About the job
About AHOY Money
AHOY Money is pioneering the development of cutting-edge financial infrastructure and digital payment solutions, tailored for the evolving fintech landscape. Our platform emphasizes secure and scalable wallet systems alongside financial rails that facilitate digital transactions, merchant payments, and embedded financial services.
As we continue to enhance our fintech offerings, we are in search of a Senior Backend Engineer with substantial hands-on experience in developing digital wallets and ledger-based financial systems, ideally within the UAE regulatory framework.
This position is vital to our engineering team as we expand our core financial infrastructure.
Role Overview
The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in . NET, Azure cloud architecture, and fintech backend systems. Your prior experience should encompass building wallet infrastructures, ledger systems, or payment platforms while being well-versed in the regulatory requirements for financial systems in the UAE.
This role will heavily focus on backend architecture, distributed systems, and ensuring the integrity of financial transactions.
Key Responsibilities
Backend Platform Development
- Design and construct secure, scalable backend services for digital wallet and payment systems.
- Develop a microservices-based architecture to support high-volume financial transactions.
- Build and maintain ledger systems to ensure transaction accuracy and reconciliation.
Wallet & Financial Infrastructure
- Implement wallet services, balance tracking, and transaction processing logic.
- Design systems for double-entry ledger accounting, settlement processes, and reconciliation pipelines.
- Ensure adherence to fintech best practices for maintaining financial transaction integrity.
Cloud & Infrastructure
- Develop backend services utilizing . NET and Azure Cloud services.
- Build scalable APIs and services deployed within containerized or microservice environments.
- Optimize systems for performance, reliability, and fault tolerance.
Fintech System Architecture
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to design financial product architecture.
- Implement integrations with payment gateways, banking APIs, and financial partners.
- Ensure systems comply with regional fintech regulatory standards, particularly within the UAE ecosystem.

