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Fastned owns and operates a network of 400+ fast charging stations across 10 European countries, allowing electric vehicle drivers to charge their car with 100% green energy in just 15 minutes. Our goal is a European network of 1000 fast charging stations in prime locations, where all electric vehicles can charge with renewable energy from the sun and wind. We have recently been voted best charging network in the UK, France and the Netherlands. If you want to make a difference and work in an informal, international scale-up environment with future prospects, then read on!\nYour role\nFastned aims to accelerate the transition towards sustainable mobility by giving fast charging to electric drivers. Part of that mission is making car charging as simple as charging your phone, and paying for it should be just as effortless. As a Backend Engineer in the Payments team, you will help make paying for a charge frictionless, secure and reliable. Drivers can pay through the Fastned app, by QR code or with a contactless card at the charger.\nThe team owns Fastned’s payments domain end to end. That covers integrations with payment service providers and payment terminals. It also covers the services behind payment methods, wallets, pre-authorisation and session payments, billing, invoicing and dunning. The stakes are high: Fastned handles 23,000+ charging sessions a day, and every one of those payments goes through our systems. We’re now moving towards real-time payments, where each session is paid instantly instead of invoiced later. As we are growing and adding roaming features as a Mobility Service Provider, there are many scale relevant challenges to solve.\nWe have no legacy systems. You’ll work with Kotlin 2.x, Java 21+, and Spring Boot 4 on most services, AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, SQL (Postgres), Terraform, GitLab CI/CD and REST APIs to build scalable, fault-tolerant services that drivers and our Finance team rely on every day. We encourage responsible AI usage and provide tooling like Claude Code, Codex, Dust.\nYou’ll work closely with the other product teams, alongside fellow Backend Engineers, Data, Design, an Engineering Manager and a Product Manager in a Scrum setup. This role suits an engineer who enjoys a complex domain, cares about getting the details right, and wants to grow by taking real ownership of business-critical systems.\nYour overall responsibilities include\nDesigning, developing, testing and reviewing reusable, maintainable and scalable code\n\nWorking AI-first: using AI-augmented engineering, agentic workflows and AI tooling as a natural part of how you design, build, test and review, with judgement for where AI is a multiplier and where humans stay in the loop;\n\nTaking ownership from discovery to post-production;\n\nTaking operational responsibility for what you build, including monitoring, alerting and incident analysis;\n\nHelping improve engineering methodologies and best practices\n\nRequirements\nWho we are looking for\nIn order to be successful in this role, you bring a strong sense of ownership and a pragmatic, proactive mindset. You enjoy working in a collaborative scale-up environment where things can change quickly and where taking initiative matters.\nAdditionally, you tick the following boxes:\nYou have 3+ years of professional backend experience, with strong hands-on Kotlin and/or Java experience.\n\nYou have previous experience in the payments domain.\n\nYou have experience working in agile teams within an international, multicultural environment.\n\nYou have experience building and operating microservices in production, using REST APIs, cloud platforms and relational databases.\n\nYou are familiar with event-driven architectures and technologies such as Kafka.\n\nYou care about reliability, maintainability and the operational impact of the software you build.\n\nYou spot opportunities and problems and pick them up yourself instead of waiting for a ticket.\n\nYou use AI tooling as part of your engineering workflow, with sound engineering judgement.\n\nYou are fluent in English and have an affinity with Fastned’s mission.\n\nNice to have\nExperience in e-mobility, energy, charging infrastructure or another operationally complex domain.\n\nJoin us in building a better future\nWe work hard to change the world, but we don't forget to recognise & celebrate our successes, big and small. We focus on work-life balance, provide genuine work flexibility, and have family-friendly policies in place.\nElectric mobility is new territory for you? Don’t worry!\nAs part of your onboarding, you will participate in a series of exciting workshops where you will learn everything about our industry and fast-charging infrastructure.\nOur benefits package includes:\nStock option plan - we believe in shared value creation.\n\nPension plan (fully covered by Fastned).\n\nA training and development budget of €3,000 per year per employee, because development and training are important to us and our sector offers endless opportunities.\n\nIn order to experience and enjoy the EV life, you get access to our fully electric vehicle fleet (all charging expenses covered), which is also for private use.\n\n29 holidays. Additionally, we give you two mission days you can use to contribute to Fastned’s mission or to support a cause that is important to you.\n\nGoing the extra mile for parents: We provide you with personalised coaching support before, during, and after parental leave, facilitated by Foundree.\n\nUnderstanding women's health is beneficial for all of us, fostering empathy, improving communication, and creating a more inclusive workplace. 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