Graduate Backend Engineer (f/d/m)

LIGHTHOUSE FOR TALENT 

Do you want to start your career solving business challenges through innovative technology? Do you enjoy working on cutting-edge, scalable services technology in a team environment? 

At Trade Republic, we are on a mission to empower everyone to create wealth with easy, safe and free access to the financial system. With over four million customers we are the largest savings platforms in Europe, with users holding over €35 billion on our platform.

We are seen as the go-to-destination for top talent from across the globe. Everyday we strive to make Trade Republic a great environment to do the best work of your life, surrounded by exceptional, caring and passionate colleagues. In addition to learning and growing with a world-class team, you will build a destination for millions of people across Europe to create wealth.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Engineers build the bank: Our Engineering competence strives for technical excellence, efficiency and a state-of-the-art experience for our customers. We believe in using the best tools for the task at hand with an eye into the future and working together to democratize wealth. 

If you join as a Graduate Engineer, you will rotate through different teams within Trade Republic to get an understanding of the entire business. 

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Be part of cross-functional product teams delivering mission-critical features and services
• Build and test services and products using modern tools from the JVM ecosystem such as Kotlin, Spring and Vert.x, Hibernate or jOOQ
• Design cloud services focusing on high availability, low latency and scalability (on top of AWS)
• Ship products via a CI/CD pipeline based on Github Pull Requests, Buildkite, and Container Orchestration
• Proactively take responsibility for long-term code quality and architecture
• Collaborate closely with peers from other teams and non-technical stakeholders
• Share your knowledge about tools and technology that remove manual processes, reduce tedious tasks and increase efficiency and reliability

WHAT WE LOOK FOR 

• Knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals such as object-oriented design, algorithm design, data structures, problem solving and complexity analysis
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or Engineering and a max of 1 year of work experience in similar job fields
• Have a good understanding or direct experience with coding in modern tools such as Kotlin, Spring or AWS ideally from internships or bootcamps 
• Have good communication and collaboration skills
• Take ownership of assigned tasks with proper guidance and are an advocate for a collaborative and knowledge-sharing work culture.
• Be business fluent in English
• Be excited about working in a fast-moving, agile company where we learn from our mistakes

WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY NOW

At Trade Republic you will get to do the best work of your career. We are a destination for people who are exceptional at what they do. Every day, we strive to build a world-class team and provide the space for people to do their best. We have a relentless ambition of raising the bar and expect the best from ourselves. Through our dedicated people-first management approach and transparent career paths, you will have the opportunity to develop and grow your career like never before. And because you are surrounded by a diverse team of high performers, you will be learning every day.

You will play an important role in fixing one of the largest challenges we face - closing the pension gap and democratizing wealth. Trade Republic is a place where your job, your career and your passions intersect. If this gets you fired up, just like it does for all of us at Trade Republic, then reach out!