Backend Engineer - Memberships

About the Opportunity

You will work in the Grow & Engage domain, the heart of the customer experience, spanning everything from customer acquisition and onboarding to our premium membership tiers and the daily engagement of millions of users. Specifically, within the Subscriptions segment, you'll help build and improve features that enable customers to discover, purchase, and get the most value from N26 premium plans.

As part of a collaborative, cross-functional team, you'll work alongside experienced engineers, product managers, designers, and analysts while continuing to grow your technical skills and software engineering expertise.

In this role, you will:

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain backend services with the support of your teammates.
• Contribute to the delivery of customer-facing features by implementing well-scoped technical solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, team discussions, and knowledge-sharing sessions while continuously learning from your peers.
• Troubleshoot production issues, improve system reliability, and contribute to operational excellence.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality software.
• Continuously improve your engineering skills by learning new technologies, tools, and best practices.

What you need to be successful

Background

• Experience building backend applications using modern programming languages and frameworks.
• Understanding of backend software engineering fundamentals, including APIs, databases, and distributed systems concepts.
• Familiarity with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL.

Skills

• Good understanding of software engineering principles and clean coding practices.
• Familiarity with microservices or service-oriented architectures.
• Basic understanding of cloud platforms and modern development practices, preferably AWS.
• Motivation to write reliable, well-tested, and maintainable code.
• Full professional proficiency in English.

Traits

• Curious, eager to learn, and proactive in seeking feedback and improving your skills.
• Collaborative team player who enjoys solving problems with others.
• Takes ownership of assigned work and follows through on commitments.
• Appreciates the importance of security, quality, and reliability in software development.
• Open to giving and receiving constructive feedback as part of a healthy engineering culture.

What’s in it for you:

• Accelerate your career growth by joining one of Europe’s most talked about disruptors.
• Employee benefits that range from a competitive personal development budget, work from home budget, discounts to fitness & wellness memberships, language apps and public transportation.
• As an N26 employee you will have access to a Premium subscription on your personal N26 bank account. As well as subscriptions for friends and family members.
• Additional day of annual leave for each year of service.
• A high degree of autonomy and access to cutting edge technologies - all while working with a friendly team of peers of diverse nationalities, experiences, and backgrounds.
• A relocation package with visa support for those who need it.

Who we are

N26 has reimagined banking for today’s digital world. Technology and design empower everything we do and it’s how we are building the global banking platform the world loves to use.

We've eliminated physical branches, paperwork, and hidden fees for an elegant digital experience and supreme savings. Giving people the power to live and bank their way is what gets us out of bed in the morning and inspires the work that we do.

We are headquartered in Berlin with offices in multiple cities across Europe, including Vienna and Barcelona, and a 1,500-strong team of more than 80 nationalities.

Do you see yourself thriving in this role? We’d love to see your application even if you don’t meet 100% of the criteria. You may just be the right fit for this or other roles!

Equal opportunities for all

At N26, we believe our strength lies in our people and the varied perspectives they bring. We strive to build diverse teams that drive innovation and business success. We actively seek talent from all backgrounds and welcome applications from all genders, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities, neurodiversities, and ages.

We are committed to providing an excellent and accessible candidate experience. If you require any accommodations to make this process work for you, please let us know. We’re here to support you!

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