Full Stack Engineer

Tech Lead (Full-Stack · Mobile + Web) — Ecom Payments · Fintech

Location: Kuwait (on-site) · Employment: Full-time · Senior/Lead

Stack: React Native (CLI), Next.js, NestJS, RabbitMQ, TypeORM, PostgreSQL

About Ecom Payments

Ecom Payments builds Kuwait-first payment products—APIs and apps that power KNET, Apple Pay, and cards—serving SMEs and marketplaces with real-time settlements, refunds, and risk controls. We help businesses accept payments easily, create shareable payment links, and launch storefronts with tools that actually grow revenue. We’re compliant with CBK guidance and PCI DSS standards.

The Role

You’ll own the architecture and delivery of our merchant mobile apps (React Native), web console (Next.js), and backend payment services (NestJS). You will lead a small, high-impact squad, raise the engineering bar, and keep our rails fast, reliable, and compliant.

• What You’ll DoLead design, implementation, and operation of payment services (auth/capture, refunds, settlements, webhooks).
• Architect event-driven flows with RabbitMQ (retries, DLQs, backoff, idempotency/exactly-once effects).
• Model data with TypeORM + PostgreSQL (migrations, indexing, transactions, partitioning).
• Ship React Native (CLI) features; manage releases, OTA updates, and store ops (iOS/Android).
• Build our Next.js console: SSR/ISR, secure dashboards, multi-tenant controls.
• Integrate with acquirers/wallets (KNET, Apple Pay, Visa/MC 3DS/SRC, network tokenization).
• Establish CI/CD, testing strategy, and observability (logs, metrics, traces); run on-call playbooks.
• Partner with Product/Risk/Compliance on CBK policies, surcharge rules, and PCI scope reduction.
• Mentor engineers, run design reviews, and shape the technical roadmap.
• Must-Have Experience7+ years software engineering, 2+ years leading/owning production systems.
• React Native (CLI): native modules, performance profiling, release pipelines.
• Next.js: routing, SSR/ISR, caching/CDN strategy, secure API routes.
• NestJS: modular design, guards/interceptors, configuration, Jest testing.
• RabbitMQ: exchanges/queues, consumer groups, DLQ patterns, idempotency keys.
• TypeORM + PostgreSQL: schema design, query optimization, ACID transactions.
• Proven ops mindset: monitoring, incident response, and postmortems.
• Excellent communication (English; Arabic is a plus).
• Nice to HavePayments domain: KNET, Apple Pay, 3DS, tokenization, refunds/chargebacks, settlements & ledgering.
• Security & compliance: PCI DSS scope reduction, HSM basics, key rotation, CBK guidelines.
• AWS (ECS/Fargate, RDS), Redis, Terraform, Docker; analytics & approval-rate tuning.
• Marketplace: sub-merchant onboarding, split payments, rate assignment.
• What We OfferOwnership of architecture in a modern fintech stack.
• A roadmap that impacts thousands of merchants across Kuwait/GCC.
• Competitive salary & benefits, hybrid/remote flexibility (GMT+3), learning budget.

How to Apply

Email [email protected] with subject “Tech Lead — {Your Name}”.