[Hiring] Senior Backend Engineer @wealthAPI GmbH

Role Description

wealthAPI enables financial multipliers to monetize trust. We provide core financial solutions for large partners and (f)influencers, thereby actively driving the ongoing disruption of the wealth management market.

We are looking for a Java engineer who is passionate about investing and finance. Optimally, you bring a good understanding of financial markets or want to deep-dive into the topic. You are able to solve complex financial problems and to directly translate them into code.

For remote positions - a note on your time zone: We are a small and efficient team. To keep our cooperation as smooth as possible, your place of residence should be in a time zone +/- 2 hours Berlin time.

Tasks

• Work in a small team and take product assignments to completion, responsible for all phases of planning, development, and delivery.
• Actively participate in architectural design and decision-making.
• Conduct code peer-reviews and attend retrospectives to plan and execute improvements as a team.
• Support junior and mid-level team members to achieve high code quality.
• Use modern technologies: Spring Boot, Ruby on Rails, Postgres, gcloud, Kubernetes, Docker, Astra-DB.
• Get involved in technological projects with experienced Engineers to improve architecture, scalability, and security.
• Demonstrate great communication, ownership, accountability, and team play skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong development experience in Java and preferably Spring Boot.
• Test Driven Development.
• Extensive unit and integration testing skills.

Requirements

• Experience in investing and personal wealth management is a huge plus.
• Mathematical proficiency is a huge plus.
• Machine learning experience or related statistical training.
• Experience with a big-data stack such as MongoDB or Cassandra.
• Knowledge of financial products and the stock market.
• Willingness to learn about new technologies.
• Use data or reliable sources of information to drive decision making during discussion, design, or implementation phases.
• Ability to take on complex problems, learn quickly, and persist towards a good solution.
• Be conscious about speed of delivery vs quality of code and find the best balance.

Language Skills

• English is mandatory.
• German is a plus.

Benefits

• Compact team focused on personal and professional growth.
• Open discussions, team decisions, and collaborative implementation.
• Combining technical excellence with a deep understanding of financial markets.
• Passionate about our work and achieving results.
• Solving real-life investment problems with a vibrant user base.
• Learning to invest, about financial products, and money management.
• Belief in automation to improve productivity and focus.
• Writing our own tests and solutions to enhance learning and customer understanding.
• Equal career opportunity regardless of gender, identity, race, or religion.
• Valuing transparency, close collaboration, and a slight amount of chaos for creativity.

Company Description

wealthAPI is a tech-driven Finance startup (FinTech) driving the disruption of the wealth management market.