About Raisin

We are Raisin, a dynamic and fast-growing fintech company that is a trailblazer for open banking in the savings and investments space.

As one of the most successful European fintech companies, we build award-winning marketplaces to help customers gain better access to competitive savings, investment, and pension products. Combined, our brands Raisin, WeltSparen, SaveBetter and Zinspilot, serve over half a million direct customers from over thirty European markets and the U.S.

Additionally, we partner with more than 400 banks and financial services providers to help them source stable and secure deposit funding and also enable them to offer third-party products to their customers.

We are backed by renowned international investors such as Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Greycroft, Headline/e.ventures, Index Ventures, Kinnevik, PayPal Ventures, Thrive Capital, Top Tier Capital Partners, Ribbit Capital, and Vitruvian Partners, as well as Peter Thiel.

We are headquartered in Berlin, and also have offices in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, London, Madrid, Manchester and New York.

Team

The team is part of the “Deposit Tribe”, which consists of four teams that collaborate closely on the mission: To deliver solutions which enable simple, effective deposit taking banks partnerships that offer best-in-market Deposit products to Customers.

As a cross-functional team consisting of frontend and backend engineers, Deposits Brokerage team builds, runs and maintains the core platform solution for Raisin, enabling the capability to serve our public deposits offering on B2C and B2B channels, receive deposit orders and maintain their state over time.

The team owns the whole lifecycle from design and development through maintenance of the services at runtime. The team is responsible for the 24/7 runtime support of their services.

Tech Stack

Check our tech stack here

Your Responsibilities

You will be the TechLead (no people responsibility) in your team.
Advocate for writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code across the team’s tech stack - mainly Java, but Python as well for backend - adhering to best practices in software development. Implement new features and maintain existing codebases to ensure high performance and availability.
Collaborate within the tribe to design and implement robust software architectures that meet business needs, particularly in the context of financial applications. Ensure that these architectures are scalable, maintainable, and can adapt to future technological changes or business requirements.
Conduct code reviews, enforce coding standards, and contribute to improving the development process. Foster a culture of continuous improvement and high-quality output within the team.
Translate product requirements into scalable, reliable, and secure software solutions by providing technical insights. Ensure that all solutions delivered align with and support the organization's objectives
You master all product and technical aspects of the domain.
You are the go-to tech person for all system components in your domain, both for your team and tribe, and also from outside the tribe.
You will coordinate, unblock and report the status of a complex delivery and rollout, where several people across teams are involved.
You research and shape multiple alternative technical solutions when possible.
You actively manage the technical debt and documentation in your team.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers and peers, helping them grow their skills and improve their coding practices. Lead by example in adopting best practices and pushing the boundaries of technical excellence
You participate in the hiring process with techfit interviews and tech challenge reviews.

Your Profile

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
10+ years of professional experience in software development.
2+ years TechLead or Engineering Lead experience
Very strong hands-on development focus.
You have a proven track record of leading complex cross-team technical projects and initiatives.
Your deliveries have exceptional quality in both functional and non-functional aspects (security, scalability, resilience)
You are a highly respected mentor and coach
You are a master code reviewer and excellent pair-programmer
You are a strong strategic contributor in your domain. You can learn and own a complex domain and workflows.
You initiated, owned, and nurtured tech initiatives
Proven expertise in developing, testing, and maintaining high-performance, scalable applications using Java, Python and SQL for the backend and optionally TypeScript/JavaScript for the frond-end.
Previous experience working on projects that involve financial data, such as financial reporting, or integration with financial systems.
Solid experience with event driven microservices architecture (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, AirFlow, MySQL).
English is our company language and excellent verbal and written skills are a must
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies
Motivated by opportunities for growth - no task feels out of reach for you! You excel in a dynamic, fast-paced, high-growth, and entrepreneurial environment.

Join our mission, join our team - and grow with us!

At Raisin, we care about each other and it is one of our top priorities to foster an open and caring environment in which everyone feels welcome and comfortable. Our culture is strongly driven by our ambitious team, which, connects more than 75 different nationalities.

You'll find us in our modern and open office in the trendy Kreuzberg district with a view of the Spree River, ideally connected to public transportation and surrounded by a variety of restaurants and shopping opportunities.

As part of our team, you will benefit from:

Employee Development Budget of €2,000 and four full training days per year.
Access to Babbel for continuous language learning.
Hungry all the time? Snacks, daily fresh fruit as well as drinks provided at the office.
Flexible working hours, home office and 30 vacation days.
Enjoy more than 50+ different sports with Urban Sports Club: We subsidize your membership with more than €20 per month.
Love cycling? With JobRad, lease the bike of your choice and enjoy tax savings, plus Raisin covers your monthly insurance costs.
A company pension scheme (Betriebliche Altersvorsorge), which we support with 20%.
Do you miss being in the office? The Deutschland Ticket gets you there, which we subsidize with €25 per month.
You are moving from another country or city to join us? We will support your relocation.