Software Engineer - Backend - Partner Experience EU/UK remote

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Conceptualize, define and develop the partner and developer experience platform
• ▹Ensure a scalable, maintainable, and secure microservice architecture
• ▹Design and evolve RESTful APIs, MCP tools, and customizable components
• ▹Contribute to architectural decisions and technical RFCs across engineering
• ▹Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and frontend engineers
• ▹Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve performance and reliability of production services
• ▹Implement unit, integration and E2E tests
• ▹Participate in a compensated on-call rotation (optional)

Requirements

• ▹Expertise in building testable, maintainable, scalable and extendable architecture
• ▹5+ years of relevant experience with Java/Kotlin and Spring Boot
• ▹Proficiency with REST APIs, including authentication and authorization topics
• ▹Proficiency with relational databases (preferably PostgreSQL)
• ▹Experience with MCP server development
• ▹Experience using agentic AI in all phases of software development
• ▹Great automation testing skills
• ▹Strong cross-functional collaboration skills

Nice to have

• ▹Experience with Terraform
• ▹Proficiency with Event Driven Architecture systems and patterns
• ▹Experience building scalable distributed systems, with a preference for financial vertical
• ▹Exposure to frontend development with React

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹The opportunity to work in a growing team owning partner and developer experience
• ▹Attractive remuneration
• ▹Your choice of preferred OS, Windows or Mac
• ▹Flat hierarchy and transparent communication in a relaxed, professional atmosphere
• ▹Flexibility and possibility to work remotely
• ▹Monthly mobility benefit
• ▹Wellhub Membership
• ▹Pliant Card with monthly credit

About the company

Pliant is a European fintech headquartered in Berlin, specializing in B2B payment solutions. Its modular, API-first platform helps businesses streamline spending, cash flow, and payment workflows. Founded in 2020, Pliant supports over 4,000 businesses and more than 20 partners globally, and as a licensed e-money institution (EMI) issues credit cards in 11 currencies across more than 30 countries.