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# Engineering Lead at 9fin

- **Company:** 9fin
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-09-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/9fin/052666f7-e368-43cd-8c94-0457675e0940

## Job description

## About 9fin

9fin is the AI platform powering global debt markets — the world’s largest asset class at over $145 trillion. Debt markets are vast, global, and mission-critical, yet still run on fragmented data, PDFs, and manual workflows. 9fin replaces this broken infrastructure with a single platform that centralises proprietary credit data, deep analysis, and high-value workflows across global markets. Today, 9fin powers teams at 300+ blue-chip institutions worldwide, including global banks, asset managers, private equity firms, law firms, and advisors. The business is scaling at exceptional speed, with rapid expansion in the US and best-in-class retention driven by deep workflow adoption. We’re at a defining inflection point. With proven product-market fit and strong, global market pull, 9fin is accelerating toward becoming the category-defining platform for debt markets worldwide.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an Engineering Lead with proven experience to help scale our platform, set technical direction, and build a high-performing team that delivers meaningful product experiences. You will be at the center of how we make complex data accessible, reliable, and impactful, guiding engineers to solve high-value challenges across data, product, and infrastructure. Our managers do more than oversee projects. They shape critical decisions that influence every part of product development. We expect our leads to come from a highly technical background, as well as being masters of their craft, able to dive into details, sharpen fundamentals, and continually hone their skills. Cavalry officers must be able to ride horses. You are a skilled engineer with leadership experience, bringing not only a deep love for the engineering craft but also the recognition that your greatest impact comes from enabling others to thrive.

## What you’ll work on

Every day is different, but here’s a dose of the kind of things you’ll be doing:

- Build and guide a high-performing, cross-functional engineering team. Foster a culture where engineers feel motivated, empowered, and proud of the impact they create.
- Stay engaged with technical design, code reviews, and architectural decisions, setting a high bar for technical excellence while balancing leadership responsibilities.
- Translate ambitious product visions into scalable, production-ready solutions by making sound, data-driven technical and strategic decisions.
- Partner closely with product managers, designers, and data teams to align on priorities, shape roadmaps, and deliver user features and platform capabilities.
- Coach and develop senior engineers, enabling them to take ownership of technical initiatives and expand their influence across the organization.
- Maintain a deep understanding of system architecture, performance, and reliability to guide long-term investment in stability and scalability.
- Hire, onboard, and support exceptional engineering talent. Dedicate time to one-on-one conversations to understand motivations, build trust, and strengthen team dynamics.

## About You

This role will be a great fit if you:

- Proven experience leading high-performing engineering teams and delivering impactful products.
- Have deep technical expertise, including in software development and system design. You will ideally have expertise in at least one of our core technologies (e.g., Python, TypeScript, AWS, Terraform) and experience designing and building scalable systems.
- Product and design-oriented, skilled at translating user and business needs into high-quality solutions.
- Effective communicator and collaborator across engineering, product, and design.
- Passionate about mentoring, developing talent, and fostering inclusive, positive team culture.
- Committed to operational excellence, long-term technical quality, and reliable systems.
- Track record of shipping iteratively at a fast cadence while ensuring sustainable growth.

## Benefits

We’re a scaling start up, and we enjoy sharing our success, when the company succeeds, we always reinvest that in our people. We also offer huge amounts of responsibility, an abundance of opportunity for growth and a platform to truly excel. Financial & Insurance

- Competitive Salary (our salary bands are benchmarked at the top end of the market)
- Equity
- Pension (your minimum contributions are 4% with 9fin matching up to 7%)
- Private Medical Insurance
- Paid sick leave with Income Protection for long periods of illness
- Group Life Assurance
- Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes

Time off

- 25 holiday days per year
- Local public holidays (with the ability to exchange them for alternative days)
- Hybrid working model, to allow you the flexibility to decide how, where and when you do your best work
- Work abroad for up to 3 months a year
- 1 month paid sabbatical after 5 years of service
- Enhanced parental leave & flexible working arrangements available

Training & Culture

- Professional learning and development budget
- Quarterly team socials
- Summer and Winter company social events

9fin is an equal opportunities employer At 9fin we are dedicated to building and promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can reach their full potential and truly belong. We recognize that building diverse teams enables a more creative and productive environment. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be who we’re looking for — either for this role, or perhaps another.

