Staff Engineer (m/f/d)

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential financial technology organization seeking a Staff Engineer to join their platform engineering team in Berlin. Our client is a key player in the index development space, building scalable solutions that support global financial markets.

In this senior role, you'll lead the technical architecture of business-critical services that power index construction workflows. You'll shape engineering excellence, drive complex initiatives across the stack, and mentor engineers while working with cutting-edge cloud-native technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction and architectural evolution of the domain, delivering scalable and maintainable solutions for internal and external users
• Drive complex initiatives end-to-end: clarify ambiguous requirements, shape solution approaches, and implement across backend, frontend, data, and infrastructure
• Raise engineering standards through hands-on leadership, code and design reviews, coaching, with focus on simplicity, quality, and maintainability
• Partner with product, business stakeholders, and engineering teams to identify core problems, challenge assumptions, and deliver platform-aligned solutions
• Design distributed systems, APIs, integrations, data models, and cloud infrastructure ensuring scalability, reliability, and operational readiness
• Improve engineering effectiveness by refining processes, reducing friction, strengthening ownership, and enabling better trade-offs
• Mentor engineers and support their growth in technical depth, ownership, and end-to-end delivery

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with deep expertise in common programming languages (Java, Python, TypeScript used in this role)
• Strong system design skills including service decomposition, API design, integration patterns, data modeling, scalability, and reliability in cloud-native environments
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including deploying, operating, and troubleshooting containerized applications
• Ability to lead ambiguous, business-heavy problem spaces: identify requirements and root problems, structure chaos, translate needs into technical solutions
• Proven track record simplifying complex systems and delivering maintainable end-to-end solutions with high business impact
• Strong experience with modern engineering practices: code reviews, design reviews, CI/CD, testing strategy, observability, incident response, production ownership
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with ability to influence engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders
• Product mindset and delivery orientation: balance technical quality with business value and drive initiatives to completion
• Experience with React and TypeScript frontend development is a plus

How We Work With You

When you apply through Get A Job.ai, our talent team reviews your profile and conducts an initial screening to understand your experience and career goals. We then submit qualified candidates to our client for consideration. Please apply exclusively through our platform and do not contact the client directly, as we manage the entire recruitment process on their behalf.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process based on your experience level.

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