Senior Backend Engineer - Germany

Klar is a fintech company serving 7 million users in Mexico, building financial products for underbanked markets. This Senior Backend Engineer role is part of the investment team, working on high-throughput, event-driven microservices powered by Kafka, responsible for savings accounts, campaigns, and the investment platform. Fully remote position for candidates based in Germany.

• Manage multiple microservices and supporting library projects in an event-driven microservices architecture powered by Kafka.
• Be responsible for the full lifecycle of savings accounts, campaigns (rewards), and the entire investment platform, taxation, etc.
• Work on financial-grade, high-throughput systems that must be correct and auditable while integrating with a broader ecosystem of microservices managed by other teams.

• Solid backend software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in: Java/Spring Boot ecosystem, Hibernate
• Microservices, event-driven architectures, REST APIs
• Relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred), transactions and concurrency, maintaining large, high-traffic tables.
• Continuous delivery with test-driven development (ATDD), or willingness to learn and adapt.
• Nice-to-have: Experience in financial systems
• Nice-to-have: Experience with observability stacks

• Competitive salary based on performance and experience
• Chance of earning Klar stock options
• 26 days of paid vacation per year
• MacBook Pro
• Wellhub subscription to support mental and physical health
• Sponsored coaching and therapy sessions via a Mental Health platform
• Training budget to upskill your learning
• Health insurance & Pension scheme
• BVG Corporate ticket
• Berlin office if you prefer to work onsite
• International work environment with amazing and highly skilled people
• A world-class team that helps you evolve in areas you're interested in