Tech Lead
No salary listed
Senior
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
In PersonHybrid culture is mentioned, but no specific office/home attendance pattern is stated; ATS workplace is Bengaluru, India.
Software EngineeringBackend Engineering
About the job
Requirements
- At least 5 to 8 years of relevant experience in technical development.
- Strong proficiency in Node.js and frameworks such as NestJS and Express.js.
- Experience with AWS and GCP services, including EC2, S3, Lambda, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, IAM, and VPC.
- Expertise in API development and integration using REST, GraphQL, and WebSockets.
- Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures such as SNS/SQS or Pub/Sub.
- Strong knowledge of SQL databases, including PostgreSQL and RDS, and NoSQL databases, including MongoDB and Elasticsearch.
- Experience scaling microservices and optimizing system performance.
- Proficiency in logging, monitoring, and observability tools such as New Relic, Datadog, Prometheus, and Loki.
- Strong understanding of containerization using Docker, Kubernetes, or Cloud Run.
- Knowledge of security best practices and authentication mechanisms, including JWT, OAuth, and SAML.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend systems.
- Build high-performance, secure, and scalable backend services using Node.js.
- Design and implement RESTful APIs, following best practices in API security and efficiency.
- Manage and optimize deployments on AWS and GCP, including infrastructure as code using Terraform or CDK.
- Implement event-driven microservices using Pub/Sub, Kafka, SNS/SQS, or EventBridge.
- Work with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL/RDS and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB or Elasticsearch, ensuring performance and scalability.
- Design and implement high availability, auto-scaling, and load-balancing strategies in cloud environments.
- Enforce security best practices, manage IAM roles, and ensure compliance with industry standards.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for seamless deployment and integration.
- Work closely with product managers, frontend engineers, and DevOps teams to drive efficient development and deployment processes.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in serverless architecture using AWS Lambda or Google Cloud Functions.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code, including CloudFormation, Terraform, and CDK.
- Knowledge of message queues such as AWS SQS, GCP Pub/Sub, or Kafka.
- Exposure to distributed tracing using Jaeger or OpenTelemetry.
- Hands-on experience with feature flagging and experimentation using LaunchDarkly.
- Background in high-volume transaction systems and fintech.
About the company
AlaanPay helps businesses manage expenses with unlimited physical and virtual multi-currency corporate cards and per-card spending controls. It automates expense reporting by letting team members submit receipts online and auto-verify them for finance review. Real-time transaction alerts and built-in spend analytics provide visibility and identify savings opportunities, with cashback benefits reported by customers. Its goal is to help businesses optimize spending, reduce manual work in expense management, and improve financial visibility.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$55.1M
Headquarters
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Founded
2021
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- September 3, 2026 CBUAE approval opens stored-value and retail payment services.
- February 2026 SuperPay added supplier payments to 40-plus countries with zero transfer fees.
- June 2026 AI-native business bank account deepens workflows and expands monetization across finance teams.
What critics are saying
- September 2026 approvals remain in-principle only; final CBUAE rejection blocks customer funds.
- Alaan depends on ruya’s banking rails; partner failures disrupt payments and card issuance.
- Banks and spend platforms like Wio, Brex, and Ramp compress pricing and retention.
- If UAE licensing stalls into 2027, Alaan stays a software wrapper, not a bank.
What makes Alaan unique
- June 2026: Alaan bundled cards, payments, invoicing, and accounting into one AI-native workflow.
- September 2026: 3,000+ finance teams use Alaan across G42, Careem, Tabby, and Lulu.
- Alaan’s Shariah-compliant corporate cards and zero-fee cross-border transfers target UAE finance operations.
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Benefits
- Flexible Work Hours
- Competitive Salary
- Company Equity
- Phone/Internet Stipend
- Gym Membership