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title: 'Senior Backend Engineer at Lean Technologies'
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# Senior Backend Engineer at Lean Technologies

- **Company:** Lean Technologies
- **Location:** Sarajevo, Bosnia
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-10-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-21
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/leantech/d6e9e08a-b380-4af0-ab02-8e536379f5c3

## Job description

## About the role

LeanX (Part of Lean) is quickly expanding beyond remittance into a new generation of financial products, from embedded wallets to corporate, and this role sits at the heart of that expansion. The ideal candidate brings experience in crypto or blockchain products, such as a good understanding of wallets, exchanges, custody, on-chain movements, and the ecosystem in general. As a Senior Engineer, you will design and build the backend systems and integrations that power these products, working in a small, high-ownership team that moves fast and ships real things. Your work will directly determine how quickly LeanX (Part of Lean) can unlock a $50B+ addressable market across the region.

## About Lean

Lean is the leading financial infrastructure provider in the Middle East. We power some of the region's largest companies with APIs that enable payments, account verification, financial data access, and other critical financial infrastructure.

What started as the region's pioneering Open Banking platform and quickly became the de facto leader in account aggregation and payment initiation in the region is now becoming something bigger: a multi-product infrastructure company powering payments, data, and lending across MENA.

We've processed billions of dollars in transactions. We're trusted by 450+ clients - from Tabby and Tas'heel to Hungerstation - and backed by General Catalyst, Sequoia, and Shorooq. Our $67.5M Series B was just the beginning. We're expanding into new markets, opening offices, acquiring businesses, and building capabilities that didn't exist here before.

About LeanX: LeanX is Lean's cross-border and stablecoin business. Our clients are remittance companies, exchange houses and businesses moving money across borders, mostly for person-to-person remittance and business payouts. LeanX operates under Lean's regulated entities and is built by a dedicated engineering team in Sarajevo.

## What you’ll own

- Design, build, and maintain scalable, high-availability backend services in Java (Quarkus) and Python
- Build and maintain integrations with external systems - payment providers, exchanges, banks, blockchain networks, ClickHouse, and identity services
- Own the reliability, security, and consistency of transactions and financial data across systems
- Drive performance improvements, architecture decisions, and reduction of technical debt over time
- Review code, set engineering standards, and mentor other engineers on the team
- Translate product requirements into technical solutions in close collaboration with the Product team
- Proactively communicate progress, risks, and blockers to the team and stakeholders

## What we’re looking for

- 5+ years building and running backend systems in production
- Strong Java (17+) with a modern framework - we use Quarkus; solid hands-on Python
- Experience designing REST APIs and working in a microservices architecture.
- Solid knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL) and caching (Redis)
- Experience with messaging or event streaming systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Strong testing habits (unit and integration) and a track record of rigorous code review
- Security-aware engineering: authentication, secrets handling, and secure coding practices
- Experience building and operating high-throughput, low-latency, or high-availability systems
- Familiarity with ClickHouse or other analytical databases
- Crypto or blockchain product experience: wallets, exchanges, custody, on-chain data, or interacting with nodes (Web3j,[web3.py](http://web3.py))
- Understanding of cryptography fundamentals: key management, signing, HSMs
- Fintech, payments, or regulated environment background (KYC/AML, compliance)
- Calm and delivery-focused under pressure - you drive tasks to completion, raise blockers early, and don’t wait to be chased
- Pragmatic: you balance quality with speed and know when “good enough” ships
- Proactive communicator: you report reliably on status and risks in writing and stand-ups
- Takes ownership of outcomes, including mistakes, and follows through
- Curious and a fast learner. You pick up new tools, technologies, and domains quickly
- Clear communication in English

NB. While we think the above experience could be important, we’re keen to hear from people that believe they have valuable experience to bring to the role. If you identify with the team and mission, but not all of our requirements, then please still apply!!

Why Join us? We’re building the financial infrastructure for MENA. Not as a slogan, as a fact. Since 2019, we’ve become the first regulated Open Banking and Open Finance company operating across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. We’ve processed billions of dollars. We connect millions of accounts. We enable companies like Binance, Careem, and Etisalat to build products that were previously impossible in this region. Our recent $67.5M Series B from General Catalyst and Sequoia isn’t just validation: it’s fuel. We’re expanding into new markets, launching new products, and setting the pace for what financial innovation looks like in MENA. We solve hard problems. We move fast. We hold ourselves to a high standard. And we’re looking for people who’ve done this before to help us do it right. If you’re motivated by building something that lasts, not just something that scales, Lean is where you need to be.

