Join to apply for the Lead Software Engineer (Java) - Ledger role at RevolutAbout RevolutPeople 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 60+ 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.What You'll Be DoingTaking full ownership of the financial domain, from addressing a business problem to implementation and maintenanceDeciding on priorities and plans, and influencing business decisionsWorking on performance and scalability, ensuring our sharded, CQRS-based architecture can easily scale furtherDeveloping simple and clear APIs that encapsulate financial complexity and consistency for hundreds of servicesParticipating in company-wide projects, such as seamlessly onboarding and configuring new products and marketsContinuing our scalability journey with ledgers across the globe and a full CQRS storage levelWorking directly with Product and Finance teams to become an advisor for new finance functionalitiesWhat You'll NeedFluency in Java8+ years of experience in back-end developmentA bachelor\'s degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, or a similar fieldExcellent communication and organisational skillsFluency in EnglishExpertise in designing and building high-performance, real-time distributed systemsSolid experience with database sharding and scaling high-concurrency systemsGreat knowledge of CQRS and event-driven architecturesThe ability to start from a business problem, scope a solution, then design, implement, test, release, and maintain itNice to haveExperience in high-load processing environments, particularly in fintech or a similar industryExperience with a global, multi-regional deployment modelExperience in startups or scale-upsExperience contributing to projects that impact an entire organisationSeniority levelMid-Senior levelEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionEngineering and Information Technology #J-18808-Ljbffr