We are hiring for our banking client and seeking a Backend Engineer with 5-8 years of experience, who is well-versed in Spring Boot and Node.js. The candidate will be instrumental in supporting existing Spring Boot-based applications while contributing to our strategic transition to a Node.js-centric stack. Node.js expertise is a priority for future development initiatives.

Notice Period: Immediate joiners or candidates with up to 30 days notice will be given preference.

Candidates with prior experience in the Banking, Financial, or Fintech domains are strongly preferred.

Key Skills and Experience Requirements:

Backend Technologies (Spring Boot & Node.js):

• Spring Boot: Extensive experience in Microservices architecture, Event-Driven Design, and associated frameworks like Spring Cloud, Hibernate, and MongoDB.
• Node.js: Proficiency in building scalable, highly available RESTful APIs and experience with GraphQL is preferred.
• Hands-on with TypeScript and modern JavaScript (ES6+) to align with future Node.js development.
• Proven experience with performance tuning, debugging, and monitoring in both frameworks.

DevOps and Ecosystem:

• Strong exposure to CI/CD pipelines for automated builds and deployments.
• Expertise in containerization with Docker and Kubernetes for deployment and scaling.
• Familiarity with API gateway integrations like 3Scale or Kong.

Domain Knowledge:

• Banking or Financial sector experience is highly preferred to ensure familiarity with enterprise-grade application requirements, compliance, and security standards.

Development Best Practices:

• Adherence to coding standards, security protocols, and unit testing frameworks for robust development.
• Experience in Agile methodologies, delivering iterative and incremental solutions.

Soft Skills:

• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Self-starter with a proactive approach to owning and driving projects independently.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to influence technical decisions.

Ideal Candidate Responsibilities:

• Actively contribute to Spring Boot-based applications while taking on Node.js projects as we migrate our stack.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems using both frameworks.
• Ensure seamless integration between legacy Spring Boot services and new Node.js services during the transition.
• Troubleshoot issues across a distributed ecosystem and maintain resiliency and high availability.
• Drive the adoption of best practices in coding, security, and documentation.

Requirements

Notice Period: Immediate joiners or candidates with a maximum 30 days notice period will be preferred.

Global Software Solutions Group (GSS) has been a leading and award winning player in the field of real-time payments and has established partnerships with leading Global software providers with a vision to be a single-window provider of technology solutions to the banking industry. We are also the strategic vendor of ENBD and FAB for their resourcing needs. Our headquarters are in Dubai Internet City. Our key clients are FAB, Finance house, Al Maryah Community bank, United Arab bank, EDB, Lulu Exchange, Lari Exchange, Deem finance. Our Website is gsstechgroup.com.