About Alaan

We are an AI-powered expense management platform designed to simplify finance for businesses in the Middle East, helping them save both time and money. Our platform offers everything businesses need to manage and control their expenses in one place, including smart corporate cards, AI-powered automation and insights, streamlined accounting, and centralized dashboards.

Since 2022, over 1000 businesses in the UAE—from startups to enterprises like Al Barari, Rove, Rivoli, Punjab National Bank, and CarSwitch—have used Alaan to control their spending and reduce costs. Together, our customers have saved over AED 100 million using Alaan.

About the Role

We’re looking for a sharp, motivated Platform or Framework Engineer to join our team and help shape the foundation of our engineering ecosystem. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on solving system-level problems, building reusable solutions, and enabling developer velocity across teams.

Key Responsibilities

• System Decoupling: Drive the decomposition of our monolithic systems into scalable microservices.
• Reusable Tools: Build and maintain internal npm packages and common modules to promote reusability and consistency.
• Design Patterns: Establish and enforce scalable and maintainable architectural patterns across services.
• Microservice Communication: Implement robust and secure communication strategies between distributed services.
• Collaboration: Work closely with developers and DevOps to identify bottlenecks and design platform-level solutions to unblock teams.
• Security & Auth: Implement JWT-based authentication and ensure secure service-to-service communication.

Required Skills

• Cloud: Hands-on experience with either AWS or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Backend: Proficient in Node.js, with strong experience in Express.js and NestJS frameworks.
• Databases: Solid understanding of PostgreSQL and Redis.
• Security: Experience with JWT authentication and secure service design.
• Mindset: Strong focus on abstraction, reusability, and building for scale.

Good to Have
• CDC Pipelines: Experience with Change Data Capture (CDC) using Debezium and Kafka for real-time data streaming and syncing.

What's in it for you

• Contribute to building the Middle East’s most beloved fintech brand from the ground up
• Benefit from a role with significant ownership and accountability
• Thrive in a flexible hybrid culture with ample work-life balance
• Participate in exciting offsite events
• Competitive salary and equity
• Enjoy additional perks like travel allowances, gym memberships, and more