Senior Backend Engineer, FinTech Infra & Payments

Showcify, Inc.; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Equity stake in the business

Flexible office hours

Job summary

Lean Technologies is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own core ledger functionality for SwiftX compliance, end‑to‑end billing, and a high‑impact Mal integration in a high‑scale, revenue‑critical environment across MENA. You’ll drive reliability, performance, and architectural decisions in a hands‑on role.

Join a fast‑growing fintech infrastructure team operating within the UAE region, with equity emphasis and a focus on production excellence, monitoring, and secure software delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong backend engineering in Java, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, microservices, and REST APIs
• Production experience with Kafka for event‑driven systems
• Data layer proficiency: PostgreSQL and Redis
• Familiarity with build and delivery tooling: Maven, Docker, Jenkins
• Observability mindset: Prometheus and Grafana in production environments
• Experience with AI‑assisted engineering tooling (e.g. Claude) in day‑to‑day work
• Ability to own a domain independently — handle most backlog items without direction, drive design decisions, and contribute to tech specs
• Writes high‑quality, secure, fully tested code with solid monitoring and alerting
• Clear communicator — able to explain technical risk to both engineers and leadership
• Reliable on commitments; unblocks the squad and escalates early when needed

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain core ledger functionality that underpins Lean's SwiftX compliance use case and regulatory requirements for ADGM scaling
• Own the billing system end‑to‑end — its reliability, maintenance, and ongoing evolution
• Deliver on the Mal integration, a strategically committed new integration with direct revenue implications
• Cover ongoing payouts infrastructure — incident response, client features, and DC‑related work — ensuring SLA adherence on a live revenue stream
• Drive stability, performance, and scalability improvements proactively across the squad's domain
• Give design‑level code reviews, contribute to refinement, and write clear technical specifications

Skills

Java & Spring

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Redis

Maven

Docker

Jenkins

Observability

AI tooling (Claude)

Tools

Maven

Docker

Jenkins

Job description

Lean Technologies is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own core ledger functionality for SwiftX compliance, end‑to‑end billing, and a high‑impact Mal integration in a high‑scale, revenue‑critical environment across MENA. You’ll drive reliability, performance, and architectural decisions in a hands‑on role.

Join a fast‑growing fintech infrastructure team operating within the UAE region, with equity emphasis and a focus on production excellence, monitoring, and secure software delivery.