Senior Founding Product Engineer (Ebury Web Platform)
4 hours ago
Valencia
ppbSenior Product Engineer - Founding Team (Ebury Web Platform) /b /ppbValencia Office - Hybrid: 4 days in the office, 1 day working from home /b /ph3Build the banking experience the world's businesses deserve /h3pEbury is a bglobal fintech, headquartered in London. /b We help businesses move money across borders — FX, payments, and lending — in b140+ currencies /b, sending payments to b160+ countries /b across b30+ regulated markets /b, delivered by b2,000+ experts /b in b40+ offices worldwide /b and backed by the stability of majority-owner bSantander /b. That's a bank's reach and reliability with the pace of a product team. And we've set ourselves a deliberately hard bar: bbeat the best digital-first experience in our market, not merely match the incumbents. /b /ppThat bar is an engineering problem. It's your engineering problem — and you'll be solving it bdirectly on the platforms our clients touch every day /b: the web portal, the mobile apps, the APIs. This isn't back-office plumbing. Every role in this hub builds bclient-facing products /b, and the mission is unambiguous: bbuild the best banking-and-payments experience in the market. /b /ppWe also expect you to be bAI-native. /bNot "curious about AI" — fluent. You use AI coding tools as a genuine force multiplier in how you build, and you know how to design AI into the product — so clients get answers and outcomes instead of forms and waiting. /ppWe're opening a bnew engineering hub in Valencia /b, and you'd be one of its bfounding product engineers /b— not employee #400, but one of the first setting how this team builds, what "good" means here, and which product bets are worth making. /ph3Why this role is different /h3pbYou’ll own outcomes, not tickets. /bA product engineer at Ebury takes a real client problem — "businesses can’t see why a payment is held" — and owns it end to end: the experience, the services and APIs behind it, the data, the measurement, and the iteration after launch. You’ll have opinions about what to build and the standing to act on them. If you like being handed a fully-specced ticket and nothing else, this isn't your role. If you want a slice of a product and the trust to make it genuinely good, read on. /ppbYou’ll build platforms, not one-offs. /bOur third principle is blunt: bnever build for one client, region, or deal — generalise before committing, or decline. /bNew currencies and payment rails are onboarded as configuration and adapters, not bespoke branches. And bfinish-and-tidy is part of the work /b— cutover, decommission, delete the dead code. We reward the engineer who retires a flag, not just the one who ships the feature. /ppbYou’ll work on the real thing. /bClient-facing web and mobile channels evolving in parallel; an event-driven, API-first transactional platform on AWS where services own their data and talk only through known contracts; a governed GCP/BigQuery data world. Money-movement discipline — idempotency, deterministic retries, reconciliation — is table stakes, because we’re handling businesses’ actual cash. /ppbYou’ll ship fast, and you’ll ship AI-native. /bDeploy continuously, CI/CD with policy-as-code gates, observability as a definition-of-done. AI is woven into both sides of the work: bhow we build /b(coding assistants as a real force multiplier, with prompts and guardrails treated as first-class, versioned artefacts) and bwhat we build /b(client-facing, permission-aware knowledge and summarisation, smart defaults that pre-empt the client’s next question). You’ll be expected to reach for AI by default, judge where it genuinely improves the client experience, and know where the human-in-the-loop line sits on regulated decisions. /ppbYour work will be measured by client outcomes. /bSelf-service completion, time-to-answer, the reliability and latency of core journeys as the client experiences them — these are first-class engineering metrics here, not an afterthought. /ph3What you’ll do in your first year /h3ullibDays 1 – 3 0: /bship your first change to production in the first few days (we pre-scope it and pair you with a buddy), learn the domain, own a small feature end to end. /lilibBy 90 days: /bown a defined product area, lead a project with a short design doc, join the on-call rotation for what you build, and start mentoring the next hire. /liliAcross the year: take client problems from ambiguous idea to shipped, measured, iterated product; help set the standards, interview bar, and culture for a hub that’s growing around you. /li /ulh3What your responsible for /h3ullibProvide technical leadership /bacross one or more critical domains, owning the design and evolution of large-scale, business-critical systems within our global financial platform. /lilibSet architectural direction /bby leading system design, making high-leverage technical decisions, and driving alignment on long-term technology strategy across teams.br/bPartner closely with Product, Design, and Engineering leadership /bto translate business outcomes into scalable, resilient technical solutions, influencing roadmap decisions and trade-offs. /lilibOperate across the full system lifecycle /b, from early discovery and architecture through to production