Senior Backend Engineer – Fintech

Full-time — $100k–$200k / year

• Important: Only candidates with an active and up-to-date LinkedIn profile will be considered.

Locations: United Arab Emirates, United States, UK.
✈ Relocation: Visa sponsorship to Dubai available
Salary: $100,000 – $200,000 USD / FTE
Job Type: Full-Time | Remote

About the Company

We're building a next-generation financial platform that combines modern fintech infrastructure with advanced AI-driven automation. Our system powers global digital banking experiences: wallets, payments, reconciliation, onboarding, transaction histories, notifications, and real-time financial intelligence.

Our engineering culture values ownership, deep technical expertise, and speed enabled by AI tooling.

Role Summary

We are seeking a very senior Backend Engineer with expert-level experience in Node.js, TypeScript, and serverless AWS architecture. You'll own core backend systems that power our neobank: payments, wallets, secure authentication, event-driven pipelines, and streaming infrastructures.

You'll work at the intersection of fintech, blockchain, event streaming, and AI, designing mission-critical systems with strong security, compliance, and performance guarantees.

This role is ideal for engineers who thrive in fast-moving, high-ownership environments and love pushing what's possible with AI-assisted development.

Key Responsibilities

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong backend record.
• Deep expertise in Node.js + TypeScript building distributed systems or financial platforms.
• Strong hands-on experience with serverless AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Kinesis, EventBridge, Cognito).

• Experience designing secure, compliant financial flows (payments, wallets, KYC, auth, etc.).

• Solid understanding of real-time protocols: WebSockets, SSE.

• Familiarity with stablecoins, blockchain payment flows, or modern payments APIs.

• Able to contribute to React Native when needed (not the main focus).

• Comfortable in an engineering environment where AI is actively used every day.

• Passion for pushing the frontier of AI-driven development, not just adapting to it.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.

• Deep expertise in Node.js + TypeScript, building distributed or financial systems.

• Strong hands-on experience with serverless AWS: Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Kinesis, EventBridge and Cognito.

• Experience designing secure, compliant financial flows (payments, wallets, KYC, identity, auth).

• Solid understanding of real-time protocols (WebSockets, SSE).

• Familiarity with stablecoins, blockchain transaction flows, or modern payment APIs.

Bonus

• Ability to contribute to React Native when necessary.

• Comfortable in high-AI-usage engineering environments.

• Passion for pushing the frontier of AI-driven software development.

Why Join Us

• Build a world-class, AI-powered fintech infrastructure platform.

• Work in a modern unified TypeScript stack across backend and mobile.

• Shape the future of AI-driven engineering workflows.

• Solve complex challenges in payments, blockchain, event streaming, reliability, and security.

• Join a senior, globally distributed team that values ownership, excellence, and innovation.

Interview Process (No Live Coding)

• Introduction with CTO and Head of Engineering

• Technical interview + take-home assessment (45–60 min)