Staff Engineer – Cloud Platform

Please note that this position is based in Berlin — relocation support is provided if required. 

THE BEST WORK OF YOUR CAREER

Trade Republic is the largest savings platform in Europe - we operate in 18 countries, serving +10 million customers who trusted us with over €150B in assets. But we’re striving for more. 

We have a bold mission to empower everyone to build wealth with easy, safe, and free access to financial systems. You will have the opportunity to grow your career by collaborating with a team of outstanding talents and state of the art technology to build a lasting, positive future for millions. ing talents and state of the art technology to build a lasting, positive future for millions.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

Trade Republic is known for shipping fast and strong, and at the core of this is Platform Engineering providing robust and scalable self-service platforms that enable product engineers to deliver. The Cloud Platform team manages access control, enables seamless network communication, and offers the observability foundations that enhance security, performance and software quality across the company.

We deliver secure, reliable infrastructure, giving engineers the access, visibility, and tooling they need to build and operate cloud-native services at scale. As a Cloud Platform Engineer, you will drive the technical direction and reliability strategy of this platform, shaping systems that power Trade Republic products used by millions of customers.

• Lead the architectural direction of our large-scale cloud infrastructure, ensuring reliability, resilience and scalability across the platform.
• Drive observability and reliability initiatives, defining standards for monitoring, alerting, and system ownership across multiple teams.
• Shape the evolution of our AWS-based platform, improving automation, and overall developer experience.
• Influence roadmaps and lead cross-team execution of critical platform projects, proactively removing blockers and simplifying complex dependencies.
• Coach and empower engineers through actionable feedback, fostering a culture of operational excellence, data-driven decisions and strong engineering principles.
• Build internal Observability, Networking, and IAM platforms for engineers

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Deep experience in software engineering with strong foundations in cloud platforms, distributed systems, infrastructure and networking.
• Strong programming skills, with flexibility across languages like Go, Kotlin, Java, Python, and an emphasis on engineering excellence, reliability and scalability.
• Expertise in building observability platforms and establishing operational standards across distributed systems.
• Proven experience in architecting scalable, resilient cloud networking infrastructure for distributed workloads.
• Clear understanding of authentication, authorization, and trust models in cloud-native distributed systems.
• Proven track record leading complex, business-critical systems and driving cross-team technical initiatives with long-term impact.
• Exceptional ownership, communication and the ability to drive technical solutions while empowering colleagues and engaging diverse stakeholders.

WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY NOW

Our culture rewards ownership, excellence, and high energy. We care deeply about outcomes and hold each other accountable - we’re here to win and fix one of the largest challenges Europeans face - closing the pension gap and democratising wealth. If this gets you fired up, reach out!