operations, reliability, performance, and cost optimisation.br/bRaise the technical bar organisation-wide /bby defining and evolving engineering standards, guiding design reviews, and mentoring senior engineers to multiply impact beyond your own code. /lilibAct as a force multiplier /bby identifying systemic risks, technical debt, and cross-team dependencies early, and proactively driving initiatives that improve velocity, quality, and resilience at scale. /lilibChampion engineering excellence /bthrough strong opinions on testing strategies, CI/CD, observability, and operational readiness, ensuring systems are secure, compliant, and production-grade.br/ /li /ulh3Lead by example in modern engineering practices , including the responsible use of AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery and learning, while maintaining deep understanding, accountability, and ownership of all solutions produced. /h3h3What we look for /h3ullibStrong technical foundation /bin computer science or a closely related discipline, gained through formal education and/or equivalent industry experience, with evidence of continuous learning and technical depth. /lilibExtensive experience building and operating production systems at scale /b. While this often aligns with 10+ years in industry, we value demonstrated impact, sound judgement, and leadership over tenure alone. /lilibDeep understanding of core computer science concepts /b— including data structures, algorithms, system design, and complexity trade-offs and the ability to apply them pragmatically to real-world, high-scale problems.br/bProven ability to design, write, and evolve high-quality software /bin one or more modern programming languages, with a strong focus on maintainability, performance, and operational robustness. /lilibExceptional problem-solving and analytical skills /b, able to decompose ambiguous, multi-dimensional problems and drive them to clear, effective technical outcomes.br/bStrong communication and influencing skills /b, capable of articulating complex technical ideas clearly, building alignment across teams, and constructively challenging assumptions at all levels. /lilibA collaborative, leadership mindset /b, with a track record of mentoring engineers, raising technical standards, and contributing positively to engineering culture beyond individual delivery. /li /ulpFor every product engineer here /ppbYou ask /bbwhy /bfeature exists before how to build it, and you’re curious about the users and the metrics behind it. /pullibYou reason about trade-offs holistically /b— client value and business context, not only the code. /liliYou're pragmatic about scope : you know the difference between an MVP that teaches you something and gold-plating that doesn’t. /liliYOU’re comfortable making a product call without a fully-specified ticket, and changing your mind when the data says so. /lilibYou care about quality /bbecause you’ve handled money‑adjacent systems, or you’re the kind of engineer who would: correctness, reliability, and the un‑glamorous finish‑and‑tidy that keeps a codebase healthy. /lilibWorking English /b(our engineering language); /lilibNice to have: /bfintech / payments / regulated‑domain experience; the other of web/mobile; experience being early at a new office or founding team. /li /ulpWe hire on a clear bar and a fast, respectful process — if it’s not a definite yes, it’s a no, and we tell you quickly either way. /ph3What we offer /h3ullibHighly competitive compensation /b, including a strong base salary, performance-based bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package, aligned to the impact and scope of a senior technical leadership role. /lilibA clearly defined Engineer / Staff / Principal career path /b, with transparent expectations, senior-level mentorship, and multiple growth vectors — including technical leadership, architectural ownership, and organisational influence. /lilibThe opportunity to work on complex, high-leverage problems /bat scale, where your decisions directly shape core platforms, customer outcomes, and long‑scale business performance. /lilib A genuine founding role /bin a new hub — real ownership, visible impact, and a hand in shaping how the site works. This window doesn’t come round twice. /lilibMeaningful ownership from day one /b, with responsibility for critical systems and initiatives, and the autonomy to drive improvements across architecture, reliability, and engineering effectiveness. /lilibHigh End Macbook Pro or equivalent Linux device, /bwe want you to have the best equipment /lilibA high‑performing, inclusive engineering culture /bwithin a fast-growing, global FinTech, where technical excellence, thoughtful decision‑making, and constructive challenge are valued and rewarded. /li /ulollibIntro chat /b(~25 min) — you, us, the role /lilibCode Signal ( /b 90mins b) - online coding test, mimics real world work, not just algo challenges. /b. /lilibSystems Design /b(~60 min) — work on a real problem with our engineers to collaboratively design a solution. /lilibHiring Manager Product Leader ( /b ~60 min) - lets get to know you, how you think about solving problems for clients, what you ’ v e delivered and how we can help accelerate your career /li /ol /p #J-18808-Ljbffr