Lead Backend Engineer - Assistance
N26Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain • Berlin, Germany
Posted March 6, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
N26 has reimagined banking for today's digital world, technology and design empower everything we do, and we are building the global banking platform the world loves to use.
Job Description
Join N26 as a Lead Backend Engineer to evolve our product, powered by a microservice architecture, and work on complex, interesting problems on a daily basis. As a Lead Engineer, you will be encouraged to embrace the latest technological updates, and given a platform to work on complex problems, direct impact your team's tech scope, architect and build high-availability web applications, foster tech-solid delivery, integrate AI, scale distributed systems, mentor and document, and lead initiatives to improve the company-wide engineering culture.
Requirements
- Engineering Mindset & Design
- Quality First
- AI-Augmented Development
- Technical Stack: Modern backend, API Design, Data & DevOps
- Leadership & Soft Skills: Bias for Action, Effective leadership, Collaborative Spirit, Communication, Strong ownership
Benefits
- Competitive personal development budget
- Work-from-home budget
- Discounts for fitness, wellness, language apps, and public transportation
- Free Premium subscription on personal N26 bank account, plus subscriptions for friends and family
- Additional day of annual leave for each year of service
- Relocation package with visa support