Senior Software Engineer - Clearing in Germany at Jobgether

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Clearing in Germany.

Join a highly skilled engineering team building the critical infrastructure that powers modern financial markets. In this role, you will develop and enhance backend systems responsible for post-trade processing, clearing operations, and securities-related services that support millions of brokerage accounts globally. Working in a distributed and collaborative environment, you'll contribute to complex, high-impact projects that directly influence the scalability, reliability, and growth of financial products. This position offers the opportunity to take ownership of projects from concept to production, solve challenging technical problems, and work alongside talented professionals passionate about engineering excellence. If you enjoy building robust distributed systems and want to deepen your expertise in financial technology, this role offers both meaningful impact and long-term growth opportunities.

• Design, develop, and maintain critical clearing and post-trade processing systems that support large-scale financial operations.
• Own projects throughout their full lifecycle, from ideation and technical design to deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Build new services and integrations that enable innovative financial products and unlock additional business opportunities.
• Enhance existing infrastructure and backend systems to improve scalability, reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to define technical solutions, align priorities, and deliver business-critical initiatives.
• Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to engineering best practices across distributed systems and platform development.
• Support production environments through on-call rotations, proactively identifying and resolving issues to maintain system stability and performance.
• Contribute to the long-term evolution of systems while balancing technical excellence with practical business needs.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, and maintaining reliable distributed systems in production environments.
• Strong proficiency in Go, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of software architecture, databases, networking, distributed systems, and cloud-native technologies.
• Proven ability to lead technical projects independently, navigate ambiguity, and deliver high-quality solutions from concept to completion.
• Experience designing and developing scalable RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Interest in financial markets and a commitment to building secure, reliable systems that handle sensitive financial transactions.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to communicate effectively, provide constructive feedback, and work successfully within distributed teams.
• Experience working in startup or fast-growing technology environments is highly valued.
• Familiarity with securities clearing, settlement, securities finance, or broader fintech domains is a plus.
• Additional experience with technologies such as gRPC, Protobuf, Temporal, Grafana, Kafka, Redpanda, Helm, or Docker is advantageous.

• Competitive salary package.
• Equity participation through stock options.
• Comprehensive health benefits.
• Fully remote and globally distributed work environment.
• One-time home office setup allowance of USD $500 for new hires.
• Monthly remote work stipend of USD $150.
• Opportunity to work on highly impactful financial infrastructure serving a global customer base.
• Exposure to complex technical challenges in the fintech and brokerage industry.
• Collaborative culture that values ownership, curiosity, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Long-term career growth opportunities within a rapidly scaling technology organization.