Job Overview
Lead FinTech API Developer
đź“Ť Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait
Work Model: Remote-First (Occasional Regional Collaboration)
Employment Type: Full-Time | Permanent
Position Level: Lead Software Engineer
Industry: API Banking | Open Finance | Embedded Payments | Enterprise Financial Services
Create the Digital Connections Powering Modern Finance
A rapidly growing financial technology company is seeking an accomplished Lead FinTech API Developer to spearhead the engineering of secure API ecosystems that connect banks, merchants, payment processors, investment platforms, and enterprise financial applications across regional and international markets.
You’ll play a pivotal role in building secure, scalable, and intelligent integration platforms that enable financial innovation while ensuring exceptional reliability, regulatory alignment, and customer experience.
Key Responsibilities
API Engineering
- Develop enterprise financial APIs.
- Design scalable integration services.
- Build secure authentication frameworks.
- Develop real-time financial messaging services.
- Integrate banking and payment platforms.
Platform Development
- Engineer cloud-native applications.
- Build distributed backend systems.
- Optimize software performance.
- Improve system resilience.
- Automate deployment pipelines.
Leadership
- Lead technical planning sessions.
- Mentor engineering professionals.
- Conduct software quality reviews.
- Collaborate with architecture teams.
- Drive engineering best practices.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering.
- 5+ years of backend software development experience.
- Strong expertise in Java, Node.js, Go, or Python.
- Experience with API Gateway technologies.
- Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Familiarity with DevOps practices.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Technical Skills
Node.js • Java • Go • Python • GraphQL • REST APIs • Docker • Kubernetes • PostgreSQL • MongoDB • Redis • Kafka • Terraform • GitLab CI • OAuth2 • JWT
Benefits
- Attractive tax-free remuneration
- Performance bonus scheme
- Flexible remote working
- Family healthcare coverage
- Annual travel benefits
- Continuous professional development
- Employer-funded certifications
- International engineering exposure
- Clear progression into Engineering Management and Enterprise Architecture
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