About us:

Soar is a global fintech startup that specializes in financing and investment. Currently headquartered in Saudi Arabia, Soar is growing throughout the region with a mission to help people achieve their financial goals with innovative financial and property investment solutions and tools through its multi-purpose platform, designed to offer a simple and seamless user experience.

Role Summary:

We are looking for a Backend Engineer who enjoys building clean,reliable APIs and stable integrations.

This role is focused on execution, quality, and predictability — writing backend code that works correctly, is easy to maintain, and integrates smoothly with other systems.

You will work as part of a backend engineering team responsible for developing internal services and integrating with external platforms.

Key responsibilities:

Building and maintaining backend APIsDeveloping services that support financial and operational workflows Integrating with third-party systems via REST APIsSupporting notification and background processing services Improving reliability, observability, and test coverage of backend services Target Persona Execution-focused and disciplined Writes clear, maintainable backend code Thinks about edge cases and failure scenarios Values testing and automation Comfortable working within defined architectures and standards

Qualifications & Skills:

Backend Language4+ years of experience with Node.js Strong proficiency in Type Script and Javascript API Design Strong understanding of RESTful API design Hands-on experience with: Open API / Swagger Ability to design APIs that are: clear, consistent, and well-documented Database Solid experience with Mongo DB

Comfortable with:

CRUD operations Aggregation pipelines Understands schema design and performance considerations Testing & Quality Strong unit testing mindset Experience using Jest and/or Mocha Writes code that: passes automated tests, behaves consistently in CI, and requires minimal rework Integration Experience Experience integrating with third-party REST APIsError handling, retries, timeouts, basic idempotency concepts

Nice-to-Have Skills:

Experience with Redis for caching Basic knowledge of Docker or containerized environments Familiarity with event-driven systems