Senior Backend Engineer - PayLink
Salla
- Location
- Jeddah, SA
- Work mode
- On-site
- Seniority
- Senior
- Role track
- Software engineering · Backend
- Sector
- Startup
- Posted
- September 28, 2026
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.
Requirements5+ 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 haveExperience with more than one payment processor / gateway.
Cloud platforms (OCI, AWS or Azure); Kafka.