About Revolut

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products — including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more — help our 70+ million customers get more from their money every day.

As we continue our lightning-fast growth,‌ 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work™. So far, we have 13,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And we're looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.

About the role

Our Technology team builds the systems and experiences that keep Revolut moving. From the infrastructure behind our innovative app to the features used by millions of people around the world, they bring sharp thinking, speed, and a focus on meaningful impact to everything they do.

We’re looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to keep frameworks lean and focus on what matters: clean, maintainable code, shipped fast with TDD, DDD, and continuous integration and delivery.

As part of the SSO team, you'll play a critical role by providing a secure, reliable, and scalable way for users and services to authenticate across the ecosystem.

Our stack includes Java 17/21, GCP, Kubernetes, Grafana, Prometheus, NewRelic, PostgreSQL, Redis, Spock, jOOQ, and Flyway.

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What you'll be doing

— Developing microservices to evolve our architecture

— Perfecting systems that our business depends on, like risk management, fraud detection, and payment processing

— Focusing on greenfield development and improvement of existing systems

What you'll need

— Fluency with Java

— 6+ years of experience in backend development

— A bachelor's degree in computer science, maths, physics, or similar field

— To be a quick learner with an ambitious attitude and results-driven personality

— The ability to work well as part of a team in a fast-paced environment

— Excellent communication and organisational skills

— Fluency in English

Nice to have

— Experience with Kotlin or Scala

— Experience in finance

— Experience in a startup or scale-up

— Experience in a product-focused environment