Job Description

The Role

The Senior Backend Engineer builds and extends Tala’s backend architecture to support new country launches, new products and features, and a fast-growing user base. As a technologist and a leader, the Senior Backend Engineer pushes the team towards building a highly available, scalable, reliable, fault-tolerant, and performant microservices platform. The Senior Backend Engineer follows and improves upon Tala’s engineering processes and standards while advancing Tala’s mission and business objectives

What You'll Do

Develop, test, and deploy software solutions using Java, Scala, or Kotlin

Design and contribute to backend systems, making key architectural decisions

Work with deployment infrastructure and tooling, including CI/CD pipelines

Handle schema evolution and data migrations in production systems

Optimize backend systems for performance, including profiling, caching, and JVM tuning

Ensure code quality and consistency through best practices and code reviews

Create and maintain clear and concise technical documentation

What You'll Need

5+ years of professional software development experience

Expertise in at least one of the following languages: Java, Scala, or Kotlin

Solid understanding of software development principles, design patterns, and best practices

Experience with databases (SQL and/or NoSQL) and data migrations

Familiarity with message brokers or event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)

Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker or Kubernetes

Experience with Cloud infrastructure (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) and deploying services at the infra level

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