Senior Backend Engineer

Tala
Mexico
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Problem-solving","Independent learning","Leadership","Communication"]

Senior Backend Engineer responsible for designing, building, and scaling Tala's backend services, APIs, and data integration layers. You’ll work on microservices deployed across cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), lead architecture and system design efforts, and drive code quality through reviews, testing, and monitoring to ensure performance and reliability for a growing global user base.

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Tala
Tala
3 months ago

Senior Backend Engineer

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Job Summary

Senior Backend Engineer responsible for designing, building, and scaling Tala's backend services, APIs, and data integration layers. You’ll work on microservices deployed across cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), lead architecture and system design efforts, and drive code quality through reviews, testing, and monitoring to ensure performance and reliability for a growing global user base.
Location: Mexico
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, develop, and maintain robust backend services, APIs, and data integration layers that power key product features.
  • •Review design documents, perform code reviews, and weigh in on implementation choices from other technical teams.
  • •Write clean, efficient, and easily maintainable code, strictly adhering to established coding standards and best practices.
  • •Enhance overall code quality, performance, and security by participating in thorough code reviews.
  • •Design and optimize database schemas and queries to guarantee high performance and system reliability.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Remote Work

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of hands-on experience in designing and developing applications using Java, Kotlin, and/or Scala with Spring
  • •Developed and launched large scale consumer applications with backend on cloud infrastructure (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) using microservices architecture
  • •Proven problem-solving abilities and a strong drive for independent learning and work
  • •Expert knowledge in REST API design and development for mobile/web use
  • •Expert knowledge in architecture & system design and Agile development processes
Experience:5+ yearsFintechSaaS
Skills:Problem-solvingIndependent learningLeadershipCommunication
Tech Stack:JavaKotlinScalaSpringAWSGoogle CloudAzureMicroservicesREST APIDockerKubernetesMariaDBKafkaOpenTelemetrySumoLogicKibana

Company Brief

Tala
Provides mobile-first financial services and credit to underserved consumers in emerging markets using alternative data and machine learning to underwrite microloans, payments, and savings products via a smartphone app.
Industry: Lending
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Santa Monica, United States
Founded: 2011
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