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Senior Backend Engineer (Golang) - Bank(m/w/x)

Berlin
Full-timeOn-siteSenior

Building core banking services for ledger operations, unifying regional systems into a global platform for small business fintech. Experience with high-volume distributed systems and careful system design thought required. Sabbatical program, yearly learning budget.

Requirements

  • Solid backend experience with reliable, high-volume services
  • Careful thought on system design, APIs, data modeling, service interaction
  • Proficiency in Golang
  • Comfort learning/working with other languages (Kotlin or Elixir)
  • Ability to write maintainable, well-tested code
  • Adherence to CI/CD best practices
  • Responsibility for software from dev to production
  • Comfort with building, deploying, running services in cloud environments (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Eagerness to learn about high-performance relational databases
  • Collaborative mindset
  • Clear communication skills
  • Effective feedback exchange
  • Thoughtful technical decision-making
  • Curiosity for building reliable financial services
  • Banking domain interest/knowledge
  • Knowledge of Elixir (useful, not essential)
  • Deeper PostgreSQL experience (performance tuning, complex queries, schema design) (plus)
  • Experience with event streaming platforms (Kafka preferred)
  • Experience with modern observability stacks (Grafana, Honeycomb, etc.)

Tasks

  • Build and evolve core banking services for ledger operations
  • Transform regional systems into a unified global platform
  • Tackle complex distributed systems challenges
  • Ensure resilient services under high transaction volumes
  • Improve system observability
  • Add comprehensive test coverage
  • Refactor code for long-term maintainability
  • Introduce new architectural patterns without disruption
  • Contribute to key architectural decisions
  • Build globally scalable ledger and transaction history systems
  • Collaborate with Risk, Treasury, Finance, and Infrastructure teams
  • Take ownership from design to production
  • Run the services you build
  • Monitor service performance
  • Continuously improve software delivery at scale

Work Experience

approx. 4 - 6 years

Education

Bachelor's degreeORMaster's degree

Languages

EnglishBusiness Fluent

Tools & Technologies

GolangKotlinElixirAWSDockerKubernetesPostgreSQLKafkaGrafanaHoneycomb

Benefits

Learning & Development

  • Yearly learning budget
  • Regular training
  • Language learning platform/courses

Mentorship & Coaching

  • Mentorship programs
  • SumUp University leadership cohort

Workation & Sabbatical

  • Sabbatical program

Healthcare & Fitness

  • In-house fitness classes
  • Office gym
  • Subsidized Urban Sports Club

Mental Health Support

  • Psychotherapy sessions

Public Transport Subsidies

  • Subsidized public transport card

Childcare

  • Kita placement assistance

Retirement Plans

  • Pension scheme

Competitive Pay

  • Virtual stock ownership program
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