Holvi

backend developer for small business finance

In short

Senior Backend Engineer role on the Accounts Receivable / Accounts Payable product team at Holvi, a fintech making self-employment easier. The job is primarily Python/Django backend work with occasional frontend contributions, working closely with Product and Design. It requires solid senior-level engineering experience, fintech or payment/invoicing/accounting domain experience, fluent English, and openness to AI-assisted development tools. The role is hybrid based in Helsinki (or Berlin) with some remote flexibility.

Description
We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Accounts Receivable / Accounts Payable (ARAP) product team. If you want to help us make self-employment a little easier, Holvi is for you.
Responsibilities
•As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll help shape the future of our ARAP platform as part of a cross-functional team
•You'll work closely with engineers, Product and Design, taking ideas from customer or business needs through solution design, implementation and safely into production
•Most of your work will be on the backend, with Python and Django at the core of our stack
•But we build products, not isolated backend components, so we'd love to find someone comfortable occasionally crossing into our frontend clients when that's the best way to get something done
•Engineers help shape solutions, not just implement specifications
Requirements
•Have solid senior-level software engineering experience and can take ownership of technically demanding work
•Have strong backend skills with Python and Django, or substantial experience with a comparable framework and the ability to get productive with Django quickly
•Can refine requirements and develop solutions collaboratively and iteratively
•Take ownership and push your work forward
•Are willing to occasionally work outside the backend, including making changes to frontend clients when needed
•Use, or are ready to actively use, AI-assisted development tools and workflows
•Communicate clearly and in plain language
•Are fluent in spoken and written English
•Have experience in fintech or financial services, particularly payment processing, invoicing, accounting or bookkeeping systems
Conditions
•Location: Helsinki
•Employee stock options – opportunity for equity in Holvi
•Flexible working – hybrid working in Helsinki and Berlin, with fully remote possibilities depending on your location
•Comprehensive occupational healthcare plus mental wellbeing support from Auntie
•Work-life balance – a weekly exercise hour, bi-weekly breakfasts, bi-annual team weeks and more
•Learning opportunities – weekly tech-focused Fridays and monthly professional learning days for improving your skills, experimenting and learning something new
•Working hours: core hours 10:00–15:00 local time; the rest is up to you
•Hybrid model with two or more days per week at the office
•Full-time, permanent position

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