OWNY

About OWNY Inc. OWNY Inc. is an innovative financial technology company that bridges the gap between emerging markets and the global financial ecosystem. Specializing in providing correspondent banking services, seamless cross-border transactions, foreign exchange, and secure payment gateways, OWNY empowers small and medium-sized banks in emerging markets with cutting-edge solutions. Our mission is to enable financial institutions to thrive in a complex global landscape by offering them the tools they need for efficient, secure, and cost-effective operations. Position Overview We are seeking a visionary Head of Global Business Development to launch our Global Banking Services product. In this high-impact role, you will drive the strategy and execution of initiatives designed to expand OWNY’s services to small and medium-sized banks in emerging markets. You will focus on building long-term relationships with these financial institutions, helping them access correspondent banking services, foreign exchange rails, and payment gateways to better serve their clients. Key Responsibilities Strategic Planning & Development Develop and implement a global strategy to drive the expansion of OWNY’s banking services in emerging markets, with an initial focus on regions such as Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia. Identify new market opportunities by understanding regional dynamics, competitive landscapes, and evolving banking needs. Create and execute tailored outreach strategies to connect with key decision-makers at banks, positioning OWNY as their go-to partner for global banking services. Partnership Acquisition & Onboarding Build and nurture strong relationships with small and medium-sized banks, understanding their pain points and offering bespoke solutions in correspondent banking, foreign exchange, and payment gateways. Lead contract negotiations and structure mutually beneficial partnerships to drive sustained business growth. Oversee the end-to-end onboarding process, ensuring seamless integration of OWNY’s services into clients’ operations while aligning with regulatory and compliance standards. Market Intelligence & Insights Continuously monitor market trends, competitor activities, and regulatory developments in emerging markets to ensure OWNY remains ahead of the curve. Conduct thorough market research to identify key areas for growth and partnership opportunities, keeping the business development strategy agile and data-driven. Cross-functional Collaboration Partner closely with internal teams including product development, compliance, and operations to ensure the solutions meet local needs and regulatory requirements. Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders to refine and customize our offerings, ensuring optimal product-market fit. Performance Tracking & Reporting Set clear KPIs for business development efforts, tracking progress towards market penetration, revenue generation, and partnership success. Provide regular performance updates to senior leadership, offering strategic recommendations based on market trends and partnership feedback. Qualifications Experience 10+ years of proven experience in global business development, partnership building, or sales within the banking or financial services sector. Strong track record of successfully expanding services to small and medium-sized banks in emerging markets, particularly in areas such as correspondent banking, foreign exchange, and payments. Experience working with financial institutions in diverse regions and a deep understanding of their unique challenges. Skills Excellent negotiation and communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with C-suite executives and key stakeholders. Proven ability to think strategically and solve complex problems in a rapidly changing, global environment. Strong knowledge of international banking regulations, compliance standards, and market entry strategies in e

We are looking for a senior engineer with hands on coding skills with the ability to manage and grow engineering teams. Ideally you have hired and managed teams of 10 engineers or more over an extended period of time. You will play a critical role for the company growth over the next couple of years as the platform and the company grows. Responsibilities Engage and develop your team of engineers in their skills and careers Provide technical guidance and coaching to the team in software engineering best practices Balance the technical and product roadmaps within the team Design and code innovative, scalable and robust features Collaborate closely in small, nimble, cross-functional teams with product managers and business stakeholders Participate in all aspects of the project life-cycle, from ideation to specification to release

This is a key role at the company as we are getting ready to open up our platform for a wider audience and need a reliable cloud infrastructure to handle the upcoming higher loads. As an infrastructure engineer you will be responsible for the reliability, availability and system security of the platform. You need to be well versed in building and maintaining cloud infrastructure on AWS using services such as Lambda, ECS (Fargate), Aurora, etc. Using automation, collecting performance metrics, setting up logging, tracing and notifications to avoid issues before they happen should be standard practices. You need to be able to manage bare metal linux servers, server-less architecture using Lambda functions, and PostgreSQL database on Aurora et al. We use tools such as AWS CloudFormation managed using AWS CDK, serverless framework tools and plain shell scripts to manage the architecture. You will play a critical role for the company setting up the services to guarantee uptime, performance and security in the beginning, as the company grows you would lead the infra work as the team grows, so having experience from leading a team and manage people is important for this role. If you have experience with fintech and/or blockchain technologies it is a plus but not a requirement.

OWNY is an all-in-one portal builder for private capital management. We utilize AI and web3 to provide a white-label solution that would remove much of the clutter and inefficiencies in private equity offerings, investor management & treasury management. We are part of the YC with some of the top investors and partners in the industry. To join us at this stage you need to be a self-starter and comfortable to work in an environment that continuously changes. We are working on solutions that will change private market & payments sector for many years to come. It is a fantastic time to join a company if you are the type of person that loves to take charge and make things happen. We are looking for a Senior Developer with expertise in modern React/JavaScript with the ability to work with both new and old technologies across the full stack (Open AI/NodeJS/AWS/SQL/Docker, etc.). It is a significant advantage if you also have experience with, and a strong interest in payments & AI technologies. Responsibilities Quickly get up to speed with existing web applications spanning using NodeJS. Collaborate with the rest of the team to quickly iterate on product ideas and add new features. Be detailed oriented and care about creating great software solution. Deliver reliable well-structured code that can easily be understood by other team members. Quickly create new application prototypes from scratch and well as maintain reliable production system. Minimum qualifications Deep understanding of distributed system design. 6+ years experience in developing and maintaining production level application. Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Ability to quickly prototype solutions to demonstrate ideas. Be vocal, be flexible, love to learn! Experience with: React/NodeJS / ES6 Web Services / REST API AWS Cloud technologies Distributed System design and implementation Other preferred qualifications Keen interest in AI, BaaS technologies, fin-tech and cryptocurrencies Backend development of micro-services using NodeJS Experience with AWS