering best practices, Clean Code, TDD/BDD, deep observability
- Proven experience using AI coding agents (Claude Code, Gemini Code, GitHub Copilot)
- 5+ years experience building distributed systems in Java or Kotlin and Springboot/Spring AI
- Solid experience designing, implementing robust REST APIs
- Professional experience with PostgreSQL (performance, scalability), DevOps mindset, CI/CD pipelines
- Advantageous: AWS and/or Kubernetes experience
- Significant plus: Knowledge of Python or Generative AI frameworks (Langchain, RAG pipelines)
- Can-do attitude, focus on product understanding, continuous improvement, successful delivery
- Effective leadership, guiding mid/senior engineers, unblocking, mentoring
- Strong collaborative spirit, commitment to knowledge sharing, mutual growth
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Strong ownership, independence, ability to establish structures/processes
Tasks
- Work with PM and EM to manage product technical roadmaps
- Manage dependencies to minimize technical debt
- Design high-availability web applications
- Develop high-performance web applications
- Maintain internal web applications
- Drive a build-it-ship-it attitude
- Demonstrate healthy engineering practices
- Write clean, well-tested code
- Refactor code with the team
- Ship code into production frequently
- Implement new features
- Integrate foundational models
- Integrate automation systems
- Optimize distributed systems
- Measure distributed systems
- Monitor distributed systems
- Role model engineering excellence
- Conduct code reviews
- Create technical documentation
- Share knowledge within the team
- Cultivate learning within the team
- Lead initiatives to improve engineering culture
- Discover ways to multiply team effectiveness
- Discover ways to multiply organizational effectiveness
- Participate in recruitment projects
- Participate in employer brand projects
Work Experience
- 5 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- Claude Code
- Gemini Code
- GitHub Copilot
- Java
- Kotlin
- Springboot
- Spring AI
- PostgreSQL
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Python
- Langchain
Benefits
Additional Allowances
- Competitive personal development budget
- Work-from-home budget
- Subscriptions for friends and family
- Relocation package
Corporate Discounts
- Fitness discounts
- Wellness discounts
- Language app discounts
Public Transport Subsidies
- Public transportation discounts
Other Benefits
- Free N26 Premium subscription
More Vacation Days
- Additional annual leave
Purpose-Driven Work
- High autonomy
Modern Equipment
- Access to cutting-edge technologies
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Lead Backend Engineer - Assistance(m/w/x)
Managing technical roadmaps and minimizing debt for high-performance web applications at a digital banking platform. Expertise in distributed systems, DDD, and Hexagonal architecture required. Personal development and work-from-home budgets provided.
Requirements
- Firm grasp of OOP, distributed systems principles, DDD, Hexagonal, Event-Driven, Microservices
- Strong track record using engineering best practices, Clean Code, TDD/BDD, deep observability
- Proven experience using AI coding agents (Claude Code, Gemini Code, GitHub Copilot)
- 5+ years experience building distributed systems in Java or Kotlin and Springboot/Spring AI
- Solid experience designing, implementing robust REST APIs
- Professional experience with PostgreSQL (performance, scalability), DevOps mindset, CI/CD pipelines
- Advantageous: AWS and/or Kubernetes experience
- Significant plus: Knowledge of Python or Generative AI frameworks (Langchain, RAG pipelines)
- Can-do attitude, focus on product understanding, continuous improvement, successful delivery
- Effective leadership, guiding mid/senior engineers, unblocking, mentoring
- Strong collaborative spirit, commitment to knowledge sharing, mutual growth
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Strong ownership, independence, ability to establish structures/processes
Tasks
- Work with PM and EM to manage product technical roadmaps
- Manage dependencies to minimize technical debt
- Design high-availability web applications
- Develop high-performance web applications
- Maintain internal web applications
- Drive a build-it-ship-it attitude
- Demonstrate healthy engineering practices
- Write clean, well-tested code
- Refactor code with the team
- Ship code into production frequently
- Implement new features
- Integrate foundational models
- Integrate automation systems
- Optimize distributed systems
- Measure distributed systems
- Monitor distributed systems
- Role model engineering excellence
- Conduct code reviews
- Create technical documentation
- Share knowledge within the team
- Cultivate learning within the team
- Lead initiatives to improve engineering culture
- Discover ways to multiply team effectiveness
- Discover ways to multiply organizational effectiveness
- Participate in recruitment projects
- Participate in employer brand projects
Work Experience
- 5 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- Claude Code
- Gemini Code
- GitHub Copilot
- Java
- Kotlin
- Springboot
- Spring AI
- PostgreSQL
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Python
- Langchain
Benefits
Additional Allowances
- Competitive personal development budget
- Work-from-home budget
- Subscriptions for friends and family
- Relocation package
Corporate Discounts
- Fitness discounts
- Wellness discounts
- Language app discounts
Public Transport Subsidies
- Public transportation discounts
Other Benefits
- Free N26 Premium subscription
More Vacation Days
- Additional annual leave
Purpose-Driven Work
- High autonomy
Modern Equipment
- Access to cutting-edge technologies
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About the Company
N26
Industry
FinancialServices
Description
N26 has reimagined banking for today’s digital world, building a global banking platform that eliminates physical branches and hidden fees.
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