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Platform Engineer (Java)

Revolut - Lisbon, Portugal - In-office

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Revolut is a global fintech company on a mission to give people more from their money. With 80+ million customers and 13,000+ employees worldwide, the company offers a suite of products including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, and travel services. The Technology team builds the systems and infrastructure that power Revolut's platform. As a Platform Engineer, you will contribute to core backend systems, including the event store and transactional infrastructure used across the entire engineering organization. Your work will have company-wide impact—improvements at this foundational layer save significant time for teams throughout the company. Key responsibilities: - Build and scale core backend systems - Write high-throughput, concurrent code at production scale - Work on problems that affect multiple engineering teams - Review code and mentor other engineers on system design Requirements: - 7+ years of backend engineering experience - Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, or similar field - Production fluency in Java, or deep expertise in another backend language (Kotlin, Scala, Python, Go) with readiness to work primarily in Java - Proven track record building core systems or foundational platforms that other engineers depend on - Meaningful experience with distributed systems at scale - Strong teamwork and communication skills in a fast-paced environment - Fluency in English Nice to have: - Background in fintech or high-volume transactional environments - Experience in startups or scale-ups - Production event sourcing experience - Open-source contributions to frameworks, libraries, or developer tooling

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