About

Fair, Focused, Forward 

iBanFirst is a global financial services provider delivering solutions across banking borders. As an alternative to the traditional bank offer, iBanFirst helps international SMEs to thrive while simplifying their daily operations. To do so, iBanFirst has developed a cutting-edge core banking platform enabling fast, secure and cost-effective multicurrency transactions. Thanks to iBanFirst, financial teams can make and receive payments in over 30 currencies and hedge foreign exchange risks.

Founded in Paris in 2013 by former bank executives and entrepreneurs, iBanFirst is a French company headquartered in Belgium, with operations in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. It is regulated as a payment institution, passported throughout the European Union, and serves thousands of customers all over Europe. Member of the SWIFT network and SEPA certified, iBanFirst holds AISP and PISP accreditations under PSD2. The company has raised €46m from Xavier Niel and leading European venture capital funds, such as Elaia and Bpifrance Large Venture, among others. In May 2021, iBanFirst completed a growth equity funding round with Los Angeles-based private equity firm Marlin Equity Partners.

Why work for us? 

Being part of our team is a unique opportunity to develop your skills and progress rapidly in an environment at the cutting edge of innovation. 

Job description

 The Team

The R&D team at iBanFirst provides key features to disrupt the B2B payments and FX solutions market. Our web platform combines a full range of financial products and services with a robust core banking infrastructure.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Squad lead who can help us developing, maintaining, and pushing our product to the next level. Come and join us to build amazing piece of software!

You will be part of one of the squads composed of a Product Manager, a QA Engineer, an UI/UX Designer and several software engineers.

Your missions will be

Project management

Contribute to technical architecture choices.

You will be responsible for the delivery of a squad:

• You organize and plan the work for the team.
• You are in charge of the backlog: maintenance and quality.
• You are responsible for implementing Scrum: rituals efficiency, continuous improvement, KPI tracking.

Team Management

• You will be responsible to train/mentor and support the team. You ensure personal development for the member of your team.
• You will be responsible for building and improving the team, hiring processes.

Communication

• In charge of bilateral communication between his team and the “outside world”.
• Reports and share the team activity: delivery, quality, issues.

Your profile

• You have a strong experience in software development (Java / Go)
• You are experienced in leading the delivery of a team
• You have experience with Scrum methodology
• Experience in payment would be a plus
• You are self-motivated, passionate about Tech and Product
• You like contributing operationally to building things
• You want to work in a fast, high growth startup environment

Our stack

• Java / Spring / jUnit
• Go
• Kafka / Kafka Stream / Kafka Connect
• PostgreSQL / MySQL / MongoDB
• Docker
• ELK
• Terraform
• Gitlab / SonarQube
• Ansible
• AWX
• Scrum

What we offer

• Various missions and projects in an innovative and rising start-up in a thriving industry (fintech)
• A key role and a unique opportunity to shape the future of iBanFirst
• A great, professional and international team with a flat hierarchy
• Regular offsite and internal events