(Senior) Kotlin / Java Software Engineer - Clearing & Settlement (m/f/x)

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Berlin, DEU
Hybrid
Senior level
Fintech • Payments • Financial Services
The Role
Design, build and operate business-critical clearing and settlement backend services using Kotlin/Java and Spring Boot. Develop cloud-native, containerised and serverless applications on AWS (ECS, Lambda), implement event-driven systems and APIs, and ensure reliability with CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, automated testing and observability. Own features from idea to production, apply Domain-Driven Design in cross-functional agile teams, and raise engineering quality, automation and operational standards for compliant financial workflows.
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Company Description

Scalable Capital is a leading digital investment and banking platform with a full banking licence, empowering people across Europe to shape their own finances. Scalable Broker makes it easy and affordable for clients to invest professionally in stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies, and derivatives, as well as set up savings plans. Scalable Wealth, the digital wealth management service, offers clients professional investment in ETF portfolios, and is also adopted as a white-label solution by banks and other B2B partners. The company’s offerings are rounded off by attractive interest rates, loans, and private equity. With the European Investor Exchange, Scalable Capital offers an exchange specifically for retail investors. Over one million clients have already entrusted more than €30 billion to the platform.

Founded in 2014, Scalable Capital now employs over 700 people across Munich, Berlin, Vienna, Milan, and London. Together with the founding and management team, including Erik Podzuweit and Florian Prucker, they are working on a new generation of financial services.

Visit our finance blog or check out our Social Media channels to find out what our Expert Teams have to say.

Our Company Values guide us every day in how we work and collaborate. To learn more about them, you can find our values here (English).

We are looking for experienced backend developers to work on our brand new banking platform!

Job Description

  • Build and evolve business-critical clearing and settlement services using Kotlin, Java and Spring Boot.
  • Work in autonomous, cross-functional teams using agile practices, Domain-Driven Design, code reviews, automated testing and continuous delivery.
  • Develop and operate cloud-native applications on AWS, including containerised services on ECS and event-driven workloads on Lambda.
  • Shape reliable delivery and operations with infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, observability and monitoring.
  • Write clean, secure, well-tested and maintainable code.
  • Take ownership from idea to production, delivering measurable value while ensuring resilient and compliant financial workflows.
  • Raise the team’s engineering standards by improving quality, automation, reliability and developer experience.

Qualifications

  • A university degree in a relevant field of study (e.g. computer science, engineering, sciences, ...) or a comparable qualification.
  • Strong experience building backend services with Kotlin or Java and Spring Boot.
  • A solid understanding of Domain-Driven Design and the ability to translate complex business processes into clear software models.
  • Experience designing and operating distributed, event-driven systems and APIs.
  • Familiarity with cloud-native development on AWS, especially containerised and serverless workloads.
  • Confidence with automated testing, CI/CD, infrastructure as code and production observability.
  • A quality and security mindset, with attention to reliability, maintainability and operational ownership.
  • An interest in complex financial workflows or the curiosity to learn them quickly.
  • Clear communication skills and a collaborative, pragmatic approach to solving problems.

Additional Information

  • Be part of one of the fastest-growing and most visible Fintech startups in Europe, creating innovative services that have a substantial impact on the lives of our customers
  • Work with an international, diverse, inclusive, and ever-growing team that loves creating the best products for our clients
  • Be productive with the latest hardware and tools
  • Learn and grow by joining our in-house knowledge sharing or career development sessions and spending your individual Education Budget 
  • Learn and experience German culture first hand by joining our free German language classes
  • International relocation support is provided if required 
  • Opportunity to work from abroad
  • Benefit from an attractive compensation package and from the company pension scheme
  • Monthly contribution of 50% for the ‘Deutschland Jobticket’
  • Say goodbye to order commissions and say hello to your complimentary subscription of Scalable Capital's PRIME+ Broker
  • Enjoy flexible and discounted sports activities with Urban Sports Club

Skills Required

  • University degree in computer science, engineering, sciences or comparable qualification
  • Strong experience building backend services with Kotlin or Java and Spring Boot
  • Solid understanding of Domain-Driven Design and ability to model complex business processes
  • Experience designing and operating distributed, event-driven systems and APIs
  • Familiarity with cloud-native development on AWS, especially containerised (ECS) and serverless (Lambda) workloads
  • Confidence with automated testing, CI/CD and infrastructure as code
  • Production observability and monitoring experience
  • Quality and security mindset with attention to reliability, maintainability and operational ownership
  • Interest in complex financial workflows or willingness to learn them quickly
  • Clear communication skills and collaborative, pragmatic problem-solving approach
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The Company
HQ: Munich
488 Employees
Year Founded: 2014

What We Do

Scalable Capital is a leading FinTech in Europe, bringing people and technology-based investment together. The company was founded in 2014 and has offices in Munich, Berlin and London.For private individuals, Scalable Capital offers a broker with a trading flat rate and interest and a digital wealth management. In digital wealth management, the company creates and manages globally diversified ETF portfolios for its clients with sustainable investment strategies when desired. The broker enables private individuals to trade stocks, ETFs, crypto, funds and more with as little as €1 and to set up ETF and stock savings plans with as little as €1.

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