Company Description

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.

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.

Visit our finance blog or check out our Social Media channels to find out what our Expert Teams have to say.

Our Company Values guide us every day in how we work and collaborate. To learn more about them, you can find our values here (English).

Job Description

As a Junior Software Engineer within our Client Technology Tribe, you'll embark on a transformative journey in a role that offers immense learning opportunities. This position is ideal for recent graduates or final-year students in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related fields, who are ready to apply their academic knowledge to real-world challenges. At Scalable Capital, you will contribute to foundational product components, such as user authentication, client onboarding journey, and internal backoffice platforms.

We seek emerging talents who are ready to rise above the ordinary. Your curiosity and passion for technology will guide you to understand customer needs and contribute innovatively. With a user base in the millions, you'll learn to optimize processes and improve our service delivery.

Our engineering culture values diversity, lifelong learning, humility, and collaboration. We welcome fresh perspectives and are committed to helping you grow professionally. In this role, you will:

• Engage in the development of scalable and high-performance software, using mainly Typescript, but also occasionally Python and Kotlin.

• Collaborate to backend and frontend features, as well as internal tooling, libraries and frameworks.

• Contribute to a secure, compliant, and efficient foundation for our products.

• Participate in our cloud-native, DevOps-enabled infrastructure, with exposure to AWS services.

• Be a part of a culture that emphasizes diversity, lifelong learning, and collaboration.

• Work on projects that directly impact customers and learn to make data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Recent graduate or in the final year of a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. Bootcamp graduates with strong project portfolios are also encouraged to apply.

• Foundational knowledge of backend development and object-oriented programming principles.

• Experience with one programming language like, TypeScript, JavaScript, Kotlin, Python, or similar languages, through university projects, internships, or personal projects.

• Demonstrable involvement in software projects, open-source contributions, or tech innovations is a plus.

• Eagerness to learn new technologies and methodologies in software development.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with team members and contribute to a positive team dynamic.

• Understanding of or willingness to learn about quality practices in software development, such as Test-Driven Development and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment.

• Strong problem-solving skills and an enthusiasm for process optimization.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage effectively with team members.

• A mindset geared toward lifelong learning, diversity, and collaboration.

Additional Information

• 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
• Work with an international, diverse, inclusive, and ever-growing team that loves creating the best products for our clients
• Work from our centrally located offices in the heart of Munich or Berlin, nestled in lively neighborhoods filled with vibrant restaurants, cozy cafés, and a wide range of convenient amenities or choose to work remotely within Germany (if eligible for the job)
• Be productive with the latest hardware and tools
• Learn and grow by joining our in-house knowledge sharing or career development sessions and spending your individual Education Budget
• Learn and experience German culture first hand by joining our free German language classes
• International relocation support is provided if required
• Flexible vacation policy and the opportunity to work from abroad
• Benefit from an attractive compensation package and from the company pension scheme
• Monthly contribution of 50% for the ‘Deutschland Jobticket’
• Say goodbye to order commissions and say hello to your complimentary subscription of Scalable Capital's PRIME+ Broker
• Enjoy flexible and discounted sports activities with Urban Sports Club

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