Backend Software Engineer, Banking Infrastructure

Pliant Plastics Corporation

Software Engineer - Backend focused on Banking Infrastructure at a European fintech. Building robust financial infrastructure and integrations for secure payment execution.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeRemote • 🇩🇪 GermanyMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSDockerJavaPostgresSpringSpring BootSpringBoot

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Collaborating with others to drive epics and technical initiatives within the team.
Actively participating in shaping our technical direction and how the systems should grow by bringing up possible improvement topics for a healthy discussion within the team.
Ensuring a scalable, maintainable, and secure micro-service architecture that can handle the expected load and grow iteratively as needed.
Participating in the on-call rotation and the overall support effort of the team while keeping an eye on root causes and possible system improvement points.
Communication is key in our team and we like to avoid knowledge silos by maintaining a knowledge sharing culture through documentation pages such as RFCs and ADRs, or grooming meetings -when needed- to ensure team alignment before we commit to a given work plan.
Working closely with the product manager and the engineering manager and frontend engineers to align on action items and deliver high quality features.
Following Pliant Values: Push It, Own It, Open Up, Be Kind, Have Fun, Be Pliant.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of relevant experience with Java and Spring Boot (or relevant stack)
Proficiency with REST APIs and event driven communication patterns
Proficiency with relational databases (preferably PostgreSQL)
Experience with AWS and Docker
Expertise in building testable, maintainable, and extendable systems
Obsession with the best engineering practices
Strong problem solving skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

Attractive remuneration (taking experience level and geographical location into consideration)
Flat hierarchy and transparent communication in a relaxed, professional atmosphere
Opportunity to develop your talent in a dynamic team with ambitious goals
Flexibility and possibility to work remotely
Monthly mobility benefit
Wellhub Membership
Company card with a monthly allowance for lunches, coffee, etc. with co-workers

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaSpring BootREST APIsevent driven communicationrelational databasesPostgreSQLAWSDockertestable systemsengineering practices

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationproblem solvingknowledge sharingteam alignmentinitiativeadaptabilitycritical thinkingsupportdiscussion