Staff Software Engineer (d/f/m)

Solaris is a tech company with a full German banking license. Our Banking-as-a-Service platform enables businesses to offer their own financial products. With our straightforward APIs, our partners can access and integrate a wide range of solutions such as digital banking, payments, cards, identification and lending services. As a market leader we are driven by bringing transformational change to the financial services industry.

We love what we do and we love our team. We are 500+ people from over 70 nationalities - a unique blend of techies, fintech enthusiasts, bankers and entrepreneurs from various industries. Our routines are built around genuinely valuing and exchanging different perspectives as well as actively sharing knowledge as we drive our business as a team. We believe and invest in personal growth.

Your Role

We're looking for a Staff Engineer to lead one of our core product engineering teams in shaping the future of digital banking. In this role, you'll work at the intersection of product and engineering, owning the design, delivery, and operation of complex, high-scale financial services. You’ll collaborate closely with Product Management, Engineering Leadership, and fellow engineers to build secure, resilient, and reliable banking solutions. You’ll bring both technical depth and leadership to a team solving critical business and technical challenges

As a Staff Engineer you will:

• Lead cross-functional engineering teams in building cloud-native services for banking products
• Architect and deliver scalable, secure backend systems, from design to production
• Champion engineering excellence, focusing on code quality, system reliability, observability, and performance
• Collaborate with product and engineering peers to ensure technical decisions align with business outcomes
• Take end-to-end ownership of systems ("You build it, you run it"), from design and deployment to operations
• Guide architectural decisions and long-term technical strategy within your domain
• Mentor engineers and cultivate team practices that elevate standards

We'd love to see

Depending on your level of experience, your responsibilities and scope of role will range. We don’t care much about fancy titles, but rather about real personal and professional development, as laid out in our learning framework. Let’s figure together out how you can contribute to our team.

• Proficiency in Golang, Java, or Kotlin, with a proven track record of developing scalable products
• Extensive experience in the development and operation of cloud-native applications across major platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure)
• Strong expertise in building and operating distributed systems, prioritizing performance, reliability, and maintainability
• Demonstrated leadership in technical projects or teams (e.g., Tech Lead, Team Lead)
• Solid understanding of security best practices for backend and cloud services
• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives, effectively balancing technical and product objectives
• A thoughtful communicator and adept problem-solver, capable of aligning engineering efforts with business goals

Benefits

• Home office budget
• Learning and development budget
• Transparent framework to support your career goals.
• Competitive salary

While job ads usually paint an ideal picture of a candidate, studies show that most applicants meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Unfortunately, many promising candidates tend to apply only if they meet all the criteria. So if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single item in the job description, please contact us anyway. We'd love to talk with you and find out if you might be a good fit for us.

At Solaris, we are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment, where all Solarians feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a diverse workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of color, ethnicity, religion, sex, origin, disability, marital status, citizenship, or gender identity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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