Kotlin / Java Software Engineer - Broker (m/f/x)

<section class="job-section" id="st-companyDescription"><div><p class="googlejobs-paragraph--empty"></p><h2 class="title">Company Description</h2></div><div class="wysiwyg"><p>Scalable Capital is a leading digital investment and banking platform with a full banking licence, empowering people across Europe to shape their own finances. Scalable Broker makes it easy and affordable for clients to invest professionally in stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies, and derivatives, as well as set up savings plans. Scalable Wealth, the digital wealth management service, offers clients professional investment in ETF portfolios, and is also adopted as a white-label solution by banks and other B2B partners. The company’s offerings are rounded off by attractive interest rates, loans, and private equity. With the European Investor Exchange, Scalable Capital offers an exchange specifically for retail investors. Over one million clients have already entrusted more than €30 billion to the platform.<br> <br> Founded in 2014, Scalable Capital now employs over 700 people across Munich, Berlin, Vienna, Milan, and London. Together with the founding and management team, including Erik Podzuweit and Florian Prucker, they are working on a new generation of financial services.</p><p>Visit our <a href="https://de.scalable.capital/blog" rel="noopener noreferrer">finance blog</a> or check out our Social Media channels to find out what our Expert Teams have to say.<br> <br> Our Company Values guide us every day in how we work and collaborate. To learn more about them, you can find our values <a href="https://de.scalable.capital/values-principles" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a> (English).</p></div></section><section class="job-section" id="st-jobDescription"><div><p class="googlejobs-paragraph--empty"></p><h2 class="title">Job Description</h2></div><div class="wysiwyg" itemprop="responsibilities"><ul><li>Be part of a highly motivated cross-functional team, which focuses on the expansion of our broker business</li><li>Build and run one of the fastest growing neo-brokers in Europe</li><li>Get to work on cutting edge technology and be part of modern software development practices (e.g. agile and self-sufficient teams, continuous integration and deployment, test automation, cloud-based infrastructure and tooling).</li></ul></div></section><section class="job-section" id="st-qualifications"><div><p class="googlejobs-paragraph--empty"></p><h2 class="title">Qualifications</h2></div><div class="wysiwyg" itemprop="qualifications"><ul><li>A university degree in a relevant field of study (e.g. computer science, engineering, sciences, ...) or a comparable qualification.</li><li>Solid experience in our tech stack: Kotlin, Java, GraphQL, Docker, Spring Boot, AWS, Terraform</li><li>Previous experience with GDPR compliance and security topics is a big advantage.</li><li>Strong analytical thinking, both in the technical and in the product domain.</li><li>Excellent communication skills that are clear, concise, and targeted towards your audience - engineering, product, or other stakeholders.</li><li>A passion for well architected, testable and documented code.</li><li>Experience with domain-driven design and distributed architectures and/or microservices is a plus.</li><li>Background in financial services is a strong plus.</li></ul></div></section><section class="job-section" id="st-additionalInformation"><div><p class="googlejobs-paragraph--empty"></p><h2 class="title">Additional Information</h2></div><div class="wysiwyg" itemprop="incentives"><ul><li>Be part of one of the fastest-growing and most visible Fintech startups in Europe, creating innovative services that have a substantial impact on the lives of our customers</li><li>Work with an international, diverse, inclusive, and ever-growing team that loves creating the best products for our clients</li><li>Be productive with the latest hardware and tools</li><li>Learn and grow by joining our in-house knowledge sharing or career development sessions and spending your individual Education Budget </li><li>Learn and experience German culture first hand by joining our free German language classes</li><li>International relocation support is provided if required </li><li>Opportunity to work from abroad</li><li>Benefit from an attractive compensation package and from the company pension scheme</li><li>Monthly contribution of 50% for the ‘Deutschland Jobticket’</li><li>Say goodbye to order commissions and say hello to your complimentary subscription of Scalable Capital's PRIME+ Broker</li><li>Enjoy flexible and discounted sports activities with Urban Sports Club</li></ul></div></section>

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