Platform Engineer (Java), Barcelona

Platform Engineer (Java)

About Revolut

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products - including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more - help our 75+ million customers get more from their money every day.

As we continue our lightning-fast growth, 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, weve been certified as a Great Place to Work . So far, we have 13,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And were looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.

About the role

Our Technology team builds the systems and experiences that keep Revolut moving. From the infrastructure behind our innovative app to the features used by millions of people around the world, they bring sharp thinking, speed, and a focus on meaningful impact to everything they do.

Were looking for a Platform Engineer to contribute to our core backend systems, from the event store to the underlying transactional infrastructure that other members of the Engineering team work on.

Whatever you ship at this layer ends up being used across the whole company, so a small improvement here can save a lot of time for the team later.

Up to shape whats next in finance? Lets get in touch.

What youll be doing

Building and scaling our core systems

Writing high-throughput, concurrent code at production scale

Working on problems that affect multiple teams across Engineering

Reviewing code and helping other engineers with system design

What youll need

7+ years of backend engineering experience

A bachelors degree in computer science, maths, physics, or similar field

Production fluency in Java, or expertise in another backend language (Kotlin, Scala, Python, Go etc) and a readiness to work primarily in Java

A track record of building core systems or foundational platforms that other engineers built on top of

Distributed systems experience at a meaningful scale

The ability to work well as part of a team in a fast-paced environment

Excellent communication and organisational skills

Fluency in English

Nice to have

A background in fintech or other high-volume transactional environment

Experience in a startup or scale-up

Event sourcing in production

Open-source contributions to frameworks, libraries, or developer tooling

Compensation range

Krakow: PLN41,500 - PLN53,900 gross monthly

Poland: PLN41,500 - PLN53,900 gross monthly

Other locations: Compensation will be discussed during the interview process

java, kotlin, scala