Overview As Principal Backend Engineer in the Foundations domain, you will shape and scale core backend systems powering hundreds of thousands of customers. You’ll lead cross-team initiatives with real business impact, steer technical roadmaps, and uplift the engineering organization through mentoring and enablement. Your work will connect business goals to technical decisions, driving AI-enabled and scalable infra. This is a high-visibility role at a fast-growing fintech shaping Europe’s finance workspace.

Responsabilità

Own end-to-end programs spanning multiple teams and functions (Legal, Risk, Compliance, leadership) with business impact Architect and scale core backend systems (transactions, search/indexing, billing) to support growth Identify investments for Foundations (permissions, AI-native integrations)



and translate into roadmaps Mentor and enable engineers through programs and documentation to raise engineering bar Bridge business needs and technical decisions, communicating clearly to engineers and executives

Requisiti fondamentali

Designed and scaled high-volume backend architectures under growth pressure Led multi-team initiatives with business outcomes connected to company goals Autonomous and proactive in ambiguous environments, surfacing risks early Experienced in mentoring or enabling engineering teams at scale Interest in AI-enabled workflows and AI-native integrations leadership mentoring communication large-scale backend architecture transactions, search/indexing, billing multi-team program management

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