Backend Engineer: Fintech API & Systems Reliability

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

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.