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Senior Backend Engineer (Berlin)
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote
Experience
Senior · 5+ years
Job description
A Senior Backend Developer role at Kadmos, a regulated salary payment provider in the shipping industry, responsible for owning core backend systems and building secure, scalable financial solutions.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote
- Languages
- English – fluent
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain core backend systems
- Build reusable libraries
- Implement complex financial components
- Integrate with external service providers
- Take full ownership of responsibilities while collaborating closely with product, compliance, and engineering teams
- Design systems that handle secure financial transactions
What we're looking for
- 5+ years of professional experience in backend engineering with Java and Spring Boot
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Physics
- Expertise in Spring Boot and strong knowledge of modern frameworks, SDKs, API standards, and libraries
- Solid experience with unit, integration, and performance testing (JUnit, Spock, Testcontainers)
- Strong understanding of building secure, reliable, and scalable systems, ideally in a regulated or financial services context
- Proactive, ambitious, and collaborative mindset with a track record of delivering high-quality solutions
- Fluency in English
Nice to have
- Familiarity with React
- Experience in building financial products
Benefits
- Opportunity to work in a company with direct social impact
- Attractive compensation
- Open & International environment
- Fantastic location in the heart of Berlin & flexible WFH policy
- Free lunch at the office
- Latest equipment, to ensure you have everything needed
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About Kadmos
Kadmos is a Berlin-based startup founded in 2021 by MIT graduates Justus Schmueser and Sasha Makarovych to bring fintech, low margins, and transparent FX to industries riddled with opaque mark-ups, kickbacks, and physical cash transactions. It is a regulated salary payment provider in the shipping industry.
Mission
To revolutionise salary payments to migrant workers
Key facts
- 2021
- Berlin
- Fintech
- Backed by renowned VCs Addition and Atlantic Labs
- Has raised more than $39 million since 2021
- Founded by MIT graduates Justus Schmueser and Sasha Makarovych
Partners & customers
AdditionAtlantic Labs
What they value
- Diversity
- Transparency
- Teamwork