Senior Backend Engineer

About the Position

We are hiring a Senior Backend Engineer for an international group operating across RegTech, regulatory advisory, and financial services, supporting growth across the GCC, Africa, and global markets.

Responsibilities

• Designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend services using.NET Core and C#.
• Building secure, high-performance REST APIs and business logic for compliance workflows.
• Designing and optimizing PostgreSQL databases, queries, and data models.
• Implementing and maintaining NoSQL solutions including MongoDB and Redis where appropriate.
• Integrating third-party services including KYC, AML, identity verification, and regulatory providers.
• Ensuring application performance, scalability, resilience, and high availability.
• Writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following engineering best practices.
• Participating in peer code reviews and contributing to continuous improvement of engineering standards.
• Supporting CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and cloud deployments.
• Monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving production issues across backend services.
• Working closely with Product, QA, and DevOps teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Building secure applications that protect sensitive financial and regulatory data while supporting audit and compliance requirements.

Requirements

• Strong professional experience in Backend Development using.NET Core and C#.
• Demonstrable experience designing and building production-grade REST APIs.
• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL database design, optimization, and performance tuning.
• Experience working with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB and Redis.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience building cloud-native applications using Azure or similar cloud platforms.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven ability to write clean, testable, and maintainable code.
• Strong understanding of secure software development principles and OWASP best practices.
• Experience working in Agile software development environments.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively across engineering teams.
• Strong written and spoken English communication skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Financial Services, FinTech, or RegTech platforms.
• KYC, AML, Transaction Monitoring, or Compliance technologies.
• Multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
• RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, or event-driven architectures.
• Entity Framework Core.
• Azure App Services, Azure Functions, and Cosmos DB.
• High-volume API integrations.
• Performance optimization and database tuning.
• Observability, monitoring, and logging platforms.
• Experience building compliance-critical or highly regulated software solutions.

We Offer

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and growing international group.
• Competitive salary.
• Hybrid work model.
• Professional growth and development opportunities.

About the Company

Our company is an international group operating across RegTech, regulatory advisory, and financial services, supporting growth across the GCC, Africa, and global markets. We are committed to delivering innovative solutions that meet the highest standards of security, performance, and regulatory compliance.