Platform Engineer (Java) - Build Scalable Core Systems

Revolut; Porto; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Revolut is seeking a Platform Engineer to contribute to core backend systems that power our fintech platform. You will work on the event store, transactional infrastructure, and scale high-throughput services used across the company.

You’ll collaborate with multiple engineering teams, review designs, and help shape software that affects millions of users. We value strong communication, distributed systems experience, and fluency in English in a fast-paced, diverse environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience
• Bachelor’s degree in CS, maths, physics, or similar
• Production fluency in Java and readiness to work primarily in Java
• Experience building core systems or foundational platforms
• 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

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Backend engineering

Java

Kotlin

Distributed systems

Code review

Team collaboration

English fluency

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Job description

Revolut is seeking a Platform Engineer to contribute to core backend systems that power our fintech platform. You will work on the event store, transactional infrastructure, and scale high-throughput services used across the company.

You’ll collaborate with multiple engineering teams, review designs, and help shape software that affects millions of users. We value strong communication, distributed systems experience, and fluency in English in a fast-paced, diverse environment.