Trading212

Senior Backend Engineer

Germany full-time Mid Salary not listed
full-time Mid level Technology & IT Curated
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About the role

Our mission is to enable everyone to build wealth
We reinvent how trading and investing work by creating exceptional products people love.
That takes high standards, high velocity and engineers who own what they ship.
Today, we serve over 6 million clients, with more than €38 billion in assets under management - a testament to the scale and trust we have built in just a few years. At that scale, performance, reliability and data integrity are part of the product.
Our platform is powered by a modern, high-performance engineering stack designed for scale and reliability: Java 21 (Spring), Go, Node.js (TypeScript), PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Redis, Kafka, ClickHouse, Elasticsearch, Docker, Grafana, AWS, Kubernetes and Kibana.

About the role
Senior Backend Engineers work across our backend organisation. Your team match will reflect your strengths, interests and where you can contribute most.
Across every team, the model is the same: small, autonomous groups, short release cycles and ownership from problem definition through production.

What you’ll do
Own backend solutions end to end: understand the business problem, shape the requirements, design the solution, build it, test it, deploy it and run it in production.

Design and evolve services for performance, scale, resilience and data integrity.

Make clear technical decisions with a full understanding of the constraints, alternatives and trade-offs.

Keep code and systems maintainable as products and requirements evolve.

Diagnose difficult production problems, address their underlying causes and prevent recurrence.

Work closely with product and engineering colleagues to turn complex requirements into simple, durable solutions.

Review work critically, share knowledge and raise the engineering standard across the team.

What you need to have
Proven ownership of backend services built and operated within a microservices architecture.

A strong grasp of communication protocols such as HTTP, WebSockets and AMQP, including when to apply each.

Production fluency in at least one modern backend framework.

Deep knowledge of relational databases, including indexing, transactions, isolation levels, locking mechanisms and high-performance design.

A track record of designing systems for high availability, scalability and resilience.

Clear, structured problem-solving and the ability to explain technical decisions and trade-offs.

Strong engineering fundamentals, sound judgement and confidence learning unfamiliar technologies.

Depth in one backend ecosystem and sound tool choice matter more than familiarity with every technology listed.

Bring your ambition to Europe’s fastest-growing mobile broker!
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Technology & IT Javascript MySQL Senior Backend Engineer Mid level

Likely questions

  1. Tell us about work you have done that is close to the Senior Backend Engineer role.
  2. How would you approach your first 30 days at Trading212?
  3. Which of Javascript, MySQL and Senior have you used recently, and what did it help you achieve?
  4. Describe a time you solved a problem without waiting to be told exactly what to do.
  5. How do you handle busy days, changing priorities, or pressure at work?

Prepare before the call

  • A recent example that proves your experience with Javascript, MySQL and Senior.
  • One short story with a problem, your action, and the result.
  • Two examples that show the strengths listed on your CV.
  • A clear reason why this role and company interest you.
  • Your availability, preferred work style, and salary expectations.

Ask them

  • What would success look like in the first 90 days?
  • What are the main problems this hire should help solve?
  • How does the team give feedback and measure good work?
  • What does a normal working week look like for this role?
Practice line

I am interested in the Senior Backend Engineer role because I can bring practical experience in Javascript, MySQL and Senior, learn the team quickly, and contribute to the outcomes Trading212 needs from this hire.

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