Remote Senior Backend Engineer

Description:

• NALA is building payments for the next billion, focusing on faster, smarter, and fairer transfers for everyone.
• Since 2022, NALA has grown its business 120x and expanded its team from 9 to over 150 members.
• The company has raised over $50M from top-tier investors and was named to the Forbes Fintech 50 in 2025.
• NALA operates two core products: the consumer app NALA for cross-border payments and Rafiki, a B2B payments infrastructure.
• The Senior Backend Engineer will enhance digital payment systems and infrastructure for Africa and Asia by developing and designing core components of the Rafiki web service API.
• The role involves opening up NALA’s payment rails to customers via API, enabling corporates to send, receive, and convert funds directly from their systems.
• Responsibilities include building business-facing features, integrating with payment partners, implementing core business logic, launching new countries, using data for decision-making, automating processes, and contributing to REST API functionalities.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have at least 5+ years of experience building highly reliable and scalable backend services in Go.
• Experience with RDBMSs such as Postgres and MySQL is required.
• Familiarity with message-broker technologies like Kafka and RabbitMQ, and experience working within event-driven architectures is necessary.
• Candidates should possess excellent knowledge of best practices in designing, developing, and deploying services in a cloud environment.
• Experience working asynchronously with global teams using tools like Slack, Teams, and Jira is essential.
• A passion for the product and the mission of NALA is required.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory.

Benefits:

• Employees enjoy 35 days of holidays, which includes 27 days plus 8 bank holidays if based in the UK.
• A bonus day off is provided for employees to celebrate their birthday within the month.
• Enhanced parental leave includes 16 weeks of full pay for the primary caregiver and 4 weeks for the secondary caregiver after the probationary period.
• Access to WeWork locations worldwide is available for a global workspace.
• A learning budget of $1000 annually is provided for personal growth and development.
• For those working in the London office, hybrid working is implemented, with four days a week in the Canary Wharf Office.
• The company offers themed snacks and Friday lunches to foster team relationships.
• Monthly social events are organized for employees to enjoy.
• Free barista-style coffee is available at the office.