Senior Backend Software Engineer

About the role

We are building an AI‑first digital banking platform and need a senior backend engineer to design, develop and scale our core banking and fintech services. You will work in a product‑focused environment with high ownership and modern architecture principles.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.
• Build production‑grade microservices using Java/Kotlin.
• Develop cloud‑native solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• Collaborate with product, mobile, design, security, and platform teams.
• Participate in architecture decisions and technical strategy discussions.
• Improve system reliability, observability, scalability, and security.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and engineering automation.
• Review code, mentor engineers, and promote best practices.
• Optimize performance, latency, and cost efficiency of backend systems.
• Support integration with banking systems, fintech providers, payment gateways, and third‑party platforms.
• Drive engineering quality through testing, monitoring, and operational excellence.

Required profile

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in Java and/or Kotlin and the Spring Boot ecosystem.
• Experience building distributed systems and microservice architectures.
• Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, and Docker.
• Proficiency with REST APIs, asynchronous messaging, and event‑driven architectures.
• Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of secure software development principles.
• Strong problem‑solving, debugging, and communication skills.
• Experience working in agile product engineering teams.

Required skills

• Java
• Kotlin
• Spring Boot
• Microsoft Azure
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• REST APIs
• Asynchronous messaging
• Event‑driven architectures
• SQL
• NoSQL
• CI/CD pipelines
• DevOps
• Secure software development