Backend Engineer at Soar Software Development Company

Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

28 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

28 Dec, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, RESTful API Design, OpenAPI, Swagger, MongoDB, CRUD Operations, Aggregation Pipelines, Unit Testing, Jest, Mocha, Error Handling, Retries, Timeouts, Idempotency

Industry

Software Development

Description

About us: Soar is a global fintech startup that specializes in financing and investment. Currently headquartered in Saudi Arabia, Soar is growing throughout the region with a mission to help people achieve their financial goals with innovative financial and property investment solutions and tools through its multi-purpose platform, designed to offer a simple and seamless user experience. Role Summary: We are looking for a Backend Engineer who enjoys building clean,reliable APIs and stable integrations. This role is focused on execution, quality, and predictability — writing backend code that works correctly, is easy to maintain, and integrates smoothly with other systems. You will work as part of a backend engineering team responsible for developing internal services and integrating with external platforms. Key responsibilities: Building and maintaining backend APIs Developing services that support financial and operational workflows Integrating with third-party systems via REST APIs Supporting notification and background processing services Improving reliability, observability, and test coverage of backend services Target Persona Execution-focused and disciplined Writes clear, maintainable backend code Thinks about edge cases and failure scenarios Values testing and automation Comfortable working within defined architectures and standards Qualifications & Skills: Backend Language 4+ years of experience with Node.js Strong proficiency in TypeScript and Javascript API Design Strong understanding of RESTful API design Hands-on experience with: OpenAPI / Swagger Ability to design APIs that are: clear, consistent, and well-documented Database Solid experience with MongoDB Comfortable with: CRUD operations Aggregation pipelines Understands schema design and performance considerations Testing & Quality Strong unit testing mindset Experience using Jest and/or Mocha Writes code that: passes automated tests, behaves consistently in CI, and requires minimal rework Integration Experience Experience integrating with third-party REST APIs Error handling, retries, timeouts, basic idempotency concepts Nice-to-Have Skills: Experience with Redis for caching Basic knowledge of Docker or containerized environments Familiarity with event-driven systems

Responsibilities

The Backend Engineer will be responsible for building and maintaining backend APIs, developing services that support financial and operational workflows, and integrating with third-party systems. Additionally, the role involves improving the reliability and observability of backend services.