Job Overview

Principal Financial Systems Developer

📍 Location: Manama, Bahrain (Hybrid)

💼 Employment Type: Permanent | Executive Career Track

🌍 Industry: Financial Infrastructure | Digital Payments | WealthTech | Enterprise Banking Technology

⭐ Position Level: Principal Developer

Engineering Mission-Critical Financial Infrastructure

An ambitious fintech organization is expanding its enterprise engineering division and seeks a technically accomplished Principal Financial Systems Developer to lead the design and implementation of highly available financial software supporting payment switching, treasury management, financial reporting, digital banking, and enterprise transaction processing.

This strategic role combines advanced software engineering with architectural leadership, enabling you to influence technology direction while mentoring engineering teams responsible for mission-critical financial services.

Core Responsibilities

• Architect enterprise financial software platforms.
• Build secure transaction processing systems.
• Develop API ecosystems for banking integration.
• Design scalable payment processing services.
• Build intelligent reconciliation engines.
• Optimize backend performance.
• Develop cloud-native financial applications.
• Implement financial messaging services.
• Lead architecture governance.
• Mentor software engineers.
• Conduct technical design reviews.
• Drive engineering excellence initiatives.

Required Technical Expertise

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Information Systems.
• 8+ years developing enterprise applications.
• Strong experience with Java, Scala, Go, Python, or C#.
• Spring Boot, Quarkus, Micronaut, or ASP.NET Core.
• Kubernetes, Docker, Helm.
• AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Redis.
• Kafka, RabbitMQ.
• REST, GraphQL, gRPC.
• Secure software development lifecycle.
• CI/CD automation.
• Performance engineering.

Executive Benefits

• Tax-free compensation package
• Long-term incentive bonus
• Housing support
• Transportation allowance
• Family healthcare
• Employer-sponsored residency
• Annual travel allowance
• Professional development budget
• International technology conferences
• Leadership succession program

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