## About 9fin

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: 9fin is the AI-native intelligence platform that provides data, analytics, news, and AI-powered workflows for global debt capital markets.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Steven Hunter (CEO) and Hussam El-Sheikh (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Technology (Fintech), Debt Capital Markets, AI/Data Analytics
- **Target customers**: B2B, specifically investment banks, asset managers, hedge funds, law firms, private credit funds, and advisory firms.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To become the number one platform for debt markets globally, redefining how debt markets are understood and acted on by credit teams.

## Products & Services
- **9fin Platform**: A unified platform combining breaking news from expert reporters, structured data and analytics, and AI-powered workflows. It covers leveraged finance, distressed debt, CLOs, private credit, ABF, and investment grade across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific.
- **9fin AI (AI Chat & Research Grid)**: Launched in June 2026, these tools help credit professionals move from question to conviction faster. AI Chat provides cited answers to complex credit questions in seconds. Research Grid enables users to build structured company comparisons in minutes using pre-defined or custom questions. Every output is grounded in proprietary debt market data and linked to source material. [9fin.com](https://www.9fin.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: $1.3 billion (as of Series C fundraise in March 2026) [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/9fin)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised to date: $253.95M [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/9fin)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not all investors are publicly listed, but the company has raised over $250M across Series A, B, and C rounds.
- **Growth Signals**: 
    - In June 2026, launched two major AI tools (AI Chat and Research Grid) [prnewswire.co.uk](https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/9fin-launches-next-generation-of-ai-tools-for-debt-capital-markets-302794326.html)
    - Powers credit teams at 300+ leading global institutions [9fin.com](https://www.9fin.com/about)
    - Employs 350+ people globally [9fin.com](https://www.9fin.com/about)
    - Scaled globally with offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, and Belfast [9fin.com](https://www.9fin.com/about)

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-native foundation**: Built from the ground up with a decade of proprietary debt market data powering its AI, creating a strong moat. [9fin.com](https://www.9fin.com/about)
- **Deep domain expertise**: Co-founders have backgrounds in investment banking (J.P. Morgan) and engineering (Deutsche Bank), and the platform is calibrated by in-house credit, distressed, and legal analysts with decades of experience. [9fin.com](https://www.9fin.com/about)
- **Comprehensive data**: Unifies public, private, and distressed credit data in a single connected view, replacing multiple legacy tools. [9fin.com](https://www.9fin.com/)
- **Trusted by the market**: Used by 80% of trading desks among top-tier institutions. [9fin.com](https://www.9fin.com/)

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities and direction for growth**: Scaling globally and deepening the AI platform. The company is building "credit-specific AI agents that proactively monitor, draft and alert," moving from a source of intelligence to the platform where credit professionals get work done. [prnewswire.co.uk](https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/9fin-launches-next-generation-of-ai-tools-for-debt-capital-markets-302794326.html)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture highlights**: Emphasizes "true flexibility," "a culture of care," and the opportunity to "build at the edge" with the latest AI tools. The company values ambition and offers real opportunities to make an impact. [9fin.com](https://www.9fin.com/careers)
- **Remote/hybrid/office policy**: Offers a flexible work model: "Work from home, or from one of our great offices around the world. We encourage time with your team, while giving you the flexibility when you need it." [9fin.com](https://www.9fin.com/careers)
- **Notable perks or engineering culture**: 
    - Enhanced parental leave, flexible hours, and sabbaticals. [9fin.com](https://www.9fin.com/careers)
    - Engineers, product, and AI teams own the full experience, from data architecture to interface, working closely with customers. [9fin.com](https://www.9fin.com/careers)
    - High growth trajectory with global scaling, providing real career advancement opportunities. [9fin.com](https://www.9fin.com/careers)

## Sources
1. [9fin Careers Page](https://www.9fin.com/careers)
2. [9fin About Page](https://www.9fin.com/about)
3. [9fin Homepage](https://www.9fin.com/)
4. [CB Insights Company Profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/9fin)
5. [PRNewswire - 9fin Launches Next Generation AI Tools](https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/9fin-launches-next-generation-of-ai-tools-for-debt-capital-markets-302794326.html)
6. [9fin Jobs Portal (Ashby)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/9fin)

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