Senior Backend Engineer

Tala is an AI-native credit infrastructure company focused on providing credit access at scale to the global majority, leveraging proprietary risk intelligence and a network of capital and distribution partners. The company is backed by over $500 million in funding and has distributed more than $7 billion to over 13 million customers across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Tala aims to unleash the economic power of the global majority and operates on a remote-first basis with hubs in several countries.

Location: Remote (global)

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust backend services, APIs, and data integration layers that power key product features.
• Review design documents, perform code reviews, and weigh in on implementation choices from other technical teams.
• Write clean, efficient, and easily maintainable code, strictly adhering to established coding standards and best practices.
• Enhance overall code quality, performance, and security by participating in thorough code reviews.
• Design and optimize database schemas and queries to guarantee high performance and system reliability.
• Contribute to the testing infrastructure to increase code coverage for backend modules.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues quickly and effectively across both development and production environments.
• Advance monitoring and alerting capabilities of backend modules to allow proactive improvements to availability and response times.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in designing and developing applications using Java, Kotlin, and/or Scala, including exposure to a web framework like Spring.
• Developed and launched large scale consumer applications with the backend on cloud infrastructure (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) using microservices architecture paradigms.
• Proven problem-solving abilities and a strong drive for independent learning and work.
• Expert knowledge in REST API design and development for mobile/web use.
• Expert knowledge in architecture & system design.
• Expert proficiency in Agile development process.