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Tabby is a fintech platform reshaping how people shop, earn, and save by enabling flexible payment solutions. With over 25 million users and $18 billion in annual transaction volume, Tabby partners with 70,000+ global brands including Amazon, Noon, IKEA, and SHEIN. The company has raised over $1 billion in funding and is valued at $6.5 billion.
We are seeking a Staff Engineer to drive high-impact technical initiatives within our Core Backend organization. You will shape the technical direction and roadmap of shared backend services, libraries, and developer tools used across Tabby's engineering teams globally.
Key responsibilities include:
- Shape technical direction and roadmap for Core Backend, building shared services and developer tools used across teams
- Identify common challenges and transform them into reusable solutions that improve developer productivity, system reliability, and security
- Lead design and evolution of shared backend capabilities including event-driven communication, application-level encryption, and sensitive data protection
- Develop internal engineering tools such as Service Catalog, API Registry, SLO platform, and AI-assisted development tools
- Drive complex initiatives from problem discovery through design, implementation, rollout, and production validation
- Collaborate closely with teams using your tools to understand needs, support integrations and migrations, and incorporate feedback
- Remain hands-on with Go, validate performance and failure scenarios, and build observability and recovery mechanisms
- Raise the engineering bar through architecture reviews, technical decision-making, mentoring, and documentation
Our tech stack includes Go, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes, GCP, GitLab, and microservices architecture. You'll work with a world-class remote engineering team spread across 20+ countries.
Requirements:
- 7+ years of backend engineering experience, including building and operating production systems at scale
- Strong Go experience with a track record of staying hands-on in senior technical roles
- Deep expertise in distributed, high-load systems
- Proven ownership of complex initiatives from design through production, including architecture and technology decisions with lasting impact
- Strong grasp of quality, security, observability, and operational excellence
- Experience integrating third-party APIs and contributing to product development
- Ability to influence decisions across teams and explain technical topics clearly to non-technical stakeholders
- Experience mentoring engineers and raising the technical bar across a team or organization
- Strong English communication skills and proactive, autonomous approach to ambiguous problems
