Full-Stack Software Engineer - Banking Compliance

Shine exists to help freelancers and small business owners reclaim the joy of working for themselves. Running a business shouldn't mean drowning in financial admin - it should be inspiring and rewarding. Our app brings banking, invoicing, accounting and admin together in one place, so entrepreneurs can focus on what matters most: growing their business and enjoying the freedom of working for themselves.
We're a multicultural team of over 400 people across France, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. By bringing together leading European fintechs like Shine, Kontist and Tellow, we've built a single, intuitive platform designed for simplicity, speed and accuracy - backed by local, award-winning support.
Your hiring experience matters
Just as we respect our customers' time, we respect yours. Your experience with Shine should feel simple, transparent and genuinely supportive.
If this sounds like somewhere you want to grow, we'd love to hear from you.

At Ageras, our 150 engineers design scalable, reliable, and user-centric solutions through a modern architecture that drives our growth. Organized into specialized tribes, they collaborate in cross-functional teams—including an Engineering Manager, a Product Manager, a Product Designer, and Software Engineers—to foster innovation and excellence.

Our structure maximizes impact and ownership:

• Product teams develop core features for key business domains (invoicing, banking, accounting).

• Platform teams manage infrastructure and core services (Cloud, DevOps, Core APIs, developer tools).

• Data team builds data pipelines for engineering, modeling, and analytics.

You will join the Compliance & Risks team , which is responsible for detecting and combating fraud risks for Shine and its clients by leveraging the data we have. The goal is to implement pragmatic solutions to improve our clients' security. This can range from providing our fraud and AML (Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing) operators with effective tools and precise data so they can manually review sensitive transactions, to collaborating with technical teams to modify the behavior of certain features. By joining Shine today, you will quickly be able to make an impact in a fast-growing company ✨

The Banking and Compliance team at Shine

What You Bring

• Strong experience in a microservices environment

• TypeScript / Node.js expertise

• Strong experience with React (and ideally NestJS)

• Strong knowledge of SQL / PostgreSQL

• Experience with distributed / event-driven architectures

• Demonstrated ability to design and scale backend services in production

• Solid understanding of testing practices

Your responsibilities will include

Technical Development & Delivery

• Own the design, development, and implementation of backend services within the Compliance domain

• Lead the technical delivery of projects, ensuring high-quality execution

• Develop fraud and compliance detection scenarios

• Improve existing services, architecture, and system reliability

• Explore and propose new features and enhancements

• Implement regulatory checks to ensure Shine remains compliant

• Support production systems, investigate issues, and fix bugs

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with Compliance, Operations, and Product teams to build reliable and auditable systems

• Communicate regularly with operators to understand needs and challenges

• Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews, coaching, and knowledge sharing

• Contribute to architecture decisions, technical strategy, and long-term backend direction

Teamwork & Mindset

• Demonstrate excellent communication, being respectful, open to challenge, and objective

• Be a strong team player, proactive, supportive, and attentive to others

• Take ownership and accountability for your work (“you build it, you own it”)

Impact & Growth

• Work on high-impact features in a critical banking domain

• Tackle challenges related to scale, volume, reliability, and regulatory complexity

• Grow your expertise as both a software engineer and data-focused developer

• Join an autonomous, collaborative engineering team where your ideas matter

• Make a meaningful difference for thousands of entrepreneurs across Europe

Nice-to-Haves

• Knowledge or curiosity about AI

• Python, BigQuery, DBT, GCP, Terraform
  

Paris - hybrid (3 days/week in office) or full remote.
Not within commuting distance of Paris?
Apply anyway for some Product & Tech roles, a remote setup may be considered in Berlin, Amsterdam, or Copenhagen , depending on profile and team needs.

What Success Looks Like

After 3 months: You understand the architecture, know the domain, and contribute meaningfully to our services.

After 6 months:

You are a key contributor to the team’s compliance strategy and major technical initiatives.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We follow the principle of equal treatment to consider all job applicants and do not discriminate based on their gender, sexual orientation, color, racial or ethnic origin, religion, disability, etc. as per applicable law.

Our recruitment process

1️⃣ A 30’ call with our Talent Acquisition Specialist to get to know you better and share more about Shine' culture and mission.

2️⃣ A 45-minute call with the Manager to explore your technical experience, career aspirations, and vision for the role, including a system design assessment.

3️⃣ A 60' soft skills interview based on the personality assessment to see how we can best support your growth at Shine.