Tamara is the leading shopping and payments platform in Saudi Arabia and the GCC region, with a mission to empower people in their daily lives and revolutionize how they shop, pay, and bank.
The company was founded by serial entrepreneur Abdulmajeed Alsukhan along with his partners Turki Bin Zarah and Abdulmohsen Al Babtain. Tamara operates out of its headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and has offices in the UAE, Egypt, Germany, and Vietnam.
Our large, dedicated team of professionals continues to grow as we expand our reach and impact.Serving millions of users and partnering with thousands of merchants,
Tamara collaborates with leading global and regional brands such as SHEIN, Jarir, noon, IKEA, H&M, and Farfetch, as well as local small and medium businesses.
The company is backed by SNB Capital and Sanabil Investments, a wholly-owned company by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Checkout.com , Coatue, Shorooq Partners, and Endeavor Catalyst, among others.
Your role
We're seeking Senior Java Engineers for our Risk Engineering teams, working on Credit and Fraud risk. As a Senior Java Engineer, you will be instrumental in developing and enhancing our risk management solutions using cutting-edge technology, ensuring seamless, scalable, and efficient risk assessment and mitigation processes.
With a proven track record of developing sophisticated backend services, you will collaborate with a dynamic team of engineers, designers, analysts, and product specialists. Your role involves architecting system designs, crafting innovative technical solutions, tackling intricate challenges, and ultimately revolutionizing how millions of users shop, pay, and bank.
You are a driven, determined, curious team player, knowing that collective strength means we all win. With a positive outlook, you are solution-oriented-persevering regardless of circumstances, always finding a way through, no matter the challenges.
You will effectively find a way to work with everyone through empathy and respect. You will be driven and comfortable with responding quickly with urgency, with the ability to change course without losing momentum and energy, resulting in great success.
Your Responsibilities
- API and System Development: Design, construct, and sustain APIs, services, and systems crucial for evolving and maintaining our Risk solutions.
- Collaborative Feature Development: Join forces with the Risk teams to create and implement features that enhance the user experience across the system.
- Debugging: Tackle production issues across various services and levels of the stack to ensure smooth operation.
- Cross-functional Teamwork: Work closely with business, product, and operations teams to effectively identify and address user pain points.
- Proven Experience: Possess at least 5 years of experience in software development.
- Java Mastery: Strong proficiency in Java and associated technologies.
- Spring Boot Knowledge: Essential experience with Spring Boot framework.
- Technical Acumen: Solid understanding of SOLID principles and Design Patterns.
- Database Skills: Hands-on experience with high-availability RDBMS and performance tuning.
- Distributed Systems Experience: Proficiency with distributed systems using tools like RabbitMQ or Kafka.
- Container Technology: Must be skilled in Container/Docker technologies, with Kubernetes knowledge being an additional advantage.
- Agile/Scrum Familiarity: Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Cloud Services Insight: Knowledge of Cloud Services (AWS/GCP/OCI) is beneficial.
- Fintech Background: Prior experience in payments and/or fintech sectors is highly valued.
Tamara is a vibrant hub of exceptional individuals worldwide, with over 40+ nationalities committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We're proud of the wealth of cultural backgrounds that shape our teams, ensuring every experience is acknowledged and celebrated.
We seek self-driven individuals, fuelled by curiosity, ready to take control of their professional and personal development. We're creating a place where possibilities are for the taking through career mobility, mentoring, and cross-border collaboration. This approach has earned us a spot as one of the most competitive tech companies to work for.
All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
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