Senior Backend Engineer - PayLink

Salla · Jeddah, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia

Hybrid

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Job overview

Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Senior
Date posted: Sep 28, 2026
Last checked at the source: Oct 7, 2026
Job source: via Workable

Responsibilities

• Design and build payment-critical backend services and APIs on Java / Spring Boot. • Ensure correctness and reliability under load. • Build robust integrations and event-driven flows. • Write thorough tests and help maintain high engineering standards. • Mentor mid-level engineers. • 5+ years in Java backend with Spring Boot. • Hands-on payments / fintech experience is required — you have worked on real payment or financial-transaction systems. • Hands-on experience with at least one payment processor or gateway (e.g. MPGS, Cybersource or mada). This is a requirement for this role. • Strong microservices and REST API design; relational databases. • Solid grasp of transactional integrity and reliability. • Containers / CI/CD and strong automated testing. • AI-augmented engineering — you actively use AI coding tools such as Claude Code in your day-to-day development. This is a requirement for this role.

Requirements

• 5+ years in Java backend with Spring Boot. • Hands-on payments / fintech experience is required — you have worked on real payment or financial-transaction systems. • Hands-on experience with at least one payment processor or gateway (e.g. MPGS, Cybersource or mada). This is a requirement for this role. • Strong microservices and REST API design; relational databases. • Solid grasp of transactional integrity and reliability. • Containers / CI/CD and strong automated testing. • AI-augmented engineering — you actively use AI coding tools such as Claude Code in your day-to-day development. This is a requirement for this role. Nice to have • Experience with more than one payment processor / gateway. • Cloud platforms (OCI, AWS or Azure); Kafka.

Skills

Java
Spring
REST APIs
Microservices
Kafka
AWS
Azure
CI/CD

Visa and relocation

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Job description

You design and build payment-critical backend services end to end on a modern Java stack, with a high bar for correctness, reliability and security. What you'll do • Design and build payment-critical backend services and APIs on Java / Spring Boot. • Ensure correctness and reliability under load. • Build robust integrations and event-driven flows. • Write thorough tests and help maintain high engineering standards. • Mentor mid-level engineers. • 5+ years in Java backend with Spring Boot. • Hands-on payments / fintech experience is required — you have worked on real payment or financial-transaction systems. • Hands-on experience with at least one payment processor or gateway (e.g. MPGS, Cybersource or mada). This is a requirement for this role. • Strong microservices and REST API design; relational databases. • Solid grasp of transactional integrity and reliability. • Containers / CI/CD and strong automated testing. • AI-augmented engineering — you actively use AI coding tools such as Claude Code in your day-to-day development. This is a requirement for this role. Nice to have • Experience with more than one payment processor / gateway. • Cloud platforms (OCI, AWS or Azure); Kafka.

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