Senior Backend Engineer (Java)

About the role

Mada BNPL is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer (Java) to join its Technology team in Amman. You will design, build and maintain scalable backend services that power the company’s BNPL platform, ensuring high performance, reliability and data security.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and micro‑services.
• Build and expose RESTful or GraphQL APIs for the BNPL platform.
• Optimize performance, reliability, security and data integrity of services.
• Collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers and other stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Participate in architectural decisions, conduct code reviews and mentor junior engineers.

Required profile

• Strong experience in Java backend development, including designing secure, scalable services.
• Proficiency with Java frameworks such as Spring and Spring Boot.
• Hands‑on experience with relational and NoSQL databases, caching mechanisms and message queues.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent.

Required skills

• Java
• Spring Framework
• Spring Boot
• RESTful APIs
• GraphQL
• SQL databases
• NoSQL databases
• Caching
• Message queues
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD pipelines