Platform Engineer (Java)

Revolut; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Revolut is seeking a Platform Engineer to contribute to our core backend systems, from the event store to the transactional infrastructure that supports our engineering teams. The role focuses on building scalable, high-throughput services used across the company.

You will work on problems affecting multiple teams, review code, and help design robust platforms. A strong background in backend development, Java, and distributed systems is essential, with English fluency and a degree in a related

Qualifikationen

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, maths, physics, or similar field.
• Production fluency in Java, or expertise in another backend language with readiness to work primarily in Java.
• Track record of building core systems or foundational platforms.
• Distributed systems experience at scale.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Fluency in English.

Aufgaben

• Building and scaling core backend systems.
• Writing high-throughput, concurrent code at production scale.
• Working on problems that affect multiple teams across Engineering.
• Reviewing code and helping other engineers with system design.

Kenntnisse

Backend development

Java

Distributed systems

Team collaboration

English fluency

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in CS, maths, physics, or similar

Jobbeschreibung

About The Role

Our Technology team builds the systems and experiences that keep Revolut moving. From the infrastructure behind our innovative app to the features used by millions of people around the world, they bring sharp thinking, speed, and a focus on meaningful impact to everything they do.

We’re looking for a Platform Engineer to contribute to our core backend systems, from the event store to the underlying transactional infrastructure that other members of the Engineering team work on.

Whatever you ship at this layer ends up being used across the whole company, so a small improvement here can save a lot of time for the team later.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Building and scaling our core systems
• Writing high-throughput, concurrent code at production scale
• Working on problems that affect multiple teams across Engineering
• Reviewing code and helping other engineers with system design

What You'll Need

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience
• A bachelor's degree in computer science, maths, physics, or similar field
• Production fluency in Java, or expertise in another backend language (Kotlin, Scala, Python, Go etc) and a readiness to work primarily in Java
• A track record of building core systems or foundational platforms that other engineers built on top of
• Distributed systems experience at a meaningful scale
• The ability to work well as part of a team in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Fluency in English

Nice to have

• A background in fintech or other high-volume transactional environment
• Experience in a startup or scale-up
• Event sourcing in production
• Open-source contributions to frameworks, libraries, or developer tooling