The Role
Lead and manage backend engineering teams to deliver scalable, high-load distributed systems. Drive cross-team projects to production, define roadmap, review designs, manage incidents and technical debt, hire and develop engineers, monitor team KPIs, and improve processes to ensure transparent, business-oriented delivery.
Summary Generated by Built In
Tabby creates financial freedom in the way people shop, earn and save by reshaping their relationship with money. Over 15 million users choose Tabby to stay in control of their spending and make the most out of their money.
The company’s flagship offering allows shoppers to split their payments online and in-store with no interest or fees. Over 40,000 global brands and small businesses, including Amazon, Noon, IKEA, and SHEIN use Tabby to accelerate growth and gain loyal customers by offering easy and flexible payments online and in stores.
Tabby generates over $10 billion in annual transaction volume for its partner brands and is the highest-rated, most-reviewed, largest, and fastest-growing FinTech in the GCC region.
Tabby launched in 2019 and has since raised +$1 billion in equity and debt funding from global and regional investors, and is now valued at $4.5 billion.
What you’ll bring:
- 6+ years of backend engineering experience, with strong fundamentals in building reliable, scalable systems (Go experience is a plus)
- 2+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager, ideally in a fast-paced fintech or e-commerce environment
- Experience building scalable, distributed systems and working with high-load architectures
- Solid understanding of backend tools and technologies — we use PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, GitLab, and a microservices architecture
- Experience integrating third-party APIs and contributing to product development
- A passion for writing clean, testable, and maintainable code
- A proactive mindset and the ability to work independently
- Strong communication skills in English
Responsibilities:
- Lead large cross-team projects and drive them to production
- Contribute to quarterly planning and roadmap definition
- Review feature designs and ensure non-functional requirements are met
- Oversee technical debt management and incident handling
- Hire, evaluate, and motivate team members
- Build cross-team and cross-functional collaboration to increase efficiency
- Foster a results- and business-oriented culture
- Monitor key team performance indicators
- Ensure process and delivery transparency for stakeholders and partner functions
- Optimize processes to improve productivity
What we offer:
- Full-time B2B contract
- Fully remote setup
- Up to 20% tax allowance
- 22 paid leave days annually
- Stock options (ESOP) in a fast-scaling, pre-IPO company
- Flexi benefits you can use for wellness, travel, or learning
- Work alongside a high-performing, international engineering team in a global fintech unicorn
Relocation support is available to our hubs in Armenia, Georgia, Serbia, Portugal, and Spain, including flights, temporary accommodation, and legal setup (if needed)
About
Tabby creates financial freedom in the way people shop, earn and save, by reshaping their relationship with money.The company’s flagship offering allows shoppers to split their payments online and in-store with no interest or fees. Over 32,000 global brands and small businesses, including Amazon, Noon, IKEA and Shein use Tabby to accelerate growth and gain loyal customers by offering easy and flexible payments online and in stores.Tabby has generated over $7 billion in transaction volume for its partner brands and has the highest rated, most reviewed, largest and fastest growing app of any fintech in the GCC region.Tabby launched operations in 2020 and has raised +$1 billion in equity and debt funding from global and regional investors.
Skills Required
- 6+ years of backend engineering experience
- 2+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager
- Experience building scalable, distributed systems and working with high-load architectures
- Experience with PostgreSQL
- Experience with Redis
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform
- Experience with GitLab
- Experience with microservices architecture
- Experience integrating third-party APIs and contributing to product development
- Passion for writing clean, testable, and maintainable code
- Proactive mindset and ability to work independently
- Strong communication skills in English
- Go experience
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The Company
What We Do
Tabby is a financial technology company on a mission to create financial freedom by reshaping people's relationship with money through buy now, pay later services, allowing consumers to split purchases into interest-free payments.
