AI for the debt markets
9fin
An AI platform for the debt markets. Banks, investors and law firms use its news, data and AI tools to analyze credit, find deals and track risk.
- Based in London, New York and Belfast
- 650+ people
- Founded 2016
- 37 open roles
Jack’s take, why it stands out
“A London company that has more than doubled its revenue every year and became a unicorn in March. It builds the AI that credit investors and bankers use to read the debt markets, and its team has grown past 650 this year.”
Jack’s take on 9fin
The questions candidates ask me about a company, answered for 9fin
Revenue more than doubled in each of the last two years
Yearly revenue from its accounts, converted from pounds at each year’s average rate, then annual recurring revenue as Bloomberg reported it in February 2026.
Annual recurring revenue has doubled for several years running, and grows fastest in the US.
It made a loss of about $28M in 2025 as it spent on growth, then raised $170M in March 2026.
No layoffs reported.
HarbourVest led a $170M round at a $1.3B valuation
HarbourVest
CPP Investments
Highland Europe
Spark Capital
Redalpine
SeedcampIt has raised more than $250M in all. The December 2024 valuation is PitchBook’s figure.
CPP Investments was a client before it invested.
Its first employee share sale, in July 2026, let staff sell part of their vested shares at the Series C valuation. More than half of those eligible took part.
The team grew from 250 to more than 650 in under two years
Its HQ is in London, with offices in New York, Belfast and Hong Kong. This year it hired 90 people for new data hubs in Santiago and Kuala Lumpur.
Key leaders
Steven HunterCofounder and CEO, based in New York
J.P. Morgan
Huss El-SheikhCofounder and CTO
Deutsche Bank
Kerry McClellandCFO
Native Design
Amit LalwaniChief revenue officer, joined June 2026
Intapp
Moisés GarcíaChief product officer
Carwow
Will Caiger-SmithChief content officer
DebtwireSteven worked in leveraged finance at J.P. Morgan and Huss was a business analyst at Deutsche Bank before they started 9fin in 2016. Steven, who is from Belfast, now runs it from New York. COO Jen Speirs left in September 2026, after four and a half years at 9fin.
A fast-moving hybrid team where staff own equity
The pace. Steven and Huss say it can feel like a marathon run at sprint pace. Its values include ownership, candor and “move fast, learn things”.
Where. Hybrid. From January 2027 everyone works from their 9fin office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and some teams more often. Staff can work abroad for up to three months a year.
Ownership. Equity for staff, and salary bands set at the top end of the market. Staff get a budget to try new AI tools.
Time off. 25 days of holiday plus public holidays, which staff can swap for other days. A paid month-long sabbatical after five years, and enhanced parental leave.
All of the top 10 investment banks use it
10 of the 10top investment banks
CPP InvestmentsA client first, then an investor in the Series C.
IK PartnersReplaced a hand-kept database of comparable deals, and tracks private credit for its portfolio companies.More than 350 firms use it, including 80% of trading desks and banks such as BNP Paribas, Lloyds and NatWest. AI Chat, launched in June, answers credit questions in seconds and cites its sources.
What candidates tell Jack
“9fin’s product has a very clear direction, and the company is on a really exciting journey.”
Is there a role for you?
37 open roles, straight from 9fin’s careers page. Hiring in the UK (23) and the US (14). Pick a place and an area for Jack’s read and the roles.
Jack’s read for engineering and ai
10 open roles
- Cofounder and CTO Huss El-Sheikh has led engineering since 2016.
- 30+ engineers hired in a short push in 2024. Every one offered a job accepted it.
- AI Chat and Research Grid launched in June, built on a decade of its own debt market data, with every answer traced to its source.
Our hiring guides: pay, time to fill and who gets hired
Jack’s read for product and forward deployment
5 open roles
- Chief product officer Moisés García says the next step is credit AI agents that monitor, draft and alert for clients.
- Forward deployed investors and bankers embed with its most strategic clients to build 9fin’s AI into how they invest and win deals.
Our hiring guides: pay, time to fill and who gets hired
Jack’s read for sales, customer success and marketing
13 open roles
- 350+ firms use 9fin, including the top 10 investment banks.
- Amit Lalwani joined from Intapp in June as its first chief revenue officer, leading sales, account management and client success worldwide.
- The US is its fastest-growing market.
Our hiring guides: pay, time to fill and who gets hired
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Jack’s read for newsroom, credit and data
5 open roles
- 100+ journalists, correspondents and editors in its newsroom.
- Chief content officer Will Caiger-Smith joined from Debtwire in 2021 as US managing editor.
- Data teams in Belfast, Santiago and Kuala Lumpur cover the markets around the clock, five days a week.
Jack’s read for people, legal and operations
4 open roles
- CFO Kerry McClelland joined in 2024 and has since seen through its Series B, its Series C and its first acquisition, Bond Radar.
- Hybrid, with Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the office from January 2027.
A run of new sales roles since mid-October
New roles each week worldwide, from late June 2026, when we began checking its careers page.
Closed roles66 since late June
The most recent, as of November 5, 2026.
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About this page
Jack & Jill isn’t 9fin’s recruiter. The open roles come straight from 9fin’s public careers page and refresh through the day. Company facts come from 9fin’s own announcements and named press, linked on each card, and were last checked on November 6, 2026. Jack’s take is Jack & Jill’s own.