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.

Job Description

Your mission: take an already high-performing team to the next level. This unit powers core services - wealth management, market making, risk management, regulation, and more - with outstanding efficiency and feature delivery. We are committed to finding a leader who leads by example and truly lives best practices. You will manage a focused team of five, united by a long-term vision, strong culture, and real independence.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in our tech stack, especially Python. Proficiency in AWS services, serverless architecture and system design are essential, as is a deep understanding of various databases. You recognize the importance of people management and are committed to it, knowing that few can do it well.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and inspire a team of dedicated Python backend engineers, empowering quant development tech units to deliver services beyond what competitors can imagine.
• Design and build new platforms for our customers using cutting-edge technology and modern software practices such as agile teams, test automation, and cloud-based infrastructure. Remain open to replacing your system when a better alternative emerges.
• Drive legacy systems forward, remembering that every service here has been rewritten multiple times - reflecting our commitment to progress, not complacency. Our legacy is about leaving a meaningful mark, not tech debt.
• Select tools for storing, processing, and visualizing large and evolving datasets from diverse sources - we are a data-centric team that treats data with respect.
• Write clean, testable and maintainable code and treat clarity as a first class citizen.
• Prioritize tangible business results and maintain a business-first approach in all engineering decisions.
• Promote teamwork, open communication, and knowledge sharing among colleagues.
• Create the next generation wealth management and brokerage services for everybody.
• Tech stack: Python, DevOps, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as a Code (Terraform), AWS services such as Lambda, SQS, SNS, ECS, Step Functions, Aurora, DynamoDB, Glue, Athena and event-based asynchronous architectures.

Qualifications

• Several years of previous work experience in Python backend development (mandatory)
• Leadership experience - culture matters more than tenure
• Hands-on experience with AWS services
• Industry experience with Docker, Git and RESTful API
• Excellent knowledge in data-driven business applications
• Excellent communication skills (in English) that are clear, concise, and tailored to your audience - engineering, product, or other stakeholders
• Proactive, collaborative and easy-going working style, good time management, fair play

We would be happy if you'd write to us in the "message to the Hiring Manager" section about what excites you about the role and why you think you would be a great fit!

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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