Product Engineer (Fullstack)

TL;DR

Product Engineer (Fullstack): Building and optimizing a financial platform for international suppliers in emerging markets with an accent on UI, backend logic, and secure data protection. Focus on proactively driving architectural decisions, improving scalability, and ensuring code quality through robust testing and documentation in a regulated environment.

Location: Hybrid in Paris or London, with three days in office.

Company

hirify.global builds financial infrastructure to help businesses in emerging markets pay their international suppliers simply, quickly, and fairly.

What you will do

• Contribute to the product process from end-to-end, including ideation, building UI/backend logic, deployment, and feedback.
• Build intuitive and performant web interfaces for business owners in Africa.
• Implement IT security and data protection best practices in a regulated environment.
• Proactively drive architectural decisions to improve scalability, observability, and modularity of the codebase.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to their professional growth.
• Represent engineering in cross-functional discussions to translate business goals into technical plans.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of web development, frontend and backend best practices (Typescript, React, NextJS, NodeJS, Express, PostgreSQL).
• Experience in a VC-backed or high-growth engineering team and building customer-facing products.
• Comfortable working in an early-stage startup environment with a high pace, rapid growth, and a high degree of ambiguity.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for expressing ideas, designs, and solutions.
• Care about the mission and solving problems faced by African businesses.
• Must be based in London or Paris.

Nice to have

• Speak and write in French & English.
• Experience in Fintech, payments, wallets, or building ledgers.
• Expertise in security and data protection best practices in an FCA regulated business.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with a highly-ambitious, get-it-done team focused on tangible impact.
• Competitive salary and share options.
• Hybrid work model with three days in the office (Paris, 9th, Avenue Trudaine).
• Opportunity to shape product vision and technical architecture.
• Support for professional growth through pairing, reviews, and feedback.
• Commitment to building a diverse and inclusive team, welcoming candidates from diverse backgrounds.

Hiring process

• Screen interview with Tech Recruiter (30 mins).
• Technical challenge with a Principal Engineer (1 hr).
• Deep dive interview with the hiring manager (1 hr).
• Founder chat (30 mins).
• References and Offer.