Tala is hiring a
Senior Backend Engineer, Remote - Kenya

Summary

The job is for a Senior Backend Engineer at Tala, a global fintech company that provides financial services to underbanked individuals. The role involves designing and implementing features, collaborating with cross-functional teams, improving the codebase, migrating legacy code to microservices architecture, and mentoring a team of Backend Engineers.

Requirements

• 4+ years of backend software engineering experience
• 4+ years coding in one or more of the following languages: Java, Scala, Kotlin
• Developed and launched large scale consumer applications with the backend on Cloud infrastructure (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) using microservices architecture paradigm
• Expert knowledge in REST API design and development for mobile/web use
• Excellent ability to prioritize and communicate in a fast-paced environment
• Strong relational database experience (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MS SQL)
• Strong non-relational database experience (Cassandra, Redshift, DynamoDB, HDFS)

Responsibilities

• Design and implement features as defined in the Product roadmap
• Review design documents, perform code reviews, and weigh in on implementation choices from other technical teams
• Collaborate and support with cross functional teams (Product, Data, Credit, and Business Development) to ship scalable software solutions
• Contribute to complete migration of legacy codebase to microservices architecture
• Contribute to the testing infrastructure to increase code coverage for backend modules
• Advance monitoring and alerting capabilities of backend modules to allow proactive improvements to availability and response times
• Technically lead and mentor a team of Backend Engineers to build/extend complex modules