Senior Backend Engineer (Wallets&Payments)

<div><h3>About AHOY Money</h3><p>AHOY Money is building next-generation<b>financial infrastructure and digital payment solutions</b>designed for modern fintech ecosystems. The platform focuses on secure, scalable wallet systems and financial rails that power digital transactions, merchant payments, and embedded financial services.</p><p>As we continue expanding our fintech stack, we are looking for a<b>Senior Backend Engineer</b>who has hands‑on experience building<b>digital wallets and ledger‑based financial systems</b>, ideally within the<b>UAE regulatory ecosystem</b>.</p><p>This role is critical to the engineering team as we scale core financial infrastructure.</p><h3>Role Overview</h3><p>We are looking for a<b>Senior Backend Engineer</b>with strong expertise in<b>.NET, Azure cloud architecture, and fintech backend systems</b>.</p><p>The ideal candidate has<b>previous experience building wallet infrastructure, ledger systems, or payment platforms</b>and understands the<b>regulatory constraints of financial systems in the UAE market</b>.</p><p>This role focuses heavily on backend architecture, distributed systems, and financial transaction integrity.</p><h3>Key Responsibilities</h3><h3>Backend Platform Development</h3><ul><li>Design and build<b>secure, scalable backend services</b>for digital wallet and payment systems.</li><li>Develop<b>microservices-based architecture</b>supporting high-volume financial transactions.</li><li>Build and maintain<b>ledger systems</b>ensuring transaction accuracy and reconciliation.</li></ul><h3>Wallet&Financial Infrastructure</h3><ul><li>Implement<b>wallet services, balance tracking, and transaction processing logic</b>.</li><li>Design systems for<b>double-entry ledger accounting, settlement flows, and reconciliation pipelines</b>.</li><li>Ensure compliance with<b>fintech best practices for financial transaction integrity</b>.</li></ul><h3>Cloud&Infrastructure</h3><ul><li>Develop backend services using<b>.NET and Azure Cloud services</b>.</li><li>Build scalable APIs and services deployed through<b>containerized or microservice environments</b>.</li><li>Optimize systems for<b>performance, reliability, and fault tolerance</b>.</li></ul><h3>Fintech System Architecture</h3><ul><li>Collaborate with product and engineering teams to design<b>financial product architecture</b>.</li><li>Implement integrations with<b>payment gateways, banking APIs, and financial partners</b>.</li><li>Ensure systems align with<b>regional fintech regulatory requirements</b>, particularly within the<b>UAE ecosystem</b>.</li></ul><h3>Required Experience</h3><h3>Mandatory Requirements</h3><ul><li>Strong backend engineering experience with<b>.NET / C#</b></li><li>Experience building systems on<b>Microsoft Azure Cloud</b></li><li>Proven experience designing<b>microservices-based architectures</b></li><li>Prior experience working in<b>fintech products</b></li><li>Direct experience building<b>digital wallets or payment systems</b></li><li>Experience working with<b>ledger systems or transaction accounting models</b></li><li>Strong understanding of<b>financial data integrity, reconciliation, and transactional systems</b></li></ul><h3>UAE Fintech Knowledge (Critical)</h3><p>Candidates<b>must have prior experience working with digital wallets or payment systems in the UAE market</b>and understand regulatory constraints and operational expectations for financial platforms in the region.</p><p>This requirement is<b>non-negotiable</b>, even if the role is remote.</p><h3>Preferred Experience</h3><ul><li>Experience with<b>payments infrastructure or PayFac systems</b></li><li>Experience integrating<b>banking APIs, card networks, or payment gateways</b></li><li>Experience with<b>high-availability financial systems</b></li><li>Exposure to<b>compliance-driven fintech architecture</b></li><li>Previous experience in<b>startup or high-growth fintech environments</b></li></ul><h3>Tech Stack</h3><ul><li><b>Backend:</b>.NET / C#</li><li><b>Cloud:</b>Microsoft Azure</li><li><b>Architecture:</b>Microservices</li><li><b>Financial Systems:</b>Wallet infrastructure, ledger systems, payments processing</li><li><b>APIs:</b>RESTful services, financial integrations</li></ul><h3>What We Are Looking For</h3><ul><li>A backend engineer who thinks like a<b>financial systems architect</b>.</li><li>Someone comfortable designing<b>mission-critical transaction systems</b>.</li><li>A builder who understands that<b>fintech infrastructure must be precise, secure, and compliant</b>.</li></ul><p>This role will form part of the<b>core engineering team responsible for building the wallet and payments infrastructure</b>for AHOY Money.</p></div>#J-18808-Ljbffr