(Senior) Platform Engineer (Go)

Trade Republic Bank GmbH
Berlin, Germany
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Remote
Berlin, Germany

Tech stack

API
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Cloud Computing
Distributed Systems
Github
Octopus Deploy
Prometheus
Grafana
Backend
Kubernetes
Terraform

Job description

  • Accelerate developer feedback loops: Empower teams to spin up production services in minutes, instrument key developer metrics, and channel those insights back into the platform-cutting cycle times and enabling product engineers to ship great features faster.
  • Engineer for resilience at scale: Define and monitor SLOs, burn-rates, and error budgets for every platform service. Continuously improve our platform product through functional and non functional testing. Lead blameless post-incident reviews and automate safety guardrails.
  • Own the platform: Shape the roadmap end-to-end-work with product managers to understand user needs, balance cost, latency, and developer experience, pick the right tech, and clearly explain trade-offs to leadership.

Requirements

  • 3+ years building backend or platform services in Go.
  • Cloud-native in your DNA: hands-on with Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, and experienced running production workloads on AWS, GCP, or another public cloud.
  • A passion for designing simple APIs for complex infrastructure.
  • Proven ability to make distributed systems reliable under real-world traffic.
  • Demonstrated ability to turn best practices into opinionated "paved roads" that make doing the right thing effortless.
  • Clear, concise English communication.

The toolbox we use (and you probably know): Go, Kubernetes (EKS), Karpenter, ArgoCD, AWS, Terraform, Backstage, GitHub Actions, Prometheus, Loki, Grafana. Experience with every single item is not required-bring your strengths and curiosity.

Benefits & conditions

Please note that this position is based in Berlin, London or Paris - relocation support is provided if required.

Our culture rewards ownership, excellence, and high energy. We care deeply about outcomes and hold each other accountable - we're here to win and fix one of the largest challenges Europeans face - closing the pension gap and democratising wealth. If this gets you fired up, reach out!

We believe it's our team's varied identities and backgrounds that make us sharper and stronger. We're committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected and has equal opportunity to thrive in their careers.

About the company

Trade Republic is the largest savings platform in Europe - we operate in 18 countries, serving +10 million customers who trusted us with over €150B in assets. But we're striving for more. We have a bold mission to empower everyone to build wealth with easy, safe, and free access to financial systems. You will have the opportunity to grow your career by collaborating with a team of outstanding talents and state of the art technology to build a lasting, positive future for millions. Trade Republic is known for shipping fast and strong, and at the core of this is Platform Engineering providing robust and scalable self-service platforms to enable our product engineers to deliver. Moving into the direction of golden paths, self service, and autonomy. We encapsulate complexity and deliver scalable solutions that empower millions of users to invest, trade, and save billions of euros., Trade Republic is Europe's largest savings platform that enables people to save, invest or trade with just three taps. The company was founded in 2015 by Christian Hecker, Thomas Pischke and Marco Cancellieri and today reaches over 340 million people in 17 European countries. Based on fundamental technological innovation, the company was built to democratize access to capital markets for all Europeans. It offers investing in savings plans, fractional investing and ETFs as well as derivatives or crypto. Trade Republic is a technology company supervised by Bundesbank and BaFin. As Europe's largest savings platform, Trade Republic has received investments by Accel, Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Ontario Teachers', Sequoia and TCV.Mission: Trade Republic is on a mission to set millions of Europeans up for wealth creation with secure, easy and commission-free access to capital markets.With over one million customers, Trade Republic is already the home screen app for many Europeans to manage their wealth. Participating in capital markets has been a privilege of the elite for too long. Trade Republic was founded with the conviction to democratize access to capital markets. Especially in times of high inflation and the growing pension gap, everyone should get the chance to participate in economic growth.Through state-of-the art technology, Trade Republic brings saving, investing and trading directly to the mobile phone, tablet or computer while freeing customers from unnecessary costs - so everyone can become a shareholder in just a few steps.

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