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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead Backend Engineer - Conversational Banking - **Company:** N26 AG - **Location:** Berlin, Germany - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Code Review, Software Design Patterns, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Object-Oriented Software Development, GitHub Copilot, Spring-boot, Technical Debt, Generative AI, Backend, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Api Design, Restful APIs, Microservices - **Published:** August 7, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.de/details/5833696607 ## About the Role We are seeking a talented Lead Engineer to join our expanding teams and evolve our product, powered by a microservice architecture predominantly written in Java and Kotlin, using Spring Boot. Our cross-functional teams are passionate about collaboration and sharing knowledge, as well as working with a high degree of autonomy., * Design Patterns: A firm grasp of object-oriented programming, distributed systems principles and methodologies like DDD using architecture design patterns like Hexagonal, Event-Driven and Microservices. * Quality First: A strong track record of using engineering best practices, including Clean Code, TDD/BDD, and deep observability. * AI-Augmented Development: Proven experience in critically using AI coding agents (e.g., Claude Code, Gemini Code, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate delivery without compromising code integrity or security. Technical Stack * Modern backend: 5+ years of experience in building complex distributed systems in Java or/and Kotlin and Springboot/Spring AI. * API Design: Solid experience designing and implementing robust REST APIs. * Data & DevOps: Professional experience with PostgreSQL (performance and scalability) and "DevOps mindset" regarding CI/CD pipelines. Experience with AWS and/or Kubernetes is a plus. * Bonus Points: Knowledge of Python or Generative AI frameworks (Langchain, RAG pipelines) is a plus. Leadership & Soft Skills * Bias for Action: A "can-do" attitude with a focus on product understanding to ensure continuous improvement and successful delivery. * Effective leadership: Guide a team of mid and senior engineers to milestone delivery by unblocking and mentoring. * Collaborative Spirit: Strong collaborative spirit with a commitment to knowledge sharing and mutual growth. * Communication: Clear written and verbal communication skills, essential for a What you need to be successful. * Strong ownership: A sense of independence and an ability to establish structures or processes to adapt to a constantly evolving domain and environment. ## Description As a Lead Engineer at N26, you will be encouraged to embrace the latest technological updates and given a platform to work on complex, interesting problems on a daily basis. In this role, you will: * Directly impact your team's tech scope: work hand in hand with PM and EM to manage product technical roadmaps and dependencies to minimise technical debt. * Architect & Build: Design, develop, and maintain high-availability, high-performance web applications that serve as the backbone of our internal operations. * Foster tech-solid delivery: Drive the team's build-it-ship-it attitude by demonstrating healthy engineering practices, writing clean, well-tested, and well-refactored code with the team, and shipping it into production as often as possible * Integrate AI: Implement new features and integrations with foundational models and automation systems to empower our back-office teams. * Scale: Optimize, measure and monitor distributed systems to ensure seamless, continuous software delivery. * Mentor & Document: Role model engineering excellence through code reviews, technical documentation, and knowledge sharing in multiple ways, cultivating learning and avoiding knowledge silos in the team * Lead initiatives to improve our company-wide engineering culture and discover ways to multiply the effectiveness of the team and the organisation * Be involved in recruitment and employer brand projects to help make our engineering team stronger ## Related Videos - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Kotlin Multiplatform - True power of native code reuse](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/4-kotlin-multiplatform-true-power-of-native-code-reuse) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Inside Bitpanda's Tech Stack: Scaling a European Fintech Leader - Markus Dorner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1979-inside-bitpanda-s-tech-stack-scaling-a-european-fintech-leader-markus-dorner) - [DevOps Maturity Check – a way to balance autonomy and alignment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/58-devops-maturity-check-a-way-to-balance-autonomy-and-alignment) - [Next Level Enterprise Architecture: Modular, Flexible, Scalable, Multichannel and AI-Ready?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1017-next-level-enterprise-architecture-modular-flexible-scalable-multichannel-and-ai-ready) ## Related Articles - [The Biggest German Tech Companies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/424-the-biggest-german-tech-companies) - [Where to Find German Tech Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/366-where-to-find-german-tech-jobs) - [Best Coding Boot Camps in Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/237-best-coding-boot-camps-in-germany) - [Backend Developer Salary in Germany [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/196-backend-developer-salary-in-germany-2023) - [How to Find Tech Jobs in Berlin](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/291-how-to-find-tech-jobs-in-berlin) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline)