Senior Backend Engineer

About the Company

Our client is a Saudi technology company building the digital trust infrastructure for the Kingdom’s digital economy. Thousands of users rely on its platform to manage and sign agreements securely and efficiently.

The company is rapidly evolving into a one-stop solution for e-signatures, digital agreements, identity verification, and AI-powered legal workflows, backed by strong investors and experiencing significant growth.

As part of this evolution, the company is looking for a forward-thinking Legal Counsel to play a key role in shaping the future of AI-driven legal operations and contract lifecycle management (CLM).

Role Tittle: Senior Backend Engineer

Location: Remote

About the Role

We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our engineering team and help build scalable, secure, and high-performance backend systems that power our platform.

In this role, you'll take ownership of core services, APIs, and platform architecture while working closely with Product, DevOps, and Engineering teams to deliver reliable solutions used by thousands of users. We're seeking someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, driving engineering excellence, and contributing to key architectural decisions.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Python and modern backend frameworks such as FastAPI.
• Develop and enhance core platform capabilities, including workflows, document management, authentication, authorization, and third-party integrations.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Design and optimize relational database schemas while ensuring performance, integrity, and maintainability.
• Improve system reliability, scalability, and performance through optimization, caching, background processing, and efficient architecture patterns.
• Implement automated testing across multiple layers to maintain high-quality software delivery.
• Contribute to CI/CD processes and deployment automation.
• Support monitoring, logging, and observability initiatives to ensure operational excellence.
• Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and engineering best practices.
• Investigate production issues and contribute to long-term improvements that enhance platform stability.

What We're Looking For

• 6+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Strong professional experience with Python in production environments.
• Proven experience building and scaling B2B SaaS products or other complex backend systems.
• Strong understanding of API design, RESTful services, and modern backend architecture.
• Experience with relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL, including schema design and performance optimization.
• Familiarity with asynchronous processing, queues, and distributed systems concepts.
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based workflows.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of software design principles, security best practices, and system reliability.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience in FinTech, GovTech, Identity, Security, or other regulated industries.
• Knowledge of OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, SSO, and identity management systems.
• Experience with Redis, object storage solutions, and event-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools.
• Experience supporting multi-tenant or on-premise deployments.

Why Join Us?

• Work on meaningful products that solve real business challenges.
• Join a collaborative team that values ownership, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Take part in shaping technical decisions and platform architecture.
• Competitive compensation and growth opportunities.
• Make a direct impact in a fast-growing technology environment.
• If you're passionate about building reliable, scalable systems and want to help create products that customers depend on every day, we'd love to hear from you.