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About Fynbos

Website
fynbos.dev
Address
Newlands, Cape Town
Company size
1-15 employees

Summary

What we do

At Fynbos we are building a better way to pay. To do this we are building a digital wallet using open standards, such as Interledger and Open Payments, and providing consumers with full control of their accounts and payments through open APIs.

We think online payments with cards and crypto provide for a terrible user experience and we believe we can do better using native Web technologies. We are laser focused on user experience, while improving on the security, privacy and interoperability of current payments systems.

Founded in 2021, and backed by some of Silicon Valley’s most successful and disruptive companies and entrepreneurs, we're a team of optimistic, and passionate, engineers, and payments experts, with a mission to make digital payments simpler, safer, and more accessible.

Why Fynbos

We have a big vision and we're just getting started so you have the chance to help us set our course and make a big impact.

Joining Fynbos, means joining a team that loves technology, design, payments, and is always learning. We consider software engineering and product development to be as much art as science, and place a lot of value in autonomy, ownership, and pride in getting things done to a high standard.

We're a scrappy start-up but also want to ensure we're still scrapping many years from now and that means looking after everyone that works here. While we place a lot of emphasis on the quality of our work, we place even more on quality of life. We work sane hours, take breaks, take vacations and genuinely care about each other.

If you'd like to surround yourself with people you can learn from, and people eager to learn from you, who will challenge you, push you to be your best and appreciate you for your ideas and enthusiasm then Fynbos is the place for you.

We have an extraordinary mission and need extraordinary people to achieve it.

How we hire

  1. Meet the CEO (20 - 30 minute screening call via Google Meets)
  2. Meet the CTO (45 - 60 minute technical interview via Google Meets)
  3. Possible practical follow up with a member of the team to discuss a pre-prepared coding/design challenge

Perks at Fynbos

Generous stock options available for early hires
A culture of learning and growth
Delicious coffee and snacks
Flexible working hours
Building for a global market
Generous maternity and paternity leave
Work from anywhere up to 3 days a week
We make lunch together every day

Tech Stack

application and data

PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
React
React
Go
Go
TypeScript
TypeScript
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services

business tool

Google Apps
Google Apps
Slack
Slack
Zendesk
Zendesk

dev ops

Git
Git
Docker
Docker
GitLab
GitLab
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Bash
Bash
Datadog
Datadog
Cloudflare
Cloudflare