Platform Engineer (Java)

Job summary

Revolut is seeking a Platform Engineer to contribute to core backend systems, including the event store and underlying transactional infrastructure. This role involves building and scaling core systems, writing high-throughput concurrent code, and addressing problems affecting multiple engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, or a similar field
• Production fluency in Java, or expertise in another backend language (Kotlin, Scala, Python, Go) with readiness to work primarily in Java
• Track record of building core systems or foundational platforms used by other engineers
• Distributed systems experience at a meaningful scale
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Fluency in English
• Background in fintech or other high-volume transactional environments (nice to have)
• Experience in a startup or scale-up (nice to have)
• Experience with event sourcing in production (nice to have)
• Open-source contributions to frameworks, libraries, or developer tooling (nice to have)

Responsibilities

• Build and scale core systems
• Write high-throughput, concurrent code at production scale
• Work on problems affecting multiple engineering teams
• Review code and assist other engineers with system design

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