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 50+ 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, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work™. So far, we have 10,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And we're 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 isn’t just one of the best in the industry. It’s one of the best in the world. And we’re proud of it. It’s our driving force — our engine.

We're looking for a Lead Software Engineer to help build a custom event-streaming platform, capable of processing billions of events monthly.

You'll tailor the platform for performance, reliability, and flexibility to offer full lifecycle control and guaranteed consistency by aligning state changes with persisted events.

Our Technology Stack

Java 17/21
GCP, Kubernetes, Grafana, Prometheus, NewRelic
PostgreSQL, Redis
Spock
JOOQ, Flyway

Up to shape the future of finance? Let's get in touch.

What you’ll be doing

Leading the development and enhancement of the Eventstore platform
Designing, documenting, and implementing solutions at a global scale using Domain-Driven Design, CQRS, and event-driven principles
Architecting and evolving the platform for scalability, resilience, and high-performance event processing
Driving both greenfield development and continuous improvement of existing systems
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimise engineering processes, ensuring high quality and efficiency
Mentoring and guiding backend engineers, fostering best practices and solid technical decision-making

What you'll need

Fluency with Java
8+ years of experience in back-end development
A bachelor's degree in computer science, maths, physics, or similar field
Excellent communication and organisational skills
Fluency in English
Proficiency in Kafka, Pulsar, or similar distributed messaging and event streaming platforms
Solid knowledge of PostgreSQL, Redis, and event storage mechanisms
Expertise in designing and optimising real-time event-driven architectures
Experience building and scaling high-concurrency systems for performance and reliability

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