Clera

Senior Backend Engineer, Real-time Data

Munich
Level
Senior
Work type
On-site · Munich
Visa
Not offered

Not stated in the posting: salary.

Open. First seen 6 November 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage fintech team building an AI-enabled platform for traders. You will develop reliable, high-throughput backend systems that stream market data to users and connect with trading venues.

What You'll Do

  • Build and maintain real-time streaming services that support many concurrent users and connections.
  • Design and improve high-throughput, event-driven backend systems.
  • Develop distributed systems for reliable market data and trading platform infrastructure.

What We're Looking For

  • At least 8 years of backend engineering experience and strong software fundamentals.
  • Proficiency in Java or Kotlin, with experience building real-time streaming backends and high-throughput event-driven systems.
  • Experience with distributed systems.
  • Python experience is useful; TypeScript and React experience is relevant for full-stack work.
  • Experience with financial markets, trading, crypto, stocks, fintech, market data, or trading venues is a plus.
  • Experience in a venture-backed fintech startup environment is also useful.

Compensation & Benefits

Competitive salary and meaningful equity. Salary range and visa sponsorship details were not provided.

Location

Remote, with the primary location listed as Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Other listed geographies include Berlin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and remote in Latin America.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Kotlin

Rare in Clera's other 299 open postings.

Standard for backend roles

Java · Python

Common in backend postings at any company.

Compared with Clera's other open jobs.

The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 358 open in Engineering. 226 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in March: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

LLM (180 of 358), TypeScript (177 of 358), React (154 of 358), Python (146 of 358), Machine Learning (74 of 358), Supabase (73 of 358), PostgreSQL (68 of 358)

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