Backend Developer

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.

Job Title: Senior Backend Developer

Location: Mali mahajan road, somwar peth, Pune.

Experience: 5-7 years

Responsibilities:

Backend Development:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and high-performance backend systems.

1. Utilize AWS Serverless skills (API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, Event bridge, CloudWatch, permissions, accounts, multi accounts, streams

Technology Stack:

• Proficiency in JavaScript, Node.js, and Typescript for backend development.
• Leverage AWS services to build serverless applications with a focus on efficiency, security, and reliability.

E-commerce Expertise:

• Bring experience in e-commerce projects, with additional consideration for knowledge of Commerce tools.

Communication Skills:

• Communicate effectively with stakeholders across the US, UK, and Australia.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and provide technical insights.

Project Collaboration:

• Work closely with front-end developers, QA engineers, and other team members to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
2. 5-7 years of backend development experience.
3. Strong proficiency in AWS Serverless technologies.
4. Expertise in JavaScript, Node.js, and Typescript.
5. Experience with e-commerce projects, particularly Commercetools, is an advantage.
6. Excellent communication skills to engage with international stakeholders.

This is a remote position.

• Design and build strong, resilient, and robust APIs, libraries, and tools to power customers, engineers, and operations
• Own functionality and scalability features by taking responsibility from inception to post-deployment.
• Be responsible for full software development life-cycle - design, development, testing, operating in production
• Uphold our high engineering standards and bring consistency to the codebases, infrastructure, and processes you will encounter.
• Serve as technical lead, contributing to and directing the execution of complex projects with other engineers
• Mentor software engineers and set the standard for the next generation of Finly engineers
• Proactively identify and prioritize improvements to the team's processes, codebases and best practices

• 3 to 6 years' experience creating libraries and designing scale-able backend systems
• Experience working with SQL or NoSQL databases
• Familiarity with software engineering development cycles
• Experience working with backend programming languages (Ruby, Python)
• Ability to hold yourself and the team to high standards
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
• Ability to provide in-depth evaluation of multiple technical directions and determine trade-offs of each
• Strong propensity to make data-driven decisions on technical architecture and project prioritization

• Experience collaborating with experts in product, design, and operations.
• Experience driving initiatives at a broader level across an organization or company
• Strong writing skills
• Proactive approach

• 2+ years of Hands-on experience in Python, Django, Flask, Bottle, Design Patterns, Web Services (SOAP/HTTP, REST APIs)
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Postgress, MongoDB.
• Experience with cache-store / message broker like Redis / RabbitMQ / Kafka
• Experience with AWS
• Experience in front-end development using react.js is a plus.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git / Mercurial /bitBucket.
• DevOps knowledge to deploy code in production and hands-on experience with docker / Kubernetes.
• Self-motivated and a good team player.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from a reputed Institute

We are looking for a Python Web Developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application; therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

• Writing reusable, testable and efficient code.
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic.
• Implementation of security and data protection.
• Integration of data storage solutions (may include databases, key-value stores, blob stores, etc.)

Skills And Qualifications:

• Expert in Python, with knowledge of at least one Python web framework (such as Django, Flask, etc depending on your technology stack).
• Familiarity with some ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries.
• Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system.
• Understanding of the threading limitations of Python, and multi-process architecture.
• Good understanding of server-side templating languages.
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Understanding of accessibility and security compliance (depending on the specific project).
• Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers and environments.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
• Familiarity with event-driven programming in Python.
• Understanding of the differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform.
• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes.
• Strong unit test and debugging skills.