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Principal Engineer

spotixx

. Own the platform's systems design, including architecture, data models, contracts, integration boundaries, and trade-offs .

Posted 10/5/2026full-timeFrankfurt am Main • GermanyLead💰 €75,000 - €90,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates extensive experience in systems design and architecture, with a focus on secure, scalable systems for regulated industries. Proficient in both German and English, capable of translating technical risks into business terms while leading teams through design reviews and technical direction.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Systems DesignEnterprise ArchitectureSecurity AssessmentsCloud ExperienceRegulated-Industry Experience

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Hard Skills
Production Software DevelopmentDistributed SystemsAI-Assisted BuildingSecure-By-Design ThinkingOAuth/OIDCQuality VerificationPython/FastAPIReact/TypeScriptMulti-Tenant SaaSApplied Cryptography
Soft Skills
Technical DirectionInfluenceCommunicationCollaborationCalm Under Pressure
Tools & Technologies
GCPAWSAzureIaCContainersCI/CD
Industry Keywords
BankingFinTechRisk ManagementData ProtectionChange Control

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformPythonReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own the platform's systems design, including architecture, data models, contracts, integration boundaries, and trade-offs
  • Stay hands-on through the highest-risk parts of the build and ship code the team learns from
  • Establish architectural, security, and verification patterns and uphold them through design reviews
  • Design secure, scalable systems capable of banking-grade load and scrutiny
  • Raise the team's technical output through direction, design review, and pairing
  • Build AI leverage through agentic workflows with evaluations and guardrails for reliable shipping
  • Represent spotixx technically with customers through workshops and due diligence with bank architects, CISOs, and risk teams
  • Partner with senior management and the manager on strategy and prioritisation

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Typically 8+ years building production software
  • Deeply experienced, hands-on technologist able to own systems design and still ship code
  • Fluent in German and English; both essential
  • Experience delivering systems inside a large corporate or for a vendor supplying one
  • Understanding of enterprise architecture reviews, security assessments, and change control
  • Excellent systems design skills covering distributed systems, services, contracts, data, and integrations
  • Experience using coding agents and AI-assisted building
  • Track record of raising engineers through influence, design review, and example
  • Senior-management maturity; ability to translate technical risk into actionable business terms
  • Credible and calm with bank architects and risk functions
  • Security-minded, including secure-by-design thinking, OAuth/OIDC, and banking-appropriate data protection
  • Rigorous approach to quality, verifiability, and verification
  • Regulated-industry experience; banking or FinTech experience is a major bonus
  • Cloud experience; GCP preferred, AWS or Azure welcome
  • Familiarity with IaC, containers, and CI/CD
  • Nice to have: Python/FastAPI, React/TypeScript, the GCP stack, privacy-enhancing technology or applied cryptography (especially MPC), multi-tenant SaaS, and anti-financial-crime domain experience

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Attractive compensation
  • Flexible hybrid work model (Frankfurt + home office within Germany)
  • High ownership and real impact from day one
  • Flat structures that let the team move quickly
  • Collaborative, international team culture
  • Work on high-impact products that help fight financial crime
  • Own the architecture of our core data-sharing platform and build it hands-on
  • Applicants with disabilities will be given preference when equally qualified