Cercli is the modern payroll and employee data platform for the Middle East and North Africa. We automate your local and remote payroll, HR, onboarding and more - to help organizations reduce human error, eliminate manual intervention and stay fully compliant.

Even today, companies across MENA manage payroll, employee information, documents, onboarding checklists, and a plethora of other tasks manually. They default to spreadsheets, legacy enterprise solutions, and dated basic HR solutions, causing an array of issues and challenges, including human error and fraud, weak compliance, poor transparency, and more.

Cercli is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who is seeking to be part of a strong tech team building a promising project from the beginning and deliver multiple SaaS products from scratch. You will be responsible for architecture, design, development and maintenance of the backend systems using Java/Kotlin and Python and real-time APIs.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design, build and test reliable backend services with different workflows and event-driven approaches

• Integrate real-time APIs to enhance functionality and connectivity

• Ensure robust, scalable, and secure software development following the latest software

  engineering patterns as per Cercli standards

• Involve in testing and code reviews to ensure code quality and maintainability

• Contribute significantly to architectural decisions and technical direction

• Help build and run an effective product shipping velocity

• Collaborate effectively with frontend developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver high-quality solutions

• Provide extensive growth possibilities within the tech team

Key Requirements

• Proficiency in designing multi-tenancy SaaS products and building real-time APIs with GraphQL

• Minimum 5 years of experience with Python/Java/Kotlin and event-driven SaaS platforms.

• Demonstrated ability to design and build integrations from scratch.

• Experience with microservices, monolithic architectures, and REST/Graphql APIs.

• Competence in designing, building, and maintaining PostgreSQL databases.

• Track record of implementing real-time API integrations and ensuring good test coverage.

• Solid understanding of software design patterns and cybersecurity measures.

• Exposure to AWS infrastructure and familiarity with IoC(Terraform).

• Previous experience in startup environments, managing tradeoffs between quality, delivery,

  and budget.

Bonus Skills and Experience

• Bonus: Strong SaaS and fintech experience
• Exposure to frontend stack like Next.js and/or TypeScript.
• Knowledge of ML and LLM models
• Exposure to NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB, and similar.
• Understanding of data privacy and regulatory compliance in Fintech.