Job Description

Hello! 👋

🌟 Join us as a Founding Engineer in a brand-new Factorial spinoff!

We’re building a completely new startup inside Factorial We’re on a mission to rethink how companies manage workflows, org charts, policies, and analytics, the core of what defines Factorial.

This new spinoff comes with a bold ambition: growing from 0 to 10 million in under a year Yes, it's an extremely ambitious target… and that’s exactly why we’re looking for people who get excited by challenges of this scale!

The good news? We’re not starting from scratch With +15,000 existing customers, we have a massive opportunity for immediate upselling, supported by a dedicated GTM team

You’ll be joining from day 0, in an environment where the tech stack matters far less than your ability to build fast, adapt quickly, and shape something entirely new.

Expect a different pace than the rest of Factorial: fast, high-energy, full of things to create, fix, and define If you thrive in creative chaos, love building from the ground up, and enjoy the vibe of small, scrappy startups more than corporate settings, you’re going to feel right at home. Factorial is hiring a Founding Engineer to help us build the next generation of internal IT tools for thousands of businesses worldwide.

We're particularly interested in candidates with strong experience in Ruby on Rails for the backend. On the frontend, we're looking for solid skills in React, JavaScript, or TypeScript But bear in mind that we’re not looking for a long list of skills and technologies. What matters the most is your excitement to build things from scratch!

💻 About the IT Management Domain

You’ll join the newly formed IT Management domain, where we’re creating a platform to manage onboarding, permissions, support, and equipment, so new employees are productive from day one. If you’re excited about shaping a new product area, owning features end-to-end, and working in a people-first company with a strong engineering culture, this role is for you.

Our mission in the IT Management Domain is building this new product in Factorial, including multiples moving pieces (inventory management, support ticketing, MDM, IdP, integrated onboarding, etc.), so employees are productive as soon as they receive the equipment and complete the onboarding process.

The Engineering team at large 🙌🏼

At Factorial, we have a team of +200 very talented Engineers. We look for smart people who are curious, proactive and have great communication skills.

🎯 Your profile

1. You are a team player You are comfortable helping your teammates, sharing your knowledge, reviewing their code and asking for reviews of your own.

2. You have a user-centric mindset: You know that the only reason we write code is to help our users to perform their tasks.

3. You are a learner you want to improve your skills not only in the engineering field but across any other areas.

4. You are an owner You like proposing new hypotheses and being responsible for building, deploying and validating them.

5. You love understanding Breaking down complex problems into basic and shareable elements.

6. You are a polyglot developer You have experience in several coding languages (especially for backend development), CI/CD tools and cloud technologies.

7. You are a mentor You love to share your experience and expertise to help others grow.

8. You have a couple of years of experience working as a software engineer.

9. You are comfortable communicating in English

At Factorial we don't evaluate you by the years of experience you have, we evaluate your knowledge, skills and engagement How? We have a Career Path with a rubric framework where we define what is expected for each experience level and skill. This framework allows you to know at which level you're right now and what you need to keep growing. As we love transparency, our Career Path includes the salaries for each level and we share it during the first interview to make sure we're aligned.

For this senior-level position, the annual gross salary is 60,500€ regardless of your location. This includes a base salary of 55,000€ and a variable pay of up to 5,500€ annually (paid quarterly), depending on the company's goals.

You will be a Founding Engineer, taking ownership of big initiatives, and being interested in the outcome, not just the output. About the outcome, you’ll also work with your team members to establish goals and plan a quarterly roadmap, putting special attention to the technical needs of our domain.

You will be involved in customer calls to learn about their pains & needs.

You will review code daily and get feedback on your own code at every pull request, from all team members, including juniors.

You will learn from the entire team, both on technical topics (performance, architecture…) and core skills, in an environment driven by engineering quality. You will also mentor junior team members and help them learn from your experience..

How We Work (Barcelona Office) 💻
At Factorial, we believe the best products are built when people come together, in person, to collaborate, challenge ideas, and move fast. That’s why our Product team follows an office-first, flexible approach (80%-20%)

We work on-site several days a week, using that time to connect, align, and innovate as a team. However, we also understand the importance of focus and flexibility, so we support remote work when it makes sense, whether for deep work, personal needs, or just a change of scenery. This balance helps us stay agile, creative, and closely connected, while giving everyone the space to do their best work.

Benefits 💆

We care about people and offer many benefits for employees:

• High growth, multicultural, and friendly environment 🤝🏽

• Continuous training and learning based on your needs 🤓

• Alan private health insurance 🩺

• Healthy life with Wellhub (Gyms, pools, outdoor classes) 🧘🏽‍♀️

• Save expenses with Cobee 💰

• Language classes with Yolk Academy 👩🏽‍🏫

• Get the most out of your salary with Payflow

And when at the office...

• Breakfast in the office and organic fruit 🍏

• Nora and Apetit discounts 🍱

• Pet Friendly 🐶

🔎 Hiring Process

1. A first conversation with our Talent Acquisition Partner It will be about comparing our expectations and making sure we match on a human level. We will also check our Engineering Rubrics ( check them out, they are open!) and the salary in your position.

2. A second conversation with the team’s Engineering Manager This is about making sure we can work together. Here you will have a conversation about the team, their needs, your profile and how can you complement it. Expect to have a mix of a human and technical conversation.

3. A Live Engineering Challenge with two Factorial engineers: At Factorial, we’re passionate about hiring engineers who can think clearly, communicate well, leverage the best tools, and learn very fast. In this challenge, we’re not looking for a finished product, but for how you structure problems, ask questions, use technology, and reason about solutions.

4. One last coffee-chat with our CTO, where you can get all the answers about Factorial’s culture, business vision, or anything else that interests you.

5. And that’s it! Feel free to request any other conversation you want, with team members or to address specific concerns at any time during the process.

   Our entire hiring process is remote, transparent, and designed to ensure mutual fit. You can also request to meet more team members if helpful.

🚀 Ready to join a team building something completely new, impactful, and well-crafted?

Looking forward to getting to know you!