what makes working at findev different

TL:DR;

We work in FinTech. More specifically, we work in Capital Markets - a part of FinTech that we’ve been focused on for the past 15 years. If you’ve never dealt with it before, it’s probably worth googling or asking your favorite AI friend.

But here’s the very short version.

Capital Markets is the part of the financial world where money moves between those who need capital and those who want to invest it. Companies, banks, funds, and governments use these markets to raise money, invest, trade securities, and manage financial risks.

And some of its mechanics go back centuries. Take the UK’s Stamp Duty: it was first introduced in 1694 as a temporary tax to help fund a war with France. Payment was confirmed with a physical stamp on a document - hence the name. Over time, stamp duties evolved, and today the term is closely associated with taxes on transactions such as the transfer of shares.

So yes, Capital Markets may sound like a modern, technology-driven domain. But many of the rules and processes behind it have a very long history.

In Capital Markets, the main participants are:

Issuers - companies, governments, or financial institutions that need money and issue securities, such as shares or bonds.

Investors - people and organizations that provide money by buying those securities. This includes pension funds, asset managers, hedge funds, insurance companies, banks, and individual investors.

Intermediaries -  investment banks, brokers, dealers, and trading firms that help issuers and investors meet, execute trades, provide liquidity, and structure deals.

Trading venues - exchanges and electronic trading platforms where securities are bought and sold.

Market infrastructure - clearing houses, custodians, depositories, and settlement systems that make sure trades are processed safely and ownership is recorded correctly.

Regulators - authorities that set rules and supervise the market to keep it fair, transparent, and stable.

We work with most types of these participants, helping them build platforms from scratch or improve existing ones to automate different parts of money management workflows.

Capital Markets is not one neat market. It is a moving network of products, venues, brokers, dealers, liquidity providers, custodians, data vendors, and internal systems. Unlike retail banking, where many functions are fairly standard and can often be covered by vendor products out of the box, the field we work in is full of custom-built business processes and tailor-made implementations.

Some products are traded on exchanges. Some are traded over the counter. Some are built almost deal by deal. Each market has its own data, pricing logic, trade lifecycle, settlement flow, and operational quirks.

So when a business wants to trade almost anything, almost anywhere in the world, 24/5, standard software usually gets you only part of the way.

The rest takes custom engineering.

And that’s where we come in.

Capital Markets is a domain where technology is expected to be reliable, secure, explainable, and built to last. Many of the systems we work with are not short-lived products or experimental prototypes - they are platforms that support critical business processes for years. This shapes the way we think about architecture, engineering quality, delivery, and operations.

We don’t expect every engineer to know every technology in advance. We care much more about strong engineering fundamentals: understanding systems, making thoughtful technical decisions, solving complex problems, and writing software that remains reliable and maintainable for years.

That philosophy also shapes the way we choose technology.

We work with both open-source and proprietary technologies. In our projects, the right choice is rarely about following the latest trend. It is about understanding the problem, the constraints, the risks, and the long-term consequences of technical decisions.

Our teams work across cloud and on-premise environments. Most platforms are built on modern cloud-native stacks. Others must integrate with complex enterprise landscapes, legacy systems, strict security models, and demanding operational requirements. 

Technology Stack

Java	kdb+/q.	Redis
.Net  Core	C++	PostgreSQL
Python	AWS	Oracle
React	Kafka	Node.js
Angular	Snowflake.	... and lots more.

The industry moves fast. What worked yesterday may not work today - especially as AI continues to reshape how we work and what’s possible.

Revisiting our tools, approaches, and decisions helps us stay relevant and deliver what actually matters.

We look for people who are comfortable with this pace - ready to learn, adapt, and grow along with the industry.

We avoid unnecessary rules and complicated processes. Most issues can be resolved with common sense and a straightforward conversation.

One thing we often hear from new team members is how work gets done with so little fuss. No long approval chains or unnecessary meetings.

Most of the time, all it takes is reaching out to the right person directly and working things out.

Our goal is to deliver results, not look busy. 

That’s why we don’t have KPIs for the sake of KPIs, formal performance ratings, or excessive oversight.

We value the result, not the process.

We hire mature professionals and trust them to use good judgment.

It’s not just about technical work. It’s about how people handle day-to-day situations, work through disagreements, and make decisions.

We value people who take responsibility, admit mistakes, and learn from them. 

Finding these people takes time. Still, we keep our hiring standards high, even though this sometimes takes longer.

So what does engineering culture mean to us?

It comes down to a few simple principles that shape the way we think, make decisions, and work every day:

— choose to go deep into one domain instead of spreading ourselves across many

— work on problems that require engineering, not on changing button colors or transforming JSON into XML

— remove bureaucracy whenever we can, so engineers can spend their time on work that matters

— don’t optimize what should be removed 

— build systems, not features

 

Salary. Findev hires senior people and pays senior money. Internally we run published salary bands per location and seniority level, so your offer comes from a system, not from how well you negotiate. Reviews are triggered by your work, not by a counteroffer in your inbox. If you want the numbers before investing an evening in interviews, ask our recruiter in the first conversation and you'll get the band straight away.
Profit share. Every year Findev distributes the majority of the company's profit to the team. Most of it follows your impact during the year. 10% of the profit is set aside for tenure and counted by a simple formula: after your second year with us, every additional month earns you a unit, and that part of the pool is split in proportion to units. Stay 2 years and 3 months, you hold 3 units. No committee, no discretion, just math. The message behind the formula is simpler than the formula itself: we want great people to stay, and we put money behind that.
No suits deciding your worth. You will never negotiate compensation with someone who doesn't understand what you do. Engineering work here is evaluated by people who can read your code, not your slides.

Sick days, no paperwork. Findev offers 10 fully paid sick days a year when you're unwell, no doctor's note required. Sometimes you just need two days in bed, and chasing a certificate is the last thing that helps you recover.

Vacation. Findev offers 24 working days of paid vacation a year. Take it in parts, take a single day, or go negative and borrow from next year. Up to 10 unused days roll over. We recommend at least one stretch longer than 9 working days, because a long weekend is not a reset.

Health insurance. Findev covers 75% of private medical insurance for you and 50% for your spouse and kids, in every country where we have an office. Senior engineers have families. So do we.

Life events. Getting married or having a baby earns you 3 extra days off. Some things matter more than sprints.

Findev reimburses 50% of any course, certification, or English lessons from any provider. Why not 100%? We don't believe learning on someone else's dime works, and we've seen too many abandoned courses to pretend otherwise. If you have skin in the game, you finish.

Moving to Cyprus or Poland?

Findev provides visa sponsorship and relocation support. We cover flights and first month of accommodation for you and your family, and handle work permits and residence paperwork. In Cyprus, that includes residence permits for your family, even kids born there. You focus on the work, we deal with the immigration office.