# Senior Backend Engineer - PayLink

**Company:** [Salla](https://jobs.workable.com/companies/nT3kBaLUjKH8KvFcNsKEtc.md)
**Location:** Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
**Workplace:** hybrid
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** Technology

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## Description

You design and build payment-critical backend services end to end on a modern Java stack, with a high bar for correctness, reliability and security.

What you'll do

-   Design and build payment-critical backend services and APIs on Java / Spring Boot.
-   Ensure correctness and reliability under load.
-   Build robust integrations and event-driven flows.
-   Write thorough tests and help maintain high engineering standards.
-   Mentor mid-level engineers.

## Requirements

-   5+ years in Java backend with Spring Boot.
-   Hands-on payments / fintech experience is required — you have worked on real payment or financial-transaction systems.
-   Hands-on experience with at least one payment processor or gateway (e.g. MPGS, Cybersource or mada). This is a requirement for this role.
-   Strong microservices and REST API design; relational databases.
-   Solid grasp of transactional integrity and reliability.
-   Containers / CI/CD and strong automated testing.
-   AI-augmented engineering — you actively use AI coding tools such as Claude Code in your day-to-day development. This is a requirement for this role.

Nice to have

-   Experience with more than one payment processor / gateway.
-   Cloud platforms (OCI, AWS or Azure); Kafka.