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 450.000 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 40 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, the team is composed exclusively of A-players who have grit and want to be challenged and achieve more. We're relentlessly pushing forward to deliver the best products possible. You'll join a thrilling and motivating environment where you'll learn a lot and have a lot of freedom and responsibilities to express your talent.
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 based in France and across Europe.
At Finary, you’ll enjoy:
Working with brilliant people in a super motivating and fast-moving environment
Having the opportunity to have a real impact in a sector that touches everyone's life: personal finance.
Being empowered and trusted to bring and become the best version of yourself.
Gathering at the office or in nice places every 6 weeks
Tier-1 salary/equity packages
What we care nothing about:
Fancy degrees
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 insanely, 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 financial Rust backend stack and more specifically :
Architect and Develop Backend Systems: Design and implement scalable, efficient backend solutions, ensuring high performance and reliability across our platform.
Mentor and Support Team Members: Provide technical guidance to less experienced developers, fostering a collaborative environment that promotes learning and professional growth.
Drive Continuous Improvement: Identify areas for improvement in the backend codebase, refactoring, and optimizing for better performance and maintainability.
Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams: Engage closely with frontend, design, and product teams to ensure that backend solutions align with overall product goals and user needs.
Optimize and Scale Infrastructure: Ensure that backend infrastructure is scalable and optimized for performance, security, and cost-efficiency.
Ensure API Performance and Stability: Develop and maintain robust APIs, ensuring seamless communication between services and external integrations.
Implement Testing and Monitoring Practices: Set up automated testing, monitoring, and alert systems to ensure backend stability and swift resolution of issues.
Own Backend Architecture Decisions: Make critical architectural decisions, balancing technical innovation with pragmatism to deliver effective, scalable solutions.
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
10+ years in a backend 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
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.
