Senior Backend Engineer
TalaSanta Monica, California, United States • Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya • Mexico City, Mexico • Manila, Philippines • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Posted August 6, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Tala is a global financial infrastructure company on a mission to unleash the economic power of the global majority.
Job Description
Tala is a global financial infrastructure company looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to build and extend their backend architecture. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in software development, expertise in Java, Scala, or Kotlin, and a solid understanding of software development principles.
Requirements
- Develop, test, and deploy software solutions using Java, Scala, or Kotlin
- Design and contribute to backend systems, making key architectural decisions
- Work with deployment infrastructure and tooling, including CI/CD pipelines
- Handle schema evolution and data migrations in production systems
- Optimize backend systems for performance, including profiling, caching, and JVM tuning
- Ensure code quality and consistency through best practices and code reviews
- Create and maintain clear and concise technical documentation
Benefits
- We offer competitive salaries and benefits
