Senior Software Engineer

Start date: from April 2025

Who we are

Formance is on a mission to unlock the next generation of financial applications by solving today’s hardest problems in the space — with full flexibility and programmability to build unique and sophisticated financial products, with the most effective financial services providers. Our platform was built with a distinctive angle from the ground up, focusing on the flow of funds first to help businesses realize their product visions on a solid financial foundation.

Starting with an Open Source Ledger (i.e. a database for financial transactions), we’re building a comprehensive suite of modern financial backend modules, including native and automated reconciliation, workflow engines, and connectors with various financial services providers - e.g. Stripe, Adyen, Modulr, Wise, Atlar. This unique approach has made us the trusted financial backend for leading SaaS companies and financial institutions like Booksy, Doctolib, and Liberis, along with many others worldwide. Our success stems from the trust in our open-source foundation, the high level of programmability of our solutions, and our software-first approach, moving beyond traditional payment business models.

Formance’s team previously built Selency’s home-grown financial backend, which processes over €50M in GMV annually, and created Alsid, a cybersecurity company, from inception to acquisition.

Why join Formance now?

We’re at a pivotal stage of our growth, doubling down on sales and enterprise expansion worldwide. The market is currently untapped, with financial backends traditionally built in-house by companies like Square, Airbnb, Qonto, and Uber. With a global market valued at over $10bn and projected to reach $300bn+ in 2030 for SaaS and platforms only, you'll join us at the perfect time to capture this potential!

We're a team of 20, growing to 35+ soon. The Engineering / Product team is a 14-people team. The “business” team is therefore still small and is led by our CEO Anne-Sybille, who used to be the COO at a high-growing cybersecurity startup, selling to the largest corporations (e.g. Barclays, Sanofi, Toyota).

We're all about customer experience, product, and strong expertise. Becoming the financial backend for major SaaS platforms is about trust and proving our product's value in mission-critical environments.

Who you are

• We are looking for a Backend Developer in France (Paris or Remote) who :
• Has deep knowledge of Go
• Or has deed knowledge in Complex Financial Systems
• Has extensive experience working with PostgreSQL and/or other database systems (e.g. Elastic)
• Has experience developing micro-services and working with distributed systems
• Writes quality, scalable and maintainable code
• Is a team player who likes to discuss solutions and ideas
• Is self-driven and achievement-oriented
• Has a professional english level
• Has good communication skills

At Formance we do:

• Clean code, Testing, Peer Programming & Code reviews
• Observability and monitoring of our applications.
• Leverage cloud scalability (AWS)
• Work with CI/CD to deliver faster.

Package

€60,000 - €90,000 a year

We offer a competitive package including equity for employees. We organize regular off-sites with the team in Europe and soon in the US!

Role

Operations