Graduate Engineer - #996127

Few people get to build a bank from scratch. Even fewer get to build one at a moment when banking itself is being reinvented.

The dollar is the best product in the history of the world, with practically infinite global demand, but distribution is broken. Global clearing runs on legacy banks that are closed 115 days a year, built for humans and take two days to settle. Augustus is the update to the internet era. We received conditional approval from the OCC to charter America’s first stablecoin-native clearing bank that is always open, made for machines, at the speed of compute.

We are a group of operators, unicorn early employees, ex-founders and people who walked away from degrees because they believe this is an industry and career defining opportunity. We're backed with $40M from Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, Creandum and founders of Ramp, Deel and Circle.

We are regulated in Europe and live with Euro and Stablecoin clearing today. Now, we are building the US team from the ground up, while continuing to grow rapidly in Europe.

The Role

From day one, you own real parts of our core banking infrastructure. We are throwing you into the cold water intentionally so that you grow in the quickest way possible by solving hard problems.

You'll design, build, and ship production systems that handle high-value financial flows at global scale. APIs, transaction processing, client integrations, you work on the same problems as the most senior engineers in the team. You learn by doing things that matter.

You're part of the product engineering team building the Programmable Bank - a bank for the new age of money movement, built around Digital Assets and AI. Your team builds the banking core across bare metal central bank infrastructure and blockchain infrastructure. We are building a "swiss clock", your job is precision engineering to translate a complex system into simple and clean code which runs highly reliable way at scale.

You'll join a small, senior team that trusts you with real responsibility and real decisions. You move fast, write clean code, and build systems that are simple, robust, and built to last. You grow faster here than anywhere else because everything you ship is real.

Your First Six Months

Understand the codebase and increase your ownership rapidly:

• Month 1-2: You ramp up fast. Understand the codebase, the domain, the product and ship meaningful code in your first weeks. Pick up your first project and start driving it. You're pairing with senior engineers but operating independently early.
• Month 3-4: You've shipped your first big project end to end. You know the domain well enough to ask the right questions and challenge assumptions when something doesn't make sense. You're starting to develop opinions on technical direction - how we model data, how we handle edge cases, where we take shortcuts and where we don't.
• Month 5-6: You're trusted with hard problems and driving projects autonomously. You have growing opinions on how the core banking systems should evolve and you're acting on them. The team treats you like an engineer - not a graduate.
  
  

Who Will Thrive At Augustus

We believe that throwing smart people with high agency at big problems produces the best outcomes. The people who succeed here share the following traits:

• Relentless: You can't leave something broken. You don't stop because it got hard or because no one is watching.
• Set The Bar: You're harder on yourself than anyone else would be. You don't need external accountability to care about quality.
• Shape The Game: You don't wait for a playbook and you don't need one. You walk into genuinely new territory and figure it out. You move before anyone asked you to.
• Systems First: You don't solve problems by adding people or effort. You build systems that make the problem smaller. Your first instinct is to automate, not to handle it manually.
  
  

This role is for you if:

• You want your first job to feel like it matters - production systems, real users, real stakes.
• You want to learn by shipping alongside senior engineers.
• You're the kind of person who's already built things before anyone asked you to.
• You'd rather own the whole problem than have a narrow lane.
  
  

This is not for you if:

• You're looking for a structured graduate program with training wheels.
• You need a well-defined scope handed to you on day one.
• You prefer working in isolation and shipping quietly.
• You need a large team around you to be effective.
• You're not comfortable working under banking-grade regulatory scrutiny.
  
  

Hard Requirements

• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field from a top university.
• Strong programming fundamentals and evidence you’ve shipped real software.
• Proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on simple, effective code.
• Demonstrated initiative: side projects, open-source, internships, or independent work.
• Based in Berlin or ready to relocate (full relocation support provided).
  
  

What we offer

• Career Growth: You will be given more responsibility and pushed to grow faster than ever before.
• Network: Your peers are brilliant, highly motivated people. These people will be foundational in your future opportunities.
• Real Participation: Employees are shareholders. You will think and act like an owner.
• Perks & Benefits: Relocation support, visa support, the latest Apple gear (MacBook + AirPods), lunch benefit, gym benefit, a beautiful office in the heart of the city, 4x on-/offsites per year, and an annual development budget.
• Health & Insurance: Our US team receives comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans. We are offering 401(k) retirement plans.
  
  

Augustus is committed to creating an inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive and where different viewpoints and experiences are valued and respected. Augustus will consider all applications for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, religious beliefs, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, disability, age, parental or veteran status.

Compensation Range: €75K - €90K