What the role involves
About Alaan
Alaan is the Middle East’s first AI-powered spend management platform, built to help businesses save time and money.
Our all-in-one solution combines smart corporate cards, real-time expense tracking, AI-powered automation, seamless accounting integrations, and deep financial insights- designed to simplify finance operations and maximize control over company spend.
Founded in 2022, Alaan is already the trusted partner of over 1,300 leading businesses across the UAE, including G42, Careem, McDonald’s, Tabby, Al Barari, Rove Hotels, Rivoli, and CarSwitch. Together, our customers have saved over AED 100 million with Alaan.
In just three years, Alaan has become the #1 expense management platform in the Middle East- and we’ve done it while becoming profitable.
Backed by Y Combinator and top global investors- including founders and executives of leading startups- Alaan is built by a world-class team from McKinsey, BCG, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Zomato, Careem, Rippling, and other high-growth companies.
We’re not just building software. We’re reimagining how finance works for modern businesses across the region.
About the role
We are looking for a Tech Lead to design, build, and optimize our platform architecture. You will play a key role in leading the backend team, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance of our services. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Node.js, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), APIs, and event-driven architectures, along with experience in both SQL and NoSQL databases.
You will also be responsible for monitoring, logging, and observability, ensuring seamless performance using tools like New Relic, Datadog, and other observability stacks.
What you'll do
Technical Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of engineers in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend systems.
Backend Development: Build high-performance, secure, and scalable backend services using Node.js.
API Development: Design and implement RESTful, ensuring best practices in API security and efficiency
Cloud Infrastructure: Manage and optimize deployments on AWS & GCP, including infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform/CDK.
Event-Driven Architecture: Implement event-driven microservices using Pub/Sub, Kafka, SNS/SQS, or EventBridge.
Database Management: Work with SQL (PostgreSQL/RDS) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Elasticsearch) databases, ensuring performance and scalability.
Observability & Monitoring: Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions using New Relic, Datadog, Prometheus, or similar tools.
Scalability & Performance: Design and implement strategies for high availability, auto-scaling, and load balancing in cloud environments.
Security & Compliance: Enforce security best practices, manage IAM roles, and ensure compliance with industry standards.
Automation & CI/CD: Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for seamless deployment and integration
Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, frontend engineers, and DevOps teams to drive efficient development and deployment processes.
What we are looking for
Must-Have Skills
- At least 5+ years of relevant experience in technical development
- Strong proficiency in Node.js with frameworks like NestJS, Express.js
- Experience with AWS & GCP services (EC2, S3, Lambda, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, IAM, VPC, etc.)
- Expertise in API development & integration (REST, GraphQL, WebSockets)
- Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka, SNS/SQS, EventBridge, Pub/Sub)
- Strong knowledge of SQL databases (PostgreSQL, RDS) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Elasticsearch)
- Experience in scaling microservices & optimizing system performance
- Proficiency in logging, monitoring, and observability tools (New Relic, Datadog, Prometheus, Loki, etc.)
- Strong understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Run)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (cloudFormation,Terraform, CDK, C)
- Knowledge of security best practices, authentication mechanisms (JW
What they ask for
About Alaan
Alaan is an AI-native finance platform for businesses in the Middle East. We combine corporate cards, a business bank account*, international transfers, expense management, and accounting automation into one platform, with intelligence baked into every finance workflow. Our mission is to simplify finance for businesses in the Middle East and help them prosper. We've grown rapidly, and now work with over 3,000 startups, mid-market, and enterprise customers, doing tens of millions of dollars in monthly payment volume. We've been default alive since our launch in August 2022, and raised one of the largest Series A rounds in Middle East history, backed by Peak XV (formerly Sequoia India). Want to join us? Check out alaan.com/careers *Alaan is a fintech company, not a bank. The business bank account is issued by ruya.
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