Tech Lead / Senior Backend Engineer – High Performance Trading Systems

GitRoll; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading fintech company as a Tech Lead / Senior Backend Engineer, responsible for architecting high-performance trading systems and driving the technical direction of the engineering team. This role offers a chance to shape the company's architecture, ensuring scalability for future growth as they prepare for an IPO in 2026.

Benefits

Competitive salary with equity

Remote-friendly team culture

Opportunity to shape architecture and engineering culture

Pre-IPO equity upside

Qualifications

• 5+ years (Tech Lead) or 3+ years (Senior Developer) of backend system development.
• Proven experience in high-performance trading systems or real-time financial applications.
• Strong command of system architecture, API design, and data handling under load.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable backend systems for trading and settlement.
• Define tech stack, system architecture, and development roadmap as Tech Lead.
• Collaborate with the Cairo-based engineering team on cross-functional goals.

Skills

Backend system development

High-performance trading systems

System architecture

API design

Data handling under load

Job description

Tech Lead / Senior Backend Engineer – High Performance Trading Systems

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Company Introduction

Awaed is Saudi Arabia’s leading retail investment platform fintech. We're building the country's first investment super app — think Robinhood, tailored for the Saudi market. After a 10x growth in 2024, we've captured a significant share of the market and are preparing for our next phase: scaling performance and preparing for IPO.

Job Overview

We’re building an excellence center to deliver a new high-performance, modular, and scalable trading infrastructure. As a Tech Lead or Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll be core to this transformation — architecting systems capable of handling hundreds of concurrent transactions and helping us scale into 2025 and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable backend systems for trading and settlement.
• Architect the middle tier that powers complex order routing, user workflows, and API integrations.
• (Tech Lead) Define tech stack, system architecture, and development roadmap.
• (Tech Lead) Document plans, manage sprint cycles, and delegate tasks across the team.
• Collaborate remotely with the Cairo-based engineering team and align on cross-functional goals.

Requirements

Must have:

• 5+ years (Tech Lead) or 3+ years (Senior Developer) of backend system development.
• Proven experience in high-performance trading systems or real-time financial applications.
• Strong command of system architecture, API design, and data handling under load.
• Passion for clean code — ideally with personal GitHub projects or side work to show.
• Comfortable working independently and in startup environments.

Nice To Have

• Experience with OMS (Order Management Systems) and EOD (End-of-Day) settlement systems.
• Background in fintech, brokerages, or building mobile trading platforms.
• Familiarity with microservices, distributed systems, or event-driven architecture.
• Experience mentoring or managing small engineering teams (for Tech Lead).

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary with equity (for Tech Lead role).
• Remote-friendly team culture with Cairo-based core team.
• Opportunity to shape architecture and engineering culture from the ground up.
• Pre-IPO equity upside — we’re preparing to go public in 2026.

Additional Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

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