Engineering Lead - Customer Accounting Team (m/f/d)

Team

The Customer Accounting team is responsible for the integration with our Servicing Bank with a focus on accounts and transactions to provide those to the customer and to other services on the Raisin platform. Most importantly, account life cycle, reconciliations and transaction compliance are in the domain of this team.

The team is part of the "Customer Tribe", which consists of 5 teams that collaborate closely on the mission to build and run state of the art Customer and Transaction Account experiences to grow Raisin at scale.

The Customer Accounting team provides:

• The full lifecycle of the transaction accounts
• Overview of the account balance and transaction history
• Compliance monitoring on transactions

Tech Stack

• Backend: Java, Spring Boot, MySQL, Kafka, AWS
• Web: TypeScript, ReactJS
• Mobile: TypeScript, React Native

Your Responsibilities

• Manage the full E2E delivery cycle: requirements analysis, estimation, design, implementation, QA, and delivery.
• Nurture an inspiring environment with open communication and a culture of trust.
• Proactively resolve impediments and mitigate risks.
• Collaborate closely with your team's Product Manager.
• Collaborate with other Product Managers and Tech Leads on strategy and planning.
• Drive the OKR process: objectives, definition, and individual target agreements.
• Recruit, hire, and onboard engineers while developing their soft and technical skill-sets.

Your Profile

Leadership & Experience

• At least 1 year of leadership or people management experience.
• Successfully managed software projects, built sustainable software, and delivered in a collaborative fashion.
• Comfortable and confident driving technical and architectural discussions.
• A decisive leader who stands their ground on architectural integrity while remaining a pragmatic and collaborative problem-solver.
• Fosters a culture of ownership, accountability, and technical excellence.

Expertise

• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong analytical mind, capable of mapping out intricate transaction flows and identifying edge cases before they hit production.
• Strong hands-on experience (typically 8+ years) in backend engineering, with solid Java (Spring Boot) expertise.
• Practical experience with event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka or comparable technologies).
• Understanding of distributed systems challenges such as idempotency, consistency, and failure handling.
• Comfortable participating in code reviews and architectural decisions across backend and fullstack systems.
• University degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering.

Regulated / Fintech Experience (is a plus)

• Professional experience in fintech, banking, investment platforms, insurance, or other highly regulated industries.
• Worked on systems where data integrity, auditability, compliance, and transactional correctness significantly influenced architectural decisions.
• An intrinsic 'Safety-First' mindset: For you, auditability and data integrity are not checkboxes, but core features of a professional system.

Communication & Collaboration

• Clear and confident communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Fluent in English; German is a plus but not required.

Join our mission, join our team -- and grow with us!

At Raisin, we care about each other and it is one of our top priorities to foster an open and caring environment in which everyone feels welcome and comfortable. Our culture is strongly driven by our ambitious team, which connects more than 75 different nationalities.

As part of our team, you will benefit from:

• Employee Development Budget of €2,000 and four full training days per year.
• Flexible working hours, home office and 30 vacation days.
• A company pension scheme (Betriebliche Altersvorsorge), which we support with 20%.
• Enjoy more than 50+ different sports with Urban Sports Club: We subsidize your membership with more than €20 per month.
• Do you miss being in the office? The Deutschland Ticket gets you there, which we subsidize with €25 per month.
• Love cycling? With JobRad, lease the bike of your choice and enjoy tax savings, plus Raisin covers your monthly insurance costs.
• Hungry all the time? Snacks, daily fresh fruit as well as drinks provided at the office.
• Relocation support may be provided if you are moving from another country or city to join us.