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.

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, we bring sharp thinking, speed, and a focus on meaningful impact to everything we do. We’re 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 rely on. Whatever you ship at this layer is used across the whole company, so a small improvement here can save a lot of time for the team later.

What You’ll 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 You'll Need

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience
• A bachelor's degree in computer science, maths, physics, or a 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 another high‑volume transactional environment
• Experience in a startup or scale‑up
• Event sourcing in production
• Open‑source contributions to frameworks, libraries, or developer tooling

We’re committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace. Revolut welcomes applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join our multicultural, hard‑working team.