Backend Software Engineer, Swan
TypeScript, Freelance
Embedded finance platform
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Embedded finance platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
201-500 employees
Company mission
To empower all kinds of digital companies to transform their UX and start embedding banking features within minutes.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: at least 5 years as a Software Developer with a strong grasp of back-end systems and proficiency in TypeScript
- Backend Engineering: good mastery of common back-end optimization topics (performance improvements, observability, SQL database queries, and query optimizations)
- DevOps & Architecture: hands-on experience with automated testing, CI/CD, and exposure to distributed systems or micro-service architectures
- Continuous Learning: you regularly follow technological improvements to keep abreast of the latest developments (newsletters, conferences, meetups)
- Mindset: fluent in English, passionate about functional programming or open source, and you leave your ego at the door
- It’s okay if you don’t tick all the boxes — don’t let imposter syndrome prevent you from applying!
Desirable
- Product & Project Leadership: you have a proven track record of driving impactful projects from A to Z alongside Product teams, and you have the communication skills to confidently argue and advocate for your technical choices
- Architecture & Scale: you are used to dealing with high-complexity systems, naturally designing code with long-term scalability, clean architecture, and maintainability in mind
What the job involves
- Swan is looking for a Freelance Software Engineer to join our Banking Experience team
- The Engineering team is by far the largest at Swan (70+ people). This team includes Software developers, who build payments and end-customer applications, as well as Infrastructure, DevOps, QA, and Security
- We build with intent, focusing on solving real problems that matter. In a regulated environment, compliance, security, and resilience are at our core. We value ownership, open collaboration, and a shared vocabulary to keep complexity manageable. Simplicity is key, clean, maintainable code wins over clever tricks. We ship fast, learn continuously, and always strive for excellence. 💡
- You will be technically responsible for one or more projects
- You will have the opportunity to solve problems in one of the most demanding IT domains with a reactive architecture
- You will design with the product team the bank by API
- You will improve the performance of a system with a rapidly growing load
- You will ensure the respect of the architecture rules and of the automated tests
Application process
- 30-min video call with our Talent Acquisition Manager, to get to know you, understand your career expectations and answer your questions
- Live coding interview with two Software Engineers
- Hiring manager interview with an Engineering Manager
- Interview with our VP Engineer
Our take
Swan is a European fintech specialising in embedded banking, which believes it can transform businesses by adding a financial layer. The company's APIs enable companies to integrate banking services into their own digital product - embedded finance.
While not alone in the fintech industry, the company stands out by squarely targeting SaaS platforms, marketplaces, and other fintechs. It offers an end-to-end, integrated and multi-product experience, and owns the payment and fraud risk, which has garnered the attention of impressive clients including Agricap, Carrefour, Pennylane and Ride.
Swan continues to invest into accelerating its expansion in the European market, developing more banking features that are specialized for a variety of local EU markets. It continues to gain momentum and has raised plenty of funding to support its future growth.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
78% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2025
$49.2m
SERIES B
Sep 2023
$43.3m
SERIES B
Total funding: $117.1m
Company benefits
- ESOP packages available
- Flexible remote policy
- Swan encourages you to have fun staying fit, thanks to partnerships with Classpass & Gymlib
- Twice a year we go somewhere gorgeous (a chateau, a mountain) where we reconnect, deep-dive into big topics, and relax
- The best health insurance
- We provide a Swile card to cover your meal on work days
- Extra holidays (RTT)
Company HQ
Porte-Saint-Martin, Paris, France
Leadership
Nicolas Benady
(President & Co-founder)Former CEO of the company. Previously co-founded Antelop Solutions and PriceMinister. Acted as Product Manager for French Market of VISA Europe, President of Limonetik, IT Project Manager for AXA Cessions, and was a Team Member for Endless Winter.
Nicolas Saison
(CPO & Co-founder)Previous experience as Vice President of Product for Payboost, Digital IT Manager for AXA France, Payment Project Director for Limonetik, and as a Developer and Risk Manager for AXA.
Camille Tyan
(CEO)Previously founded ConnectX, as well as co-founding Marble, Numeral and PayPlug (at the latter of which they were CEO).
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