Lead Backend Engineer – APIs & Microservices, AI-Driven

Tala; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Tala is an AI-native credit infrastructure company that connects global capital to the global majority, using proprietary risk intelligence to power credit access at scale. The company has distributed over $9 billion to more than 14 million customers and has been recognized by Fortune, CNBC, and Forbes.

We are seeking a backend engineer to design and maintain backend services and APIs, optimize databases for performance, and lead domain initiatives across time zones with asynchronous

Qualifications

• Proven back-end experience with Java/Kotlin/Scala and Spring.
• Experience in REST API design and microservices architecture.
• Strong relational and non-relational database skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain backend services and APIs.
• Optimize database schemas and queries for performance.
• Serve as technical lead for domain initiatives.

Skills

Java with Spring

REST API design

Microservices

Relational databases

Non-relational databases

Tools

Spring Framework

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Job description

Tala is an AI-native credit infrastructure company that connects global capital to the global majority, using proprietary risk intelligence to power credit access at scale. The company has distributed over $9 billion to more than 14 million customers and has been recognized by Fortune, CNBC, and Forbes.

We are seeking a backend engineer to design and maintain backend services and APIs, optimize databases for performance, and lead domain initiatives across time zones with asynchronous