Senior Backend Lead: Java Spring, Payments, AI-Driven

Salla; Makkah Region; On-site; SAR 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Salla is seeking a hands-on engineering lead to set technical direction, own code quality, and build payment-critical backend services on a modern Java stack. You will guide and grow a team of backend engineers, shaping architecture and product direction.

The role requires hands-on Java/Spring Boot expertise, fintech/payments experience, and leadership that mentors engineers while delivering robust APIs with strong security and reliability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Java backend experience with Spring Boot.
• Proven technical leadership while hands-on in code.
• Hands-on payments/fintech experience on real systems.
• Experience with at least one payment processor (MPGS, Cybersource, or mada).

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership for backend engineering on a modern Java / Spring Boot stack.
• Design and build payment‑critical backend services and APIs.
• Own code quality: standards, code review, testing and release readiness.
• Ensure correctness, reliability and security across the services the team owns.
• Mentor and grow backend engineers, and work closely with architecture and product.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Technical Leadership

Payments / Fintech

Microservices

REST APIs

Kubernetes / CI-CD

AI Coding Tools

Tools

Claude Code

Job description

Salla is seeking a hands-on engineering lead to set technical direction, own code quality, and build payment-critical backend services on a modern Java stack. You will guide and grow a team of backend engineers, shaping architecture and product direction.

The role requires hands-on Java/Spring Boot expertise, fintech/payments experience, and leadership that mentors engineers while delivering robust APIs with strong security and reliability.