About Khazna

Khazna was founded in April 2019 with a mission to improve the financial well-being of 20M+ underbanked Egyptians who have little access to formal financial services by providing access to convenient, effective, and secure smartphone-based financial services.

The company is led by a team with over 50 years of combined global experience in finance, corporate strategy, and technology. Furthermore, the company has also closed an initial round of funding from leading local and international fintech funds and investors.

If you are ready to join a fast-growing company in the FinTech field with competitive packages, a friendly work environment, and an opportunity to change the world, well Khazna is currently hiring!

We are looking for a Backend Technical Lead, who is passionate about technology, proficient in conveying technical concepts, and motivated by new challenges. This candidate will be responsible for leading a team of software engineers in the development and maintenance of our company's backend software systems. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of backend development technologies, including Docker, Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, MongoDB, and SQL databases. They will also have experience leading and mentoring software engineers, as well as experience with software development best practices and agile development methodologies.

• Lead a team of software engineers in the development and maintenance of our company's backend software systems.
• Work with product managers and other stakeholders to gather requirements and define technical specifications.
• Design, develop, and test backend software systems.
• Mentor and coach software engineers.
• Stay up-to-date on the latest backend development technologies.
• Work with other engineering teams to ensure that our backend systems are integrated with other systems in our company.
• Ensure that our backend systems meet all security and compliance requirements.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in backend software development.
• Experience with Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, MongoDB, and SQL databases.
• Experience leading and mentoring software engineers.
• Experience with software development best practices and agile development methodologies.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Experience in Microservices and container-based stacks (Docker & Kubernetes)
• Experience with one or more configuration management systems
• Proven ability to implement secure and highly available services
• Good knowledge of Cybersecurity standards and open source technologies
• Good understanding of Agile methodologies (preferably Scrum)
• Good understanding of core Internet technologies; TCP/IP, HTTP, and DNS.
• Excellent communication skills, with fluency in written and spoken English
• Rigorous and speak with data
• Results oriented and team spirit focus
• Capacity to deep dive when needed to support
• Capacity to anticipate and manage technical risks
• Responsible, Committed and Proactive

We are “No blame Environment” and “Safe Environment”, we are focusing on solving the problem instead of placing Blame on others. We are learning from the challenges that we are going through by trial and error.