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TamaraSenior Product Engineer - Backend
Tamara is hiring a Senior Product Engineer, Backend in India. Tamara is a financial technology company operating in Saudi Arabia and across the GCC, serving over…
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Tamara is hiring a Senior Product Engineer, Backend in India. Tamara is a financial technology company operating in Saudi Arabia and across the GCC, serving over 25 million customers and 130,000-plus partner merchants. Investors include Sanabil Investments, a subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund, and SNB Capital. The backend engineer creates, develops and upkeeps the APIs, services and systems used by Tamara's engineering teams. Projects cover payments, shopping and banking,…
Job Description
Tamara is hiring a Senior Product Engineer, Backend in India. Tamara is a financial technology company operating in Saudi Arabia and across the GCC, serving over 25 million customers and 130,000-plus partner merchants. Investors include Sanabil Investments, a subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund, and SNB Capital.
The backend engineer creates, develops and upkeeps the APIs, services and systems used by Tamara's engineering teams. Projects cover payments, shopping and banking, and the engineer debugs production issues across services and stack layers, builds features spanning several parts of the system, and works with business, product and operations staff to solve user problems.
The posting describes the ideal person as a driven, determined team player who is solution-minded, responds with urgency, adapts course without losing momentum, and gets along with people through empathy and mutual respect.
Candidates need six-plus years of software development, including Java or Go. A record of creating scalable products and services is key, and the person should know SOLID principles and design patterns. Working knowledge of AWS, OCI and Kubernetes or Docker is required, as is experience with distributed systems and messaging such as Kafka or RabbitMQ. Agile or Scrum experience and good written and spoken English are also needed.
The posting does not list a salary or benefits. It refers applicants to Tamara's candidate privacy notice for how their information is handled.
Responsibilities
- Create, develop and upkeep APIs, services and systems used across teams
- Debug production problems across services and layers of the stack
- Create features that span multiple parts of the platform, alongside other engineers
- Work with business, product and operations colleagues on user pain points
Requirements
- Six-plus years of software development experience
- Java or Go experience
- Track record of building scalable products and services
- Understanding of SOLID principles and design patterns
- Knowledge of AWS, OCI and Kubernetes or Docker
- Experience with distributed systems and messaging tools such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Agile or Scrum experience
- Clear written and spoken English
Qualifications
- Vue.js, HTML/CSS and JavaScript skills
- Startup development experience
- Proactive, goal-driven and curious about new technologies
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What experience is required?
The posting requires at least six years of software development experience, including experience with Java or Go.
Does the posting list a salary?
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Which messaging tools are needed?
The posting asks for experience with distributed systems and messaging tools such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
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