Senior Backend Software Engineer - Ruby

What is Finary?

At Finary we are on a mission to create the money management experience we’ve always dreamt of. We are building a platform that empowers a new generation of investors to achieve their goals. If you’re looking for an ambitious team that’s revolutionizing an old-fashioned industry get in touch!

Mounir & Julien launched Finary in 2021. Since then we have made great strides by reaching 250.000 users worldwide on App & Web (rated 4.8/5 stars). We genuinely care about user experience performance privacy and ease of use. We ship cutting-edge product with touches of delight. We are a diverse team of 25 individuals all builders at heart. We love picking up new challenges and care deeply about the quality of our work. Read more about our values here.

Why now?

A new generation of investors is emerging: ambitious involved workforce. Money is no longer taboo and the pension system is under tremendous pressure. At Finary we see a world where investing empowers everybody to live the life they’ve always dreamt off. Finary exists to revolutionize the personal money management experience.

To fuel this mission we raised 15M€ and are backed by leading investors like Y Combinator and Speedinvest. We are also backed by world-class founders like Steve Anavi & Alexandre Prot (Qonto founders) Matthieu Rouif (Photoroom). or Eric Demuth (CEO Bitpanda). We also smashed the European crowdfunding speed record by raising 2.2M€ from our community in less than 20 minutes.

There’s never been a more exciting time to join Finary!

What we offer

At Finary our team deserves fair and competitive pay that meets them where they are no matter their location. Our total rewards programs reflect our commitment to inclusivity and access for all with great benefits rewards and perks. Because a good life brings great innovation.

Our HQ is located in the heart of Paris but we set up Finary as a hybrid remote company from the start. Our talented team is currently distributed across a variety of countries across Europe.

At Finary you’ll enjoy:

• Top-notch health insurance

• New MacBook Pro and all the gear you need

• Quarterly company retreats

• Finary Plus subscription

What we care nothing about:

• Fancy degrees

• Fancy pedigrees

• Free laundry lattes or other fancy perks

• Meal vouchers

To sum it up we are looking for builders who want to do hard (but highly rewarding) projects have grit and are at ease in highly evolving (and unstable) environments doing whatever it takes to forge our vision into existence.

You'll join a winning team learn an insane amount earn life-changing money and work with other A+ players.

Engineering at Finary

At Finary we live and breathe Product and Engineering. We build delightful experiences that significantly improve the financial well-being of our users while moving at high speed.

For that we break complex problems down into small items ship and iterate constantly. Our community loves that and provides valuable feedback as we polish Finary.

We believe the best products are a healthy mix of user research analytics and gut feeling. Talking to users & digging into analytics is part of our DNA. We don’t shy away from making bold bets and venturing into new unexplored territories.

Our engineering team is dedicated to making this ambition a reality. We build resilient scalable world-class technology while always remaining pragmatic and focused on shipping efficiently.

About the role

We're looking for a highly experienced backend software engineer to work on new cutting-edge projects on critical financial applications that require high-quality engineering.

Your role will be to work on the Ruby (on Rails) backend stack and more specifically :

• Code

• Lead architecture discussion with the rest of the team often doing things from scratch so all options are on the table

• Help hire the best engineers out there

• Work closely with product and design teams

You’d be a great fit if you

• Are a team player are humble and like to help others grow

• are genuinely friendly and ambitious

• like to take initiative and find new creative solutions to problems

• are a good communicator and know how to collect feedback and identify bottlenecks

• 5+ years in an engineering role in product-driven organizations

• have a track record in mobile-first products

• have an excellent eye for aesthetics layouts fonts and what makes a lovable product

• are fluent in English (written and spoken)

• break down big projects into small deliverables well-presented to the team and move fast based on user feedback. You prefer small solutions and know when to improve something.

Bonus points if you

• Are comfortable with product analytics (Amplitude is a plus)

• Are passionate about personal finance & investing

• Have experience in fintech

Preferred Time Zones: GMT-2 GMT+3

Our hiring process

• Screening call with the Hiring Manager

• Home assignment reviewed with the team

• Team fit - Meet 4 members of the team

• Meet our cofounders

• Reference Check & Offer

How to apply?

Tell us why you want to join Finary and why you generally care about the problem we're solving. Make your first impression count.

Share with us what excites you and how you envision your role at Finary.