Technical Team Lead - Python Engineering (m/f/x)

Technical Team Lead – Python Engineering (m/f/x)

Scalable Capital is a leading digital investment and banking platform with a full banking licence, empowering people across Europe to shape their own finances. The platform offers professional investment in stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies, and derivatives, as well as savings plans, loans and private equity. With more than one million clients and over €30 billion in assets under management, Scalable Capital delivers its services through a modern, data‑centric technology stack and a culture of speed and experimentation.

Your mission: take an already high‑performing team to the next level. This unit powers core services—wealth management, market making, risk management, regulation, and more—with outstanding efficiency and feature delivery. We are looking for a leader who leads by example and truly lives best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team of dedicated Python backend engineers, empowering quant‑development tech units to deliver services beyond what competitors can imagine.
• Design and build new platforms for our customers using cutting‑edge technology and modern software practices such as agile teams, test automation, and cloud‑based infrastructure. Remain open to replacing your system when a better alternative emerges.
• Drive legacy systems forward, remembering that every service here has been rewritten multiple times—reflecting our commitment to progress, not complacency. Our legacy is about leaving a meaningful mark, not tech debt.
• Select tools for storing, processing, and visualizing large and evolving datasets from diverse sources—our team is data‑centric and treats data with respect.
• Write clean, testable and maintainable code and treat clarity as a first‑class citizen.
• Prioritize tangible business results and maintain a business‑first approach in all engineering decisions.
• Promote teamwork, open communication, and knowledge sharing among colleagues.
• Create the next generation wealth‑management and brokerage services for everybody.
• Tech stack: Python, DevOps, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), AWS services such as Lambda, SQS, SNS, ECS, Step Functions, Aurora, DynamoDB, Glue, Athena and event‑based asynchronous architectures.

Qualifications

• Several years of previous work experience in Python backend development (mandatory).
• Leadership experience – culture matters more than tenure.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS services.
• Industry experience with Docker, Git and RESTful APIs.
• Excellent knowledge in data‑driven business applications.
• Excellent communication skills (in English) that are clear, concise, and tailored to engineering, product, or other stakeholders.
• Proactive, collaborative and easy‑going working style, good time management, fair play.

Additional Information

• Be part of one of the fastest‑growing and most visible Fintech startups in Europe, creating innovative services that have a substantial impact on the lives of our customers.
• Work with an international, diverse, inclusive, and ever‑growing team that loves creating the best products for our clients.
• Work from our centrally located offices in the heart of Munich or Berlin, nestled in lively neighborhoods filled with restaurants, cafés and convenient amenities—or choose to work remotely within Germany (if eligible for the job).
• Be productive with the latest hardware and tools.
• Learn and grow by joining our in‑house knowledge sharing or career development sessions and spending your individual education budget.
• Learn and experience German culture first hand by joining our free German language classes.
• International relocation support is provided if required.
• Flexible vacation policy and the opportunity to work from abroad.
• Benefit from an attractive compensation package and from the company pension scheme.
• Monthly contribution of 50 % for the ‘Deutschland Jobticket’.
• Say goodbye to order commissions and say hello to your complimentary subscription of Scalable Capital’s PRIME + Broker.
• Enjoy flexible and discounted sports activities with Urban Sports Club.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Banking

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