Staff Backend Engineer

We are looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to join our BUX team based in Amsterdam.

Our engineering team sits at the heart of the company. We have a well-rounded team that cares about building great products that matter. You’ll be part of a modern fintech company where you can try things, break things, fix them, and learn fast. Your work is visible, your input matters, and you help shape both the product and how we build it. We stay close to what’s happening in the world of investing and fintech, and we share what we learn. It’s a place where you can stretch your skills, contribute to something real, and grow alongside people who take their craft seriously and enjoy building things together.

What you will do

In this role, you'll go beyond writing excellent code; you'll shape our technical direction, elevate our engineering practices, and mentor engineers across the organisation to help the company deliver the next iterations of our product, the BUX App. To do this, you will have the help of other very experienced colleagues, the freedom to brainstorm and suggest new ideas, and the time to execute those ideas in a high-quality way.

As a Staff Backend Engineer, your job is to lead from the front. This could mean:

• Take project requirements, design solutions, and document them in RFCs (Request for Comments)

• Follow, learn, apply, and advocate for modern software development practices across the team and organisation

• Analyse technical challenges (e.g., scalability), raise awareness of technical debt, and proactively address system issues before they impact users

• Help grow the technical skills of less experienced colleagues and collaborate across teams on planning and execution of broader impact projects

• Discuss technical solutions with Product Owners, support colleagues with complex problems, and diagnose and resolve live user issues or monitoring alerts in a thought-out, planned, and organised manner
  

What you need to succeed

• Excellent command of Git and collaborative workflows (e.g., GitFlow)

• Excellent knowledge of core system-design concepts and common microservices design trade-offs

• Ability to own, be responsible and accountable for the success of projects where own direct code contribution is combined with mentoring of less experienced colleagues

• Excellent command of Java, Kotlin and the Spring framework ecosystem

• Experience working with transactional Kafka and event-sourcing architectures

• A solid understanding and working knowledge of GCP (with focus on Kubernetes)

• You take initiative and push hard to turn ideas into real results

• You regularly use GenAI tools, stay up to date with new ones, and encourage the team to use them to speed up delivery and improve how everyone works

• A keen eye for detail while always keeping the big picture in mind

• An Agile mindset and working knowledge of the Scrum framework

Why join BUX as a Staff Backend Engineer?

• You will have space to share your ideas and be encouraged to express your voice

• You will be one of the most skilled technical people in the room, with the authority to make the decision

• You will be challenged to work with real-time data and develop APIs that can provide a smooth user experience through high-quality, high-performance code

• You will have the freedom to evaluate new tools that can be used to increase productivity, code readability, and maintainability

• Lastly, the business domain is interesting. You will learn how the financial system works on the inside

How we hire

To learn more about our approach to hiring and how to prepare for your interviews, check out our How we hire section.

Adjustments for the hiring process

We want you to feel empowered to show your best self during the application process. If there's anything we can do to accommodate you better (interview timing, place, etc), please let us know in your application form.

Our benefits

• International work environment

• Company pension plan

• Flexibility is at our core; we offer a hybrid work environment (1-2 days at the office)

• Working from home allowance

• Mobility benefit

• Gym membership contribution via Urban Sports

• Learning budget and full access to our learning and development platform

• A1 Dutch language course for you (and your partner)

• Delicious lunches at the office

• The possibility to work from abroad for 1 month every 12 months

• Take care of your mental and emotional well-being with unlimited appointments with psychologists or coaches through OpenUp

• Regular team gatherings and fun company events
  

BUX for everyone

At BUX, we’re committed to making investing accessible and affordable for everyone through our intuitive app. We believe that a diverse team with a range of backgrounds, skills, and perspectives is key to achieving this mission. By embracing diversity, we strengthen our ability to innovate and serve our customers better.

To fully benefit from our diversity, it’s essential that everyone feels safe, included, and valued. We are dedicated to creating a workplace where each of us can bring our full selves to work and contribute to our shared goals.