Full Time

Principal — Fintech Cloud & Distributed Systems Engineering

  • Remote
  • Specialism : AI, Cloud Computing
  • Post Date: August 7, 2026
  • Expires In : 91 Days
  • Apply Before: November 7, 2026
Job Overview

PRINCIPAL

Principal — Fintech Cloud & Distributed Systems Engineering

Location: Muscat, Oman | Remote with GCC-wide engagement
Seniority Level: Principal / Technical Leadership
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Industry Focus: Fintech • Cloud Computing • Distributed Systems • Payments • Digital Banking • AI Infrastructure


THE MISSION

We are looking for an exceptional Principal to design the high-performance technological foundations supporting the next generation of financial platforms.

Modern fintech systems must process enormous quantities of financial events while maintaining precision, resilience, security and near-continuous availability.

The successful candidate will operate at the deepest layer of the technology stack—designing infrastructure capable of supporting payment platforms, digital banking ecosystems, intelligent financial applications and high-volume transaction environments.


ARCHITECTURE AT SCALE

CLOUD

Develop scalable cloud-native environments capable of supporting:

  • Financial APIs

  • Payment platforms

  • Digital banking services

  • Data-intensive applications

  • AI workloads

DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

Engineer systems using:

  • Microservices

  • Event-driven architecture

  • Distributed databases

  • Message queues

  • Real-time processing

  • Service orchestration

FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS

Optimise infrastructure for:

Latency → Throughput → Availability → Consistency → Resilience


RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Establish enterprise cloud architecture for fintech platforms.

  • Design high-performance distributed systems.

  • Develop payment and transaction infrastructure.

  • Engineer scalable financial APIs.

  • Establish observability and reliability frameworks.

  • Optimise infrastructure performance.

  • Design disaster-recovery and business-continuity strategies.

  • Integrate AI infrastructure into financial platforms.

  • Lead architecture reviews.

  • Establish technical standards.

  • Mentor senior engineers.

  • Collaborate with security, data and product leadership.


TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT

Cloud: AWS • Azure • Google Cloud
Architecture: Microservices • Event-driven • Distributed Systems
Containers: Kubernetes • Docker
Languages: Java • Python • Go • TypeScript
Data: PostgreSQL • NoSQL • Kafka • Streaming
DevOps: CI/CD • Infrastructure as Code • Observability


IDEAL PROFILE

  • 10–15+ years in software engineering, cloud architecture or fintech infrastructure.

  • Proven experience with large-scale distributed systems.

  • Strong understanding of financial transaction environments.

  • Advanced cloud architecture capability.

  • Excellent technical leadership.

  • Strong understanding of scalability and resilience.

  • International or GCC fintech experience preferred.

Indicative Compensation

OMR 4,500–7,000 monthly + performance incentives + executive benefits.

THE ENGINEERING PRINCIPLE

The objective is simple:

Build infrastructure that never becomes the bottleneck between financial ambition and financial scale.

Are you excited about this opportunity?

Don’t miss the chance to make a difference in the fintech and FX industry!

 Apply now by clicking on the “Apply Now” button below. 

Let’s shape the future of finance together!

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