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Senior Backend Engineer

Remote from Spain·Full-time·Added 1 month ago (last checked 13 Oct)

Trading 212

8 open roles

Overview

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Remote from Spain
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Senior level

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Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Proven ownership of backend services built and operated within a microservices architecture.

  • A strong grasp of communication protocols such as HTTP, WebSockets and AMQP, including when to apply each.

  • Production fluency in at least one modern backend framework.

  • Deep knowledge of relational databases, including indexing, transactions, isolation levels, locking mechanisms and high-performance design.

  • A track record of designing systems for high availability, scalability and resilience.

  • Clear, structured problem-solving and the ability to explain technical decisions and trade-offs.

  • Strong engineering fundamentals, sound judgement and confidence learning unfamiliar technologies.

The role

We reinvent how trading and investing work by creating exceptional products people love.

That takes high standards, high velocity and engineers who own what they ship.

Today, we serve over 6 million clients, with more than €38 billion in assets under management - a testament to the scale and trust we have built in just a few years. At that scale, performance, reliability and data integrity are part of the product.

Our platform is powered by a modern, high-performance engineering stack designed for scale and reliability: Java 21 (Spring), Go, Node.js (TypeScript), PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Redis, Kafka, ClickHouse, Elasticsearch, Docker, Grafana, AWS, Kubernetes and Kibana.

Senior Backend Engineers work across our backend organisation. Your team match will reflect your strengths, interests and where you can contribute most.

Across every team, the model is the same: small, autonomous groups, short release cycles and ownership from problem definition through production.

What you'll do

  • Own backend solutions end to end: understand the business problem, shape the requirements, design the solution, build it, test it, deploy it and run it in production.

  • Design and evolve services for performance, scale, resilience and data integrity.

  • Make clear technical decisions with a full understanding of the constraints, alternatives and trade-offs.

  • Keep code and systems maintainable as products and requirements evolve.

  • Diagnose difficult production problems, address their underlying causes and prevent recurrence.

  • Work closely with product and engineering colleagues to turn complex requirements into simple, durable solutions.

  • Review work critically, share knowledge and raise the engineering standard across the team.

What you need to have

Depth in one backend ecosystem and sound tool choice matter more than familiarity with every technology listed.

Bring your ambition to Europe's fastest-growing mobile broker!

About Trading 212

Trading 212 is a London-based fintech company that provides a commission-free online trading platform for stocks, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies. The company has grown rapidly since its founding, serving millions of retail investors across Europe with a user-friendly mobile and web application. Its platform is known for fractional share trading and a strong focus on making investing accessible to a broad audience.

In Spain, Trading 212 has established a significant presence, with a technology hub in Madrid that houses its engineering, product, and data teams. The company is known for a modern, product-led culture with a strong emphasis on engineering excellence, and it actively hires international talent, offering relocation support and a multicultural, English-speaking work environment. For international professionals, Trading 212 offers the opportunity to work on a high-scale consumer fintech product in a fast-paced, autonomous environment.

Industry
Fintech
Founded
2004
Employees
500–1,000
Headquarters
London, UK
In Spain
Barcelona

Good to know if you are moving

  • Trading 212's Barcelona office is its main technology hub in Spain, hosting engineering, product, and data teams.
  • The company offers relocation support and a hybrid work model, making it accessible for international hires.
  • The working language at the Barcelona office is English, which lowers the barrier for non-Spanish speakers.
  • The company is known for a flat hierarchy and a high degree of engineering autonomy, which appeals to senior international talent.
  • Trading 212 provides a stock grant and a competitive salary package, which is a plus for professionals relocating to Spain.
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