Senior Backend Engineer (Wallets & Payments)

About Ahoy Money

Senior Backend Engineer

Role Overview

Senior Backend Engineer

Backend Platform Development

• Design and build secure, scalable backend services for digital wallet and payment systems.
• Develop microservices-based architecture supporting high-volume financial transactions.
• Build and maintain ledger systems ensuring transaction accuracy and reconciliation.

Wallet & Financial Infrastructure

• Implement wallet services, balance tracking, and transaction processing logic.
• Design systems for double-entry ledger accounting, settlement flows, and reconciliation pipelines.
• Ensure compliance with fintech best practices for financial transaction integrity.

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Develop backend services using .NET and Azure Cloud services.
• Build scalable APIs and services deployed through containerized or microservice environments.
• Optimize systems for performance, reliability, and fault tolerance.

Fintech System Architecture

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to design financial product architecture.
• Implement integrations with payment gateways, banking APIs, and financial partners.
• Ensure systems align with regional fintech regulatory requirements, particularly within the UAE ecosystem.

Mandatory Requirements

• Strong backend engineering experience with .NET / C#
• Experience building systems on Microsoft Azure Cloud
• Proven experience designing microservices-based architectures
• Prior experience working in fintech products
• Direct experience building digital wallets or payment systems
• Experience working with ledger systems or transaction accounting models
• Strong understanding of financial data integrity, reconciliation, and transactional systems

Candidates

Preferred Experience

• Experience with payments infrastructure or PayFac systems
• Experience integrating banking APIs, card networks, or payment gateways
• Experience with high-availability financial systems
• Exposure to compliance-driven fintech architecture
• Previous experience in startup or high-growth fintech environments

Tech Stack

• Backend: .NET / C#

• Cloud: Microsoft Azure

• Architecture: Microservices
• Financial Systems: Wallet infrastructure, ledger systems, payments processing
• APIs: RESTful services, financial integrations

What We Are Looking For

• A backend engineer who thinks like a financial systems architect.
• Someone comfortable designing mission-critical transaction systems.
• A builder who understands that fintech infrastructure must be precise, secure, and compliant.
• This role will form part of the
• core engineering team responsible for building the wallet and payments infrastructure
• for AHOY Money.