Senior Backend Engineer – Security Automation

About the Opportunity N26 is seeking a talented Senior Backend Engineer with a strong background in security or SRE to join our Security Engineering team. You will work on building and scaling the N26 Security Platform, developing internal products and automation engines that support threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability management across the organization. This role offers autonomy, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and the opportunity to work with a modern technology stack in a cloud-first environment.

What you’ll do - Design and own end-to-end solutions: architect and implement high-availability, high-performance backend services and platform components from concept to production. - Build the Security Platform: develop tools and automation engines to enable security teams to operate at scale. - Enable the organization: partner with multiple streams to build shared infrastructure and automation they need to operate efficiently. - Drive technical excellence: maintain code quality, robust architectures (distributed systems, Domain-Driven Design), automated testing, and reliability across the platform. - Own the lifecycle of services: apply CI/CD practices and Infrastructure as Code to ensure resilient cloud deployments.

What you bring - 5+ years of experience building production-grade software and managing complex backend architectures in large-scale systems. - Strong experience with software development best practices and modern architectures (distributed systems,

Senior Backend Engineer – Security Automation

About the Opportunity N26 is seeking a talented Senior Backend Engineer with a strong background in security or SRE to join our Security Engineering team. You will work on building and scaling the N26 Security Platform, developing internal products and automation engines that support threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability management across the organization. This role offers autonomy, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and the opportunity to work with a modern technology stack in a cloud-first environment.

What you’ll do - Design and own end-to-end solutions: architect and implement high-availability, high-performance backend services and platform components from concept to production. - Build the Security Platform: develop tools and automation engines to enable security teams to operate at scale. - Enable the organization: partner with multiple streams to build shared infrastructure and automation they need to operate efficiently. - Drive technical excellence: maintain code quality, robust architectures (distributed systems, Domain-Driven Design), automated testing, and reliability across the platform. - Own the lifecycle of services: apply CI/CD practices and Infrastructure as Code to ensure resilient cloud deployments.

What you bring - 5+ years of experience building production-grade software and managing complex backend architectures in large-scale systems. - Strong experience with software development best practices and modern architectures (distributed systems,