Not only do we offer competitive salaries, private healthcare, and flexible office hours, but we also insist that every member of the team hold a meaningful equity stake in the business to ensure long-term alignment. We'd love you to join us for this journey!

Lean is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

When applying for a job at Lean Technologies, we will need to collect, use and share Personal Data about you with different members of our team during the application process. This may mean transferring your data to members of the team in one of our office locations worldwide outside of the country you are in. Please refer to our Privacy Notice on our website for more information about how we may use and store your Personal Data

## About Lean Technologies

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Lean Technologies is the leading financial infrastructure provider in the MENA region, enabling businesses to move money, verify identities, and access financial data through a single, compliant API platform.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, $104M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services / Open Banking / Fintech Infrastructure
- **Target customers**: B2B – banks, fintechs, digital wallets, and enterprises across industries (eCommerce, insurance, gaming, automotive, crypto, etc.)
- **Mission**: To make financial services in MENA faster, more transparent, and accessible to all businesses by building a regulated, API-first infrastructure.

## Products & Services
- **Lean Payments**: API suite for account-to-account payments, including Pay by Bank, instant payouts, refunds, withdrawals, and automated reconciliation. Covers use cases like investment funding, insurance claims disbursement, and gaming withdrawals.
- **Lean Data**: Real-time and historical financial data aggregation APIs that allow businesses to verify income, assess affordability, and gain insights from over 30 banks across the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
- **Lean Verification**: Identity and account verification services, enabling customer due diligence and KYC/AML compliance.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of USD 104M (as of July 2025), with over $4B in transaction volume processed and 16B+ total processed volume reported on the website.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Shorooq Partners (lead in Secondary Market round); Series B backed by 18 investors (names not publicly detailed). Also supported by non-equity assistance and seed round investors.
- **Growth Signals**: 132 employees (+28.9% YoY), serving 400+ companies, connecting 2M+ accounts, verifying 3M+ accounts. Licensed by the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). Holds SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022 certifications. In-principle approval for Open Finance Services obtained in August 2025.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Regulatory moat**: Fully licensed and regulated in both the UAE and Saudi Arabia – a rare and hard-to-replicate status in the region.
- **API-first design**: Single integration for payments, data, and verification, reducing complexity for clients.
- **Deep bank coverage**: Supports over 30 banks across MENA, giving broad access to financial accounts.
- **Security certifications**: SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022 provide enterprise-grade trust.
- **Proven scale**: Billions in processed volume and thousands of connected accounts demonstrate reliability.

## Strategic Focus
- Deepening regulatory approvals and expanding into new MENA markets.
- Broadening industry-specific solutions (insurance, automotive, crypto, gaming) to capture vertical demand.
- Continuing to build a unified platform that combines payments, data, and identity – reducing the need for multiple vendors.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: The company emphasizes “pursue greatness, move fast, and care about each other’s growth” [leantech.me/careers](https://www.leantech.me/careers).
- **Locations**: Offices in Dubai (UAE), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), and Cairo (Egypt) – with remote/hybrid flexibility implied by the distributed team (employees also in UK, Poland, India, Belgium).
- **Engineering focus**: 32% of staff are in technical roles; the engineering team is led by a Head of Engineering and works on a high-scale financial platform trusted by millions.
- **Growth trajectory**: Rapid headcount growth (+28.9% YoY), recent funding, and regulatory wins signal strong momentum and career development opportunities.
- **Perks**: Not explicitly listed, but the company’s commitment to security, compliance, and top-tier talent suggests a professional, high-standard environment.

## Sources
1. [leantech.me](https://www.leantech.me/) – Official website (Payments & Data Infrastructure)
2. [leantech.me/ksa/en/company/about](https://www.leantech.me/ksa/en/company/about) – About Us page
3. [leantech.me/careers](https://www.leantech.me/careers) – Careers page
4. [linkedin.com/company/leantechnologies](https://www.linkedin.com/company/leantechnologies) – LinkedIn company profile

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