Product Engineer, Zafin
CA$100-130k
+ Annual bonus opportunities
Product & pricing lifecycle management platform
Be an early applicant
Product & pricing lifecycle management platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
CA$100-130k
+ Annual bonus opportunities
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make banks more agile and efficient than ever before, enabling innovative experiences that improve the lives of customers and employees.
Role
Who you are
- Familiarity or interest in AI-assisted development is a plus, as the product is evolving toward AI-enabled, AIOS-powered workflows
- Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering, Information Technology, or related field
- 5+ years of full stack development experience
- Strong database and query building knowledge across multiple databases
- Experience with enterprise software development in Java J2EE, Spring and Hibernate Frameworks, Web Services, MQ, REST-based APIs, docker, Kubernetes, postgres; Java is critical
- Front-end development experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (i.e. React, Angular, or similar), HTML/CSS; React is critical
- Experience with most of the following:
- JBuilder / Java / Servlets / EJB / GO / RUST
- HTML / DHTML / Java Script / XML / CSS / React / Typescript
- J2EE / WebLogic/ WebSphere/Spring/Hibernate/Struts/Report framework
- MS SQL, Oracle, DB 2, OOAD, UML, PostgreSQL, Cosmos
- Kafka / event streaming
- Kubernetes / Azure
- Domain knowledge of banking and financial institutions and/or large enterprise IT environment is preferred
- Demonstrated interest or experience in AI-assisted development tools
Desirable
- Strong, clear, and concise written and verbal communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and can foster team collaboration
- Out of the box thinking approach, with the ability to conceptualize and articulate new approaches and solutions
- Ability to collaborate and communicate to achieve positive outcomes
- Detail-oriented and strong ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
- Aptitude to solve problems
- Experience with CI/CD tools, Eclipse, Maven, Sonar, JUnit
- Pro-active and has a strong desire to learn
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Product Engineer II to join our Banking Platform organization. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain full stack features for a core banking platform product, working across front-end and back-end systems to ship reliable, scalable software
- You will collaborate closely with Product, QA, and cross-functional engineering teams to translate requirements into effective technical solutions, contribute to technical design discussions and code reviews, and help embed strong engineering standards across the team
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable full-stack features across a core Banking Platform product
- Translate requirements and designs into effective technical solutions, ensuring clean, maintainable, and well-tested code across front-end and back-end systems
- Collaborate with Product, QA, Architecture, Engineering, Business Analysis, and Project Management teams to deliver high-quality features on time
- Contribute to technical design discussions, code reviews, and engineering standards, proactively addressing development challenges and delivery risks
- Apply and develop AI-assisted development practices, with an interest in building toward AIOS-enabled workflows
Our take
Zafin is a global provider of a range of digital transformation solutions for the banking sector, with a focus on relationship-based pricing solutions for enterprise grade financial institutions and banks. Clients include Canada’s big five, and further flung giants like the National Bank of Abu Dhabi.
The problem Zafin is solving is a big one for incumbent banking institutions: legacy frameworks and business practices are relatively cumbersome and byzantine in comparison to the nimbler, snappier challenger and neo banks. This means they’re losing out, particularly with the younger generations, who prefer convenience over institutional pedigree.
Zafin’s solution functions as a neat little workaround, allowing banks keen to digitally transform to dodge the hefty delays and sunk costs of retooling their systems from scratch. Banks globally are scrabbling to compete with their attractive, agile digital-first competitors, so Zafin won’t struggle to find customers. This is especially because it’s expanded to cater to neo-banks, too. With such a broad scope and a strong reputation of its own, Zafin is a confident, highly relevant company, which makes it no surprise that Nordic Capital bought it out in 2024. This acquisition will accelerate Zafin's growth and product development roadmap.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jan 2019
$17m
LATE VC
Sep 2014
$15m
LATE VC
Total funding: $32m
Company benefits
- Flexible work arrangements - includes opportunities for hybrid work, flexible hours, flexible locations, and various types of paid leave
- Meaningful recognition - we truly value our team members’ contributions and ensure that their achievements are properly recognized and rewarded through areas such as incentive opportunities
- Ownership - we offer a stock option plan that is exclusively for employees who share our sense of purpose and create value that keeps us on our A-game
Company HQ
Harbourfront-CityPlace, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Al Karim Somji
(Co-Founder & Board Member)Previously the President of OpCom Solutions, then CEO of Eftia OSS Solutions.
Anugopal Venugopalan
(Co-Founder & CRO)Began his career as a Product Manager at Fujitsu ICIM, before moving on to serve as the Director of Pre-Sales at Eftia OSS Solutions.
Dinesh Krishnan
(o-Founder & Chief Commercial & Risk Officer)Previously in management at SBI Capital Markets, before moving on to serve as Vice President of DSP Merrill Lynch.
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