wealthAPI GmbH

Senior Backend Engineer Java / Spring Boot - remote

Berlin, Germany remote Mid Salary not listed
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About the role

About you:

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.

About us:

wealthAPI is a fast growing company with one central aim: improve the way we manage and plan our wealth. wealthAPI is primarily owned by its founders and operates under a long-term growth strategy.

At wealthAPI, we live an open discussion culture, decide together and develop as a team. Your are encouraged to take your own decisions and actively shape our products.

Performance in the job is important to all of us - at the same time both founders have family. This means we care about compatibility of family and career.

We combine technical excellency with a deep understanding of financial markets. Sharing knowledge is part of the "wealthAPI DNA".

We love our work - and are passionate about our products

Tasks

Work in a small team and as such take product assignments and lead them to completion. You will be responsible for all the 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 together with experienced Engineers and further improve our architecture, scalability and security to fulfil the need of our ever growing solution

Demonstrate great communication, ownership, accountability and team play skills. You are not “just” a developer - you will always think about our product and how to improve the experience for our customers.

Requirements

Must have:

5+ years of backend development experience

Strong development experience in Java and preferably Spring Boot

Test Driven Development

Extensive unit and integration testing skills

Beneficial:

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

Soft skills:

Willingness to learn about new technologies

Use data or reliable source of information to drive the decision making during discussion, design or implementation phases

Have the 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

We are a compact team that focuses on personal and professional growth. We discuss openly, decide in the team and implement together.

We combine technical excellence with a deep understanding of financial markets. Learning from each other is part of the “wealthAPI DNA”.

We are passionate about what we are doing - and achieve because we love what we are doing.

We solve real life investment problems together with a vibrant user base and see the immediate value of that.

You learn to invest, about financial products and how to manage your money.

We believe in automation. We automate anything and everything that can improve our productivity and focus.

We write our own tests and we test our own solutions which helps us learn more and understand our customers better.

wealthAPI is an equal career opportunity no matter your gender, identity, race or religion.

We value transparency, close collaboration, and a slight amount of chaos in our work because it makes us faster and more creative.

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Technology & IT API integration Remote Collaboration Senior Backend Engineer Mid level

Likely questions

  1. Tell us about work you have done that is close to the Senior Backend Engineer Java / Spring Boot - remote role.
  2. How would you approach your first 30 days at wealthAPI GmbH?
  3. Which of API integration, Remote Collaboration 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 stay organised and communicate clearly when working remotely?

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  • A recent example that proves your experience with API integration, Remote Collaboration 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.

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  • 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 Java / Spring Boot - remote role because I can bring practical experience in API integration, Remote Collaboration and Senior, learn the team quickly, and contribute to the outcomes wealthAPI GmbH needs from this hire.

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