bunq is an Amsterdam-based mobile bank running a PHP, MySQL, Redis and Elasticsearch core on AWS, with Python, Redshift and Looker handling analytics. Current hiring leans heavily toward operations, legal and security rather than engineering, and a search for a CFO and Deputy Head of Legal points to a compliance build-out. Active work on AI-driven regulatory reporting and converting entities into local branches in Ireland and Belgium supports that reading.
Notable leadership hires: Deputy Head of Legal, Chief Financial Officer
bunq is a privately held bank headquartered in Amsterdam, founded in 2012, that delivers banking through a mobile app for both individual users and businesses. It operates its own financial infrastructure and offers a dedicated business account aimed at removing paperwork and branch visits. The company employs between 501 and 1,000 people across an international team and is currently hiring in the Netherlands and the United States. Payments run through Adyen, and native mobile development uses Swift with distribution via the Apple App Store.
bunq runs on PHP, MySQL, Redis and Elasticsearch hosted on AWS, with Python, Redshift, Looker and Amplitude for data, Datadog, Sentry and Kibana for monitoring, and Swift for its iOS app.
Yes, and hiring is accelerating, concentrated in operations, legal, security and support, mostly at senior level. Leadership searches include a Chief Financial Officer and a Deputy Head of Legal, in the Netherlands and the United States.
bunq is transforming regulatory reporting with AI, rolling out a cross-country reporting framework, converting to local branches in Ireland and Belgium, and testing business continuity and disaster recovery.
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