Senior Backend Engineer - Trading Infrastructure (f/d/m)
Trade Republic
LIGHTHOUSE FOR TALENT
At Trade Republic, we are on a mission to empower everyone to create wealth with easy, safe and free access to the financial system. With over four million customers we are the largest savings platforms in Europe, with users holding over €35 billion on our platform.
We are seen as the go-to-destination for top talent from across the globe. Everyday we strive to make Trade Republic a great environment to do the best work of your life, surrounded by exceptional, caring and passionate colleagues. In addition to learning and growing with a world-class team, you will build a destination for millions of people across Europe to create wealth.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Engineers build the bank: Our Engineering competence strives for technical excellence, efficiency and a state-of-the-art experience for our customers. We believe in using the best tools for the task at hand with an eye into the future and working together to democratise wealth.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
You will be part of the team tasked with taking our trading infrastructure to the next level, by designing the platform from scratch, utilizing best in class technologies, including proprietary frameworks developed in-house, which enable us to move packets at the speed of light. Be hands on order and execution management, smart order routing, risk systems, and full trading lifecycle.
- Interact with domain leadership in order to understand requirements while directly contributing to revenues for the firm
- Be part of cross-functional product teams delivering mission-critical features and services
- Build and test services using modern tools
- Design distributed services focusing on high availability, low latency and scalability Proactively take responsibility for long-term code quality and architecture
- Collaborate closely with peers from other teams and non-technical stakeholders
- Share your knowledge about tools and technology that remove manual processes, reduce tedious tasks and increase efficiency and reliability
WHAT WE LOOK FOR
- You have at least 5 years experience in software engineering (preferably in Java or C++)
- You have developed and shipped scalable features within a service oriented architecture
- You will fit right in if you care about process optimisation when it comes to latency, high-throughput, and scalability in a distributed architecture.
- You care deeply about domain modeling and messaging, and communication protocols with built-in high availability.
- You feel comfortable in an agile environment and have a self-driven personality with a “hands-on” approach, able to identify and solve problems independently and efficiently
- You feel comfortable working in an environment with strict requirements for user data protection
- You are passionate and understand financial instruments (nice to have), and have prior experience in external partners integration and maintenance
WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY NOW
At Trade Republic you will get to do the best work of your career. We are a destination for people who are exceptional at what they do. Every day, we strive to build a world-class team and provide the space for people to do their best. We have a relentless ambition of raising the bar and expect the best from ourselves. Through our dedicated people-first management approach and transparent career paths, you will have the opportunity to develop and grow your career like never before. And because you are surrounded by a diverse team of high performers, you will be learning every day.
You will play an important role in fixing one of the largest challenges we face - closing the pension gap and democratizing wealth. Trade Republic is a place where your job, your career and your passions intersect. If this gets you fired up, just like it does for all of us at Trade Republic, then reach out!
Trade Republic embraces diversity and strives for equal opportunity for everyone. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives and skills. We encourage applicants of diverse gender, age, sexuality, religion, ethnicity, disability status and parental status to apply to our roles, or those from other intersecting minority groups not listed. The more diverse and inclusive we are as a team, the greater our work will be. If we can support you on DEI related questions during the interview process, please reach out to talentacquisition@traderepublic.com.
