Senior Engineer
Ebury helps ambitious businesses unlock global growth, and we take the same approach with our people. We encourage innovation and movement, collaboration and problem-solving, and foster an environment where everyone can feel they belong, are valued, supported and empowered to succeed.
If you’re a collaborator who wants to help transform how businesses operate globally, get in touch - we’d love to discuss how Ebury can accelerate your career so you can shape the future.
Senior Software Engineer - FinCore Engineering
Location: Madrid, Spain (Hybrid: 4 days in-office, 1 day remote)
Power the Engine of Global Foreign Exchange
Ebury’s FinCore Engineering team builds the financial backbone of our business. We handle multi-currency accounting systems and real-time foreign currency exchange for thousands of global clients. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help modernize our platform, reduce technical debt, and engineer high-throughput systems operating in a regulated environment.
Joining a collaborative, distributed team across Europe and South America, you will lead high-impact initiatives, influence platform architecture, and directly shape our next-generation FX engine.
How You’ll Make an Impact
- Architect Next-Gen FX: Design and scale platform services alongside engineering leaders using our Request for Comments (RFC) process.
- Lead end-to-end Delivery: Partner with Product and Operations from initial discovery to production rollout, ensuring seamless alignment across teams.
- Practice Full Ownership: Live our "you build it, you run it" culture-taking complete responsibility for design, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing maintenance.
- Refactor & Modernize: Analyze legacy workflows, identify technical debt, and execute strategic improvements to elevate platform performance.
- Elevate the Engineering Culture: Mentor junior developers, participate in code reviews, and drive best practices in continuous integration and automated testing.
What You’ll Bring
- System Expertise: Deep experience building complex backend software systems (Python is our primary stack, but strong OOP backgrounds in Java, C#, or Go are welcome).
- Domain Knowledge: Background in FinTech, banking, or regulated financial environments with an understanding of core accounting principles and multi-currency transactions.
- DevOps & Observability: Hands-on experience designing RESTful APIs, integrating monitoring/alerting, and working with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
- Engineering Standards: Commitment to robust testing (unit/integration) and clean architecture.
- Cross-Border Collaboration: Professional English fluency (written and spoken) to work effectively across time zones.
- Reliability Mindset: Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation to maintain 24/7 service availability.
Why Join FinCore at Ebury?
- Competitive Package: Attractive local salary plus a discretionary performance-based bonus.
- Growth & Certifications: Dedicated budget for professional training, certifications, and technical upskilling.
- Open Source Spirit: We apply open-source principles internally and actively encourage external community contributions.
Think you’re a 80% match? Apply anyway. We value adaptability, domain curiosity, and problem-solving skills over a rigid checklist.
About us
Ebury delivers sophisticated, integrated solutions - business accounts, hedging, and financing - on a single platform with a seamless workflow. Our success is built on a simple premise and singular purpose: To help businesses operate and scale globally.
Since its founding in 2009, Ebury has always been a fast-growing leader in fintech. Today, we bring together 2000+ Eburians across nearly 70 cities and we’re always looking to add to our team.
At the heart of our offering is a proprietary platform, purpose-built to help businesses seamlessly streamline and manage global cash flow. We focus on continuous product evolution and innovation to build the infrastructure for borderless growth and help our clients scale at every stage.
The opportunities at Ebury are as diverse as our people, ranging from business development to engineering roles across our tech pillars.
We believe in inclusion. We stand against discrimination in all forms and are against the intolerance of differences that makes us a modern and successful organisation. At Ebury, you can be whoever you want to be and still feel a sense of belonging no matter your story.
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