Mid Backend Software Engineer

Company Description

Build the Future of Saving with PALM

PALM is Egypt’s first goal-based, incentivized savings platform — built to help people turn life dreams like education, travel, weddings, or healthcare into achievable realities.

We combine smart investment tools with exclusive brand incentives to make saving not only easier, but more rewarding. By blending high returns with curated discounts, PALM delivers a personalized experience that helps users maximize value, minimize expenses , and stay focused on what matters most — their goals.

We’re just getting started — and the journey ahead is even more exciting.

We're growing fast and building a talented world-class tech and product team in Cairo — and we’re looking for builders who are excited to shape meaningful financial experiences from the ground up.

Role Description

In this role, you will contribute to the design, development, and optimization of scalable backend systems that power Egypt’s first goal-based savings platform. You’ll work closely with engineering, infosec, product, and DevOps teams to build secure, high-impact services that align with user needs and business priorities. If you have a strong engineering foundation, care deeply about code quality and performance, and are excited to build reliable systems from the ground up — we’d love to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust, fault-tolerant backend services using Node.js (strong preference for NestJS ) and PostgreSQL .
• Build APIs that are versioned, observable, and performant , following modern backend engineering principles.
• Contribute to and help employ domain-driven design , modular architecture, and event-driven communication patterns when applicable.
• Ensure service-level reliability, latency, and throughput through thoughtful query optimization , proper indexing , and data modeling .
• Own features end-to-end: from technical design and architecture decisions to implementation, testing, deployment, and operational monitoring.
• Write and maintain high-quality test suites (unit, integration, and E2E), and advocate for test-driven development when appropriate.
• Participate in and occasionally lead code reviews , ensuring best practices around code quality, performance, and security.
• Actively monitor services in production using logging, metrics, and alerting (e.g., ELK, Prometheus/Grafana).
• Collaborate with product, frontend, DevOps, and security teams to build secure, well-integrated solutions that scale cleanly with user and feature growth.
• Contribute to continuously improving our engineering workflows, including CI/CD, documentation, and internal tooling.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of hands-on backend development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript , with production experience using NestJS or a comparable structured backend framework.
• Deep understanding of relational database systems , particularly PostgreSQL — including schema design, query tuning, and transaction handling.
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs with proper authentication, pagination, versioning, and error handling.
• Familiarity with caching strategies and tools like Redis , and how to use them to reduce latency and improve throughput.
• A solid understanding of software design patterns , modular code organization, and clean architecture principles.
• Working experience with Dockerized development environments and integrating backend services into CI/CD pipelines .
• Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills — you know how to dig deep into production issues and resolve them with minimal disruption.
• Experience working in Agile development environments , with a track record of delivering high-quality features iteratively.

Why Join Us?

• Work on innovative and impactful financial products that reshape financial wellbeing in Egypt.
• Build products from 0→1 and contribute to every part of the product lifecycle.
• Collaborate with a high-caliber, and cross-functional team.
• Be part of a fast-paced, high-growth startup with endless opportunities for impact and career growth.
• A customer-focused culture that values innovation, ownership, and customer success.
• Take on real ownership and see the direct impact of your work on people’s lives.

Perks & Benefits

• High-tier medical insurance covering the employee and their family .
• Performance-based annual bonus to reward impact and contributions.
• Clear and solid career growth path , with regular feedback and development planning.
• Paid courses, certifications, and learning resources to support continuous skill growth.
• An inclusive , empowering culture focused on ownership , autonomy , and collaboration .