Engineering Lead - KYC domain; m​/f​/d

Engineering Lead – RX Tooling (m/f/d) at Raisin

Raisin is the leading platform for savings and investment products across the EU, UK, and US. Founded in 2012, we connect consumers with banks to offer better interest rates and a diversified refinancing option for banks.

The “Base Tribe” hosts four teams focused on delivering core functionality for customers and internal teams. The RX Tooling team, part of this tribe, builds, runs and maintains six micro‑services written in Python, managing the KYC domain – ensuring fast, reliable and secure customer legitimation through external vendor integrations.

Technology stack:
Backend – Python (FastAPI), MySQL, Kafka, AWS. Web – Type Script, React

JS. Mobile – Type Script, React Native.

• You are responsible for the full end‑to‑end delivery cycle, from requirements analysis and effort estimation through design, implementation, QA, delivery, and support.
• You nurture an inspiring environment with open communication and a culture of trust.
• You champion writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code across the team’s tech stack – Python – adhering to best practices in software development. You implement new features and maintain existing codebases to ensure high performance and availability.
• You proactively resolve impediments and mitigate risks for your team.
• In case you need to escalate delivery and team risks, you do this in a timely fashion with a well‑articulated solution/mitigation plan.
• You collaborate closely with your team’s Product Manager.
• You facilitate the team’s work on strategy and planning for the delivery.
• With the Product Manager, you drive the OKR process for your team: communication of objectives, key result definition, team commitment, and pairing OKRs with individual target agreements for your engineers.
• You recruit, hire, and onboard engineers into the team.
• You develop your engineers’ soft‑ and technical skill sets according to the company’s goals and needs.
• You craft agreements and individual development plans with every team member, aligned to the team’s goals.
• You uncover training opportunities and provide coaching for your team.
• You recognize high performance and reward accomplishments; you act on low performance in a timely manner.
• You establish and keep strong performance standards for your direct reports.

• You have a university degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related fields or equivalent practical experience.
• You bring at least 2 years of leadership/people‑management experience in a remote setup and have a strong focus on delivery.
• You have hands‑on experience in technical platform transitions within a company.
• You have strong hands‑on experience (min. 8 years) as a Backend Software Engineer and want to stay one of the main contributors to your team.
• You know how to manage software projects to a successful delivery in a collaborative fashion.
• You have up‑to‑date, in‑depth knowledge of the software development lifecycle in modern Frontend and Backend.
• You need to feel comfortable with Python technologies.
• You are comfortable with architecture discussions.
• You bring experience with AWS Services, Kubernetes, and Event‑Driven architectures.
• Prior exposure to the KYC domain is a strong plus.
• Very good communication skills; fluency in English;
  German‑language skills are a plus but not mandatory.

• 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) with 20% support.
• More than 50 different sports with Urban Sports Club – subsidised membership of €20 per month.
• Deutschland Ticket for office commutes – subsidised with €25 per month.
• Job Rad – lease a bike with tax savings, plus monthly insurance covered by Raisin.
• Snacks, daily fresh fruit and drinks provided at the office.
• Support for relocation if you move from another country or city.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

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