Software Engineer Backend

The Employer: Finqalab (Private) Limited The Position: We are looking for experienced computer science/engineering graduates from reputed institutions interested in creating solutions that positively impact the country's financial landscape and help promote a culture of savings and investment. If you want professional growth in building scalable products with a close-knit team of qualified and experienced professionals, this career opportunity is for you. It is a full-time, on-site Software Engineer Backend position in Karachi. The Software Engineer Backend designs, develops, optimizes and maintains web-based and mobile business and financial applications and systems in close coordination with product managers, application architects, UI/UX designers, and frontend and SQA engineers. Job Specifications: Qualifications: A bachelor's Degree (4 years) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field from a reputable university. Experience: At least three years of proven experience with a strong portfolio showcasing backend projects in Node.js and related technologies that have produced successfully performing mobile applications. Technical Skills:

• Ingrained with:
• Project documentation using UML
• Object-oriented design principles using C#, C++, Java, Swift
• Secure coding practices and security principles
• Agile Project Management methodologies and practices
• Experienced with:
• Microservices architecture, specifically designing & implementing secure, efficient, and scalable REST APIs.
• Cross-platform mobile application development using popular open-source frameworks, specifically Flutter.
• Backend development framework, specifically Express.js.
• Containerization framework (e.g., Docker) and orchestration tools (e.g. Kubernetes).
• Leading database systems, including Oracle, Redis, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, etc.
• DevOps practices using a CI/CD pipeline, version control (e.g., Git), and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure).
• TypeScript and modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., Node.js, React, Angular).
• Familiarity with frontend languages (e.g., HTML, JavaScript, and CSS).
• Modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token

• Effective communication (verbal & written), collaboration (teamwork) & critical thinking.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing requirements and priorities in a fast-paced development environment.
• Aptitude for documenting software artefacts.
• Ability to mentor and guide junior developers.
• Passion for continuous learning and keeping up with the latest advancements in backend development and frontend app technologies.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand project & functional requirements and design optimum solutions.
• Design, develop, and maintain the server-side components and APIs that support the mobile/web app, ensuring seamless integration, scalability, security, and high performance.
• Develop well-documented, well-organized, readable, reusable, secure and efficient code.
• Optimise backend systems and databases for secure and efficient data storage, retrieval, and processing.
• Closely coordinate with the frontend development team for secure and seamless integration, data exchange and cross-communication.
• Integrate techniques, tools, and services to monitor server-side components' health, such as security and performance.
• Perform secure and seamless integration of the API, internal and external data sources, and third-party services.
• Develop comprehensive Unit Test documents and perform extensive functional (unit & integration) testing.
• Collaborate with the SQA team to perform automated regression and load testing.
• Collect and analyze babackendomponents' usage and performance metrics to improve stability and performance.
• Urgent debugging of applications as per the defined response matrices.
• Perform collaborative reviews of the developed code for compliance with OOP best practices, security, and performance.
• Perform collaborative reviews of the solution architecture for seamless integration, security, scalability, and efficiency.
• Demonstrate initiative-taking, critical thinking skills, and a positive attitude in approaching tasks and challenges.
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and enhanced backend Software Development Life Cycle best practices.
• Train and develop associate backend software engineers and other associates.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand project & functional requirements and design optimum solutions.

• Web frontend: JavaScript & React
• Mobile frontend: Dart & Flutter
• BaBackendJavaScript & Node.js
• DevOps: AWS, local IaaS, local deployments

• Opportunity to work for an emerging Fintech.
• Learning and development opportunities.
• Market competitive salary.
• Provident Fund.
• Family Health Insurance (Hospitalization).
• Life Insurance.