Staff Engineer - Client Technology

About the role

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will operate at a Tribe level, providing technical leadership across multiple teams. You will be a primary driver of our technical strategy and vision, ensuring that our systems are not only robust and scalable today but are architected to meet the challenges of tomorrow. You will act as a force multiplier, elevating the technical bar for the entire organization through mentorship, architectural governance, and hands-on execution of our most complex challenges.

What you'll do

• Define and drive the long-term technical roadmap for the Client Technology Tribe, aligning engineering efforts with overarching business goals.
• Lead the design of complex, cross-cutting distributed systems. Ensure our microservices architecture remains resilient, scalable, and maintainable.
• Mentor Senior Engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, technical rigor, and engineering excellence across multiple teams.
• Evaluation and adoption of cutting-edge technologies and modern software practices. Set the standards for CI/CD, cloud-native patterns, and test automation.
• Partner closely with Product Management, Security, and DevOps to bridge the gap between business requirements and high-performance technical execution.
• Treat security and observability as first-class citizens, championing these values across the tribe's entire ecosystem.
• Lead the implementation of critical "zero-to-one" projects or complex refactors that require deep technical expertise and systems thinking.

What you'll need

• Significant professional experience in backend development (6+ years), with a mastery of Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, Nodejs/Typescript and AWS services (ECS, Fargate, Lambda).
• A track record of operating as a Staff or Principal Engineer or as a high-impact Senior Engineer within a complex, cloud-native environment.
• Deep expertise in architecting and operating Microservices at scale, including proficiency with GraphQL, RESTful APIs, and both SQL and NoSQL database design.
• Demonstrated ability to make high-stakes architectural trade-offs that balance immediate delivery with long-term maintainability.
• Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in clear, open, and concise English.
• Advanced experience with Docker, Git, and modern security protocols (JWT, OAuth2).
• A university degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience in solving large-scale engineering problems.

Nice to have

• Experience driving "Shift Left" security and DevOps maturity.
• A background in the financial industry or developing highly regulated software products.

What they offer

• Flexible vacation policy and the opportunity to work from abroad
• Individual Education Budget and in-house knowledge sharing sessions
• International relocation support if required
• Monthly contribution of 50% for the Deutschland Jobticket
• Complimentary Scalable Capital PRIME+ Broker subscription
• Flexible and discounted sports activities with Urban Sports Club