Backend Engineer for FinTech Scaleup

At Minna Technologies, we are on a mission to bring power to the modern consumer through effortless subscription management. Founded in 2016, with partners such as Visa, Swedbank, Lloyds and Danske Bank, we are currently one of Europe's fastest growing FinTech companies. Our world-leading subscription management products currently reach 18.7 million users and help people save time, money and effort.

We are and develop world-class talents, trusting each other's knowledge and experience to achieve great things together. We are always eager to fulfill our purpose and we take on risks, crash and burn - rather than being mediocre. We are proud to say that amongst others, Business Insider recognises us as a top 5 global PFM FinTech and Sifted consider us to be a top European FinTech.

About the job
We are and develop world-class talents, trusting each other's knowledge and experience. For us the team is the most important and we try to help each other to achieve great things together. We are always eager to fulfil our purpose and we take on risks, crash and burn - rather than being mediocre.

You'll join an autonomous, cross-functional and agile team bringing our products to the next level. You'd contribute to quickly finding solutions to large projects within the team by leveraging your past experiences and your extensive technical knowledge. You'll have the opportunity to impact product decisions, organisation in the team as well as bring value to millions of users across Europe!

We are using Scala in all our backend systems together especially with Akka HTTP. On top of this, we of course build our own libraries as well. In our frontend development we use Typescript with React and Mongo DB as our database. For infrastructure we use Kubernetes and are hosted on Google Cloud Platform. Given that we have cross functional, agile and autonomous teams we are going into a Microservices architecture to allow our teams to set their own infrastructure without dependencies outside the team. We believe in radical focus, accountability and mandate!

What we are looking for
We're looking for several talented backend developers with:

- A range from 3 up to 20+ years of experience working within software development
- Experience with building backend services that are scalable, preferably across multiple markets
- Experience/knowledge of distributed system frameworks/languages like Akka or Scala
- An analytical and data-oriented with a problem-solving mindset
- You've proven to deliver value quickly
- You are humble, service-minded, and a strong communicator
- You have worked with teams before and thrived in that environment
- You enjoy working in agile teams of 5-10 great talents
- You feel responsible and accountable for your deliveries


What we offer you
At Minna Technologies, we strive to have a caring and inspiring work environment where you are encouraged to be yourself, and where you can grow as a person.

We believe in a culture that makes everyone feel appreciated, included and respected. In fact, our aspiration is to create such a good work environment that you will never feel the urge to apply for another job ever again!

In order to create an amazing workplace, we strongly believe that the office must feel like your second home. That is why we put great effort into making our office feel cozy and welcoming. Going to work should be a pleasure!

Besides putting lots of effort into our culture and office, we also offer several other employee benefits. Here is a summary of what you can expect when working at Minna Technologies:

- Shares in the company
- Housing in Gothenburg
- 5 weeks paid vacation
- Parental leave (as paid by Swedish Social Insurance Agency)
- Computer of your choice
- Career planning and coaching
- Team Weeks two times a year
- Flexible work hours
- Social gatherings with colleagues (e.g., outdoor activities and board games)
- After works
- Free beverages (smoothies, soft drinks, energy drinks, coffee etc.)
- Free lunches during workshops and hackathons


If you would like to learn more about our company culture, we encourage you to check out our instagram page Life at Minna Technologies. (https://www.instagram.com/minnatechnologies/)