Lead Software Engineer -Abu Dhabi UAE

Matrix is a global leader in technology and innovation, delivering secure, scalable, and cutting-edge solutions to empower businesses and individuals worldwide. Our mission is to connect the world through advanced platforms that enable seamless transactions and digital transformation, fostering growth and opportunity for all.

Join Matrix and make an impact with a purpose-driven organization that values creativity, collaboration, and excellence.

Job Description

Cross-border remittances and new business models (e.g., gig economy) require rapid, frequent payouts. We are building a Technology Platform that enables fast and ubiquitous push payments across domestic and cross-border use cases, aiming to capture significant revenue opportunities across P2P, B2SB, and B2C flows and value-added services. Built on the latest standards and tech stack, and providing open APIs, this platform will drive innovation across the ecosystem.

We value creative and driven individuals who take ownership of their products and design solutions that create seamless experiences for consumers and clients. Our developers work across the stack and are experts in service-oriented architectures and technologies such as Java 8+, J2EE, Spring Boot, Hibernate, MySQL, DB2, MongoDB, React JS, Cassandra, Hazelcast, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, Docker, and microservices.

As we enhance our technology platforms, we are looking for a Lead Software Engineer who can participate in detailed design and development activities for this product build.

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand the payments ecