Backend Engineer

Soar Software Development Company; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A fintech startup is seeking a Backend Engineer in the United Arab Emirates to build and maintain backend APIs and services that support financial workflows. The ideal candidate will have over 4 years of experience with Node.js, strong skills in TypeScript and JavaScript, and a deep understanding of RESTful API design. This role emphasizes high code quality, effective collaboration, and continuous improvement of backend services, making it essential for candidates to have a testing and automation mindset.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience with Node.js.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and JavaScript.
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design.
• Solid experience with MongoDB.
• Experience using Jest and/or Mocha for testing.
• Familiarity with error handling and retries.

Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining backend APIs.
• Developing services for financial workflows.
• Integrating with third-party systems via REST APIs.
• Supporting notification and background processing services.
• Improving reliability and test coverage.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

RESTful API design

MongoDB

Unit testing with Jest/Mocha

Integration with third-party REST APIs

Tools

Docker

Redis

Job description

About us

Soar is a global fintech startup that specializes in financing and investment. Currently headquartered in Saudi Arabia, Soar is growing throughout the region with a mission to help people achieve their financial goals with innovative financial and property investment solutions and tools through its multi-purpose platform, designed to offer a simple and seamless user experience.

Role Summary

We are looking for a Backend Engineer who enjoys building clean, reliable APIs and stable integrations. This role is focused on execution, quality, and predictability ― writing backend code that works correctly, is easy to maintain, and integrates smoothly with other systems. You will work as part of a backend engineering team responsible for developing internal services and integrating with external platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Building and maintaining backend APIs
• Developing services that support financial and operational workflows
• Integrating with third‑party systems via REST APIs
• Supporting notification and background processing services
• Improving reliability, observability, and test coverage of backend services

Target Persona

Execution‑focused and disciplined. Writes clear, maintainable backend code. Thinks about edge cases and failure scenarios. Values testing and automation. Comfortable working within defined architectures and standards.

Qualifications & Skills

• Backend Language: 4+ years of experience with Node.js
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and JavaScript
• API Design: Strong understanding of RESTful API design. Hands‑on experience with OpenAPI/Swagger. Ability to design APIs that are clear, consistent, and well‑documented.
• Database: Solid experience with MongoDB. Comfortable with CRUD operations, aggregation pipelines, understanding schema design and performance considerations.
• Testing & Quality: Strong unit testing mindset. Experience using Jest and/or Mocha. Write code that passes automated tests, behaves consistently in CI, and requires minimal rework.
• Integration Experience: Experience integrating with third‑party REST APIs.
• Error handling, retries, timeouts, basic idempotency concepts.

Nice‑to‑Have Skills

• Experience with Redis for caching
• Basic knowledge of Docker or containerized environments
• Familiarity with event‑driven systems