Jobs at Tala

Own the architecture and hands-on development of Tala’s shared data and analytics platforms. Build semantic layers, governed business metrics, data models, pipelines, services, tooling, and AI-enabled analytics workflows. Lead cross-functional technical initiatives spanning Product, Engineering, Analytics, Finance, and Accounting; improve governance, reliability, usability, and documentation; resolve architectural bottlenecks; and mentor engineers through technical leadership.

Design, implement, and automate cloud-native infrastructure and application security on AWS/GCP. Build defense-in-depth controls, hardening, vulnerability management, detection, response, and container/Kubernetes security. Collaborate with Product, DevOps, and SREs; support incident triage and use automation (including Python) and AI to optimize SecOps.

The Senior Backend Engineer will design and maintain backend services, APIs, and data integration layers, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability for Tala's platform.

Lead social content strategy and daily community management for Meta, TikTok and YouTube. Create, edit, and publish written, video, and graphic content; attend events for live coverage; monitor trends and analytics; drive follower growth and engagement while maintaining a unified brand voice.

Own credit strategy and performance for expansion and partnership portfolios. Monitor KPIs, design approval/pricing/limit policies, lead partnership underwriting, translate data into decisioning improvements, and collaborate with Product and Data Science to implement risk strategies and pilot evaluations.

Lead development of a real-time Operational Intelligence "Control Tower" for workforce management across Customer Care and Recoveries. Build automated Looker/Snowflake dashboards, optimize dialer strategy (Five9/Amazon Connect), deliver executive intelligence briefs, mentor real-time analysts, and drive cross-functional optimization to align staffing and campaign pacing with recovery targets.