Backend Engineer, bunq
€55-63k
+ Bonus potential.
Challenger bank offering bank accounts and debit cards
Job no longer available
Challenger bank offering bank accounts and debit cards
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
€55-63k
+ Bonus potential.
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To simplify finances, and give individuals full control, whenever, wherever.
Role
Who you are
- You are good at backend developing
- You're able to tinker and test your own projects
- You use your creativity to build industry breaking user facing features
- You coordinate efforts to increase efficiency and scalability
- You're fluent in English, both speaking and writing
What the job involves
- We're here to make life easy and revolutionize what banking is
- This is your chance to help provide the best banking app experience by ensuring foolproof functionalities for our users
- Use your coding skills to build and improve bank of the Free from behind the scenes
- As bunq's Backend Engineer, you'll ensure a stable backend for our employees and users
- Building (user facing) features
- Collaborating with product to propose and designing the backend structure for new features
- Supporting other departments by developing and maintaining processes
Application process
- It all starts with a few quick tests that allow us to determine if bunq is a fit for you
- To kick off your application, we’ll first help you check if bunq is the right environment for you to succeed
- Our bunq assessment takes approximately 30 minutes and includes 2 tests: an abstract reasoning test and a personality test (MBTI)
- If we match here, we’ll move on to the next test - this is related to your skills, and differs per role
- If the results show that we’re a match on these fronts, we take it a step further and explore specific roles together
- Before we decide on making you an offer, you’ll get a chance to show your skills on your Get Shit Done day
Our take
bunq, a Dutch-based challenger bank,l has quickly positioned itself as a standout player in Europe's banking sector. Unlike many other neobanks, such as N26 and Monzo, bunq grew its team to over 200 employees without relying on outside funding until 2021. This approach has allowed the company to foster a unique, user-focused culture, which ash player a key role in attracting a loyal base of subsciprtion-paying users.
Looking to expand even further, bunq is now focusing on international growth, particularly through the acquisition of other neobanks and banking services. Thanks to its strategic investments and acquisitions, the company has reached Unicorn status, solidifying its place in the financial landscape.
It doesn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon either, with recently making headlines by becoming the first bank in the world to launch real-time speech-to-speech AI translation through its AI assistant, Finn. With its unique offerings, bunq is carving out an exciting niche in the evolving digital banking spcae.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Apr 2024
$34.2m
LATE VC
Jul 2023
$117.9m
LATE VC
Total funding: $432.5m
Company HQ
Teleport, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leadership
Ali Niknam
(Founder & CEO)During their time studying Computer Science at TU Delft, they became a successful entrepreneur with web hosting company TransIP, founded in 2012.
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