Lean Technologies

About Lean Technologies

Lean Technologies is transforming the financial landscape by delivering open banking solutions across the MENA region. Our products have received overwhelmingly positive feedback from both developers and customers, and our recent $33 million Series A round, led by Sequoia, marks our commitment to further expansion and innovation in the GCC. We're dedicated to enabling the next generation of financial innovation and are constantly looking for driven, entrepreneurial individuals to join us on this exciting journey.

About the Role:

As a Senior SDET, you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability and high performance of our open banking systems. This position involves extensive collaboration with development teams to guarantee the delivery of top-quality products. You will be responsible for creating and executing comprehensive test plans, contributing to the development and maintenance of our in-house automation framework, and analyzing test results to identify potential issues.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement, maintain, and adapt automation frameworks for open banking solutions.
• Collaborate closely with all stakeholders to understand the full context of deliveries and translate complex functional and non-functional requirements into actionable tasks.
• Ensure Quality Guidelines are met during the development cycle.
• Monitor and report on test results, identifying potential performance issues.
• Identify and recommend improvements to optimize the performance and scalability of open banking systems.
• Participate in code reviews.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the testing domain, with a focus on automation.
• Proven experience as an Automation Engineer or SDET, with a track record of building and maintaining scalable, reliable test frameworks.
• Strong programming skills in languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python.
• Experience with automated testing tools and frameworks (e.g., WebdriverIO, Selenium).
• A passion for testing, innovation, and a demonstrated ability to work independently.
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of performance testing tools such as Grafana and Kibana is a plus.

Why Join Us?

Lean is at the forefront of financial innovation, and this is just the beginning. We are committed to expanding our impact across the region and are always on the lookout for talented individuals passionate about solving complex problems. In addition to competitive compensation, we offer:

• Private healthcare
• Flexible office hours
• Meaningful equity stakes

About Lean Technologies

Lean is on a mission to revolutionize the fintech industry by providing developers with a universal API to access their customers' financial accounts across the Middle East. We’re breaking down infrastructure barriers and empowering the growth of the fintech industry. With Sequoia leading our $33 million Series A round, Lean is poised to expand its coverage across the region while continuing to deliver unparalleled value to developers and stakeholders.

Join us and be part of a journey to enable the next generation of financial innovation. We offer competitive salaries, private healthcare, flexible office hours, and meaningful equity stakes to ensure long-term alignment. At Lean, you'll work on solving complex problems, build a lasting legacy, and be part of a diverse, inclusive, and equal opportunity workplace.

About the role:

Are you a highly motivated and experienced software engineer looking to take your career to the next level? Our team at Lean is seeking a talented engineer to help us build the distributed systems that allow our engineering teams to deploy our platform in multiple geographies across various deployment solutions. You will work closely with functional heads across software, QA, and product teams to deliver scalable and customizable release pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Distributed systems architecture – understand and manage the most complex systems
• Continual reliability and performance optimization – enhancing observability stack to improve proactive detection and resolution of issues
• Employing cutting-edge methods and technologies, continually refining existing tools to enhance performance and drive advancements
• Problem-solving capabilities – troubleshooting complex issues and proactively reducing toil through automation
• Experience in technical leadership and setting technical direction for engineering projects
• Collaboration skills – working across teams to drive change and provide guidance
• Technical expertise – depth skills and ability to act as subject matter expert in one or more of: IAAC, observability, coding, reliability, debugging, system design
• Capacity planning – effectively forecasting demand and reacting to changes
• Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources
• Incident response – rapidly detecting and resolving critical incidents. Minimizing customer impact through effective collaboration, escalation (including periodic on-call shifts) and postmortems

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in Systems Engineering, DevOps, or SRE roles running large-scale infrastructure, cloud, or web services
• Strong background in Linux/Unix Administration and networking concepts
• We work on OCI but would accept candidates with solid GCP/AWS or other cloud providers’ knowledge and experience
• 3+ years of experience with managing Kubernetes clusters, Helm, Docker
• Experience in operating CI/CD pipelines that build and deliver services on the cloud and on-premise
• Work with CI/CD tools/services like Jenkins/GitHub-Actions/ArgoCD etc.
• Experience with configuration management tools either Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or equivalent
• Infrastructure as Code - Terraform
• Experience in production environments with both relational and NoSQL databases
• Coding with one or more of the following: Java, Python, and/or Go

Bonus

• MultiCloud or Hybrid Cloud experience
• OCI and GCP

Why Join Us?

At Lean, we value talent, drive, and entrepreneurial spirit. We are constantly on the lookout for individuals who identify with our mission and values, even if they don’t meet every requirement. If you're passionate about solving hard problems and building a legacy, Lean is the right place for you. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.

Lean provides developers with a universal API to access their customers' financial accounts across the Middle East. We recognized that infrastructure barriers were hindering fintech growth in our home markets and set out to build a solution. With Lean, developers at any level can now create advanced financial solutions without grappling with infrastructure complexities, allowing them to focus squarely on customer needs.

Why Join Us?

Our products have garnered enthusiastic feedback from both developers and customers. With Sequoia leading our $33 million Series A round, our debut in the GCC marks just the beginning. We're committed to expanding regionally and enhancing stakeholder value. If you thrive on solving challenges and making a lasting impact, Lean is the place for you.

We offer competitive salaries, private healthcare, flexible office hours, and ensure every team member holds meaningful equity. Join us on our journey of enabling the next wave of financial innovation!

About the Role

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in developing the infrastructure that supports the future of the financial ecosystem. We seek a motivated problem-solver who thrives on challenges and delivers compelling solutions. You'll lead knowledge sharing across our engineering team, mentor individuals, and contribute to complex feature design and development.

Requirements

- 8+ years of professional experience in Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices

- Proficiency in PostgreSQL, Kafka, Scripting, and REST

- Experience as a Squad/Tech Lead, adept at designing and developing complex features

- Worked in distributed teams and with open-source APIs

- Eagerness to learn and implement new technologies

- Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps systems and processes

- Self-motivated with a preference for autonomy and ownership

- Startup experience and interest in the fintech industry, particularly Open Banking

Bonus

- Experience in developing payment solutions (p2p, B2C, B2B)

- Previous work in the financial sector

Join us and shape the future of fintech with Lean!

About Us

Lean provides developers with a universal API to access their customer's financial accounts from across the Middle East. We realized that infrastructure barriers to entry were suppressing the growth of the fintech industry across our home markets and sought to build a product that would solve that once and for all. Using Lean, developers of all levels of sophistication are now capable of building cutting-edge financial solutions without worrying about the nuances at the infrastructure layer, freeing them up to focus on what matters most to their customers.

About the role

Our core product aligns with and empowers developers to build the financial applications they are passionate about. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will take a leading role developing and building the product line that will underpin the future of the financial ecosystem. We are looking for a highly motivated, resilient problem-solver. Someone who seeks out challenges and is ready to implement compelling solutions to complex problems. Your role will consist of knowledge sharing across the entire engineering team, and mentoring and coaching individuals as well.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices, along with proficiency in PostgreSQL and REST APIs.
• Having an understanding of how to design and develop complex features
• Experience working in a distributed team
• Experience working on open source APIs
• Desire to learn new technologies and implement them
• Knowledge of Kafka, Redis and No SQL databases
• To be self-motivated and comfortable with autonomy, with a desire to take complete ownership of the product from inception to deployment
• Interest in the Fintech industry, especially related to Open Banking

Bonus

• Experience working in the financial sector
• Experience working in startup environments
• Experience developing payment solutions (p2p, B2c, B2B)
• Experience on CI/CD and DevOps systems and processes

What Excites you?

• Freedom and the opportunity to build and experiment with new things.
• Being a part of a team that is revamping their codebases and implementing best practices.
• Joining a team that is elevating their code to the next level while adhering to best practices.
• Having the ability to experiment with new ideas and collaborate with like-minded people.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• The opportunity to work on a product that aligns with and empowers developers to build the financial applications they are passionate about
• The chance to work with a team of talented, dedicated professionals who are passionate about the fintech industry
• As one of the first hires in Pune, you will join a dedicated and talented team that is deeply passionate about the fintech industry. 
• You will have the opportunity to play a crucial role in setting the tone and culture for our expanding operations in Pune.

Lean provides developers with a universal API to access their customers' financial accounts across the Middle East. We recognized that infrastructure barriers were hindering fintech growth in our home markets and set out to build a solution. With Lean, developers at any level can now create advanced financial solutions without grappling with infrastructure complexities, allowing them to focus squarely on customer needs.

Why Join Us?

Our products have garnered enthusiastic feedback from both developers and customers. With Sequoia leading our $33 million Series A round, our debut in the GCC marks just the beginning. We're committed to expanding regionally and enhancing stakeholder value. If you thrive on solving challenges and making a lasting impact, Lean is the place for you.

We offer competitive salaries, private healthcare, flexible office hours, and ensure every team member holds meaningful equity. Join us on our journey of enabling the next wave of financial innovation!

About the Role

We're looking for a problem-solver who thrives on challenges and can implement effective solutions to complex problems. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, stay current with fintech developments, and ensure our systems meet industry standards. Additionally, you'll participate in code reviews to maintain high-quality code and best practices.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with microservice architecture and REST fundamentals.
• Strong desire to learn and implement new technologies.
• Interest in the fintech industry, especially Open Banking.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of software development best practices.
• Self-motivated and comfortable working independently.

Bonus

• Experience in the financial sector.
• Experience in startup environments.
• Knowledge of Kafka, Redis, and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with API and OWASP Top 10 security vulnerabilities, and ability to produce secure code.

What Excites You?

• Freedom to build and experiment with new ideas.
• Being part of a team revamping codebases and implementing best practices.
• Collaborating with like-minded individuals.

What’s in It for You?

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to work on products that empower developers to create financial applications.
• Chance to work with talented professionals passionate about fintech.
• As one of the first hires in Pune, you'll play a crucial role in shaping the culture and operations of our expanding team.