Backend Engineer - Payments at N26
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At a glance
- Company
- N26
- Location
- Spain
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 2–5 years
- Working hours
- 40 hours
- Visa sponsorship
- Offered, according to the listing
- Posted
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- 📊 7 Backend Engineer jobs in Spain in the last 60 days see them
- 🛂 Visa: Highly Qualified Professional permit. Education: Higher education degree guide
- 💡 No salary shown. Ask N26 if it is above the minimum.
Updated 2026-11-05, from our data and official sources.
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About the role
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, test and operate high-volume payments and card transaction services using JVM-based technologies.
- Own features end-to-end: discovery, implementation, deployment and maintenance in a microservices architecture.
- Collaborate with product, QA and operations to ship reliable, well-tested code and participate in on-call/incident response when needed.
- Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines, monitoring and observability for production systems.
- Contribute to knowledge sharing (design reviews, GSDD sessions) and mentor junior engineers.
Requirements:
- Strong experience developing production services with a JVM language and Spring Boot (Kotlin experience is a plus).
- Solid understanding of microservice design patterns, scalable system design and fault tolerance.
- Experience with relational databases (Postgres) and familiarity with non-relational stores.
- Practical experience or comfort working in cloud environments (preferably AWS).
- Track record of writing well-tested, secure code and shipping production services.
- Good communication skills and ability to work in autonomous, cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
You will design, develop, test, and maintain high-volume payment systems within a collaborative team environment. Additionally, you will manage project priorities and contribute to knowledge sharing while staying current with modern technology trends.
Requirements
Candidates must have experience with JVM-based languages, Spring Boot, and microservice architectures in large-scale production environments. A strong understanding of cloud architecture, specifically AWS, and relational/non-relational databases like Postgres is required.
Key skills
- JVM — in 13 other listings on The Stack
- Spring Boot — in 147 other listings on The Stack
- Kotlin — in 251 other listings on The Stack
- Microservice architecture — in 32 other listings on The Stack
- Postgres — in 69 other listings on The Stack
- Cloud architecture — in 80 other listings on The Stack
- AWS — in 802 other listings on The Stack
- Software development — in 71 other listings on The Stack
- System design
- Testing
- Deployment
- Security
- Documentation
- Communication
On The Stack (as of 2026-11-05)
Frequently asked questions about N26
Is this Backend Engineer - Payments role still open?
It was posted on 2026-09-07. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check N26's site before applying.
Does N26 offer visa sponsorship?
This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on N26's site.
Where is this role located?
The listing gives the location as Spain. It is marked on-site.
What skills does this role ask for?
The listing names: JVM, Spring Boot, Kotlin, Microservice architecture, Postgres, Cloud architecture, AWS, Software development, System design, Testing, Deployment, Security, Documentation, Communication.