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Senior Backend Engineer – Platform

spotixx

Senior Backend/Platform Engineer at spotixx building technology for the regulated financial sector. Focus on cloud, APIs, and data pipelines to enhance fraud detection and AML.

Posted 7/5/2026full-timeFrankfurt am Main • 🇩🇪 GermanySeniorWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in building and operating scalable platforms on Google Cloud, with a strong focus on backend development in Python, data engineering on BigQuery, and implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform. Proficient in cloud security practices and fluent in both German and English.

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Google Cloud PlatformPython DevelopmentBigQuery Data EngineeringTerraform Infrastructure as CodeCloud Security and IAM

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Hard Skills
Backend DevelopmentAPI DesignData Pipeline DevelopmentCI/CD PipelinesProduction WorkloadsPerformance TuningScheduled QueriesBatch ProcessingStreaming WorkloadsAudit Logging
Tools & Technologies
BigQueryCloud ComposerCloud RunPub/SubCloud SchedulerArtifact RegistrySecret Manager
Industry Keywords
Regulated Financial InstitutionsIAM StandardsRBACSSOVPC Service Controls

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
BigQueryCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Build and operate our platform on Google Cloud (BigQuery, Cloud Composer, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Cloud Scheduler, Artifact Registry, Secret Manager).
  • Own Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, plus CI/CD pipelines and clean promotion across dev, test and production.
  • Develop backend services in Python, design clean APIs, and integrate with internal and third-party systems.
  • Build production data pipelines on BigQuery: partitioning, cost and performance tuning, scheduled queries, batch and streaming workloads.
  • Shape a scalable, maintainable platform architecture with clean separation of concerns.
  • Work within security and IAM standards suited to regulated financial institutions: GCP IAM, RBAC and SSO, audit logging, Binary Authorization, VPC Service Controls.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 5+ years in backend or platform engineering, with production experience on Google Cloud.
  • Strong Python and clean API and service design.
  • Hands-on data engineering on BigQuery.
  • Solid DevOps practice: Terraform, CI/CD, containerized workloads.
  • Practical depth in cloud security and IAM: identity, access control, audit logging.
  • Fluent German (C1 or higher) and fluent English.
  • Big plus: background with regulated financial institutions or a comparable regulated setting.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Attractive compensation
  • Flexible hybrid work model, allowing you to split your time between our office in Frankfurt and working from home
  • High ownership and real impact in a growing fintech
  • Flat structures and short paths from idea to action
  • A collaborative, international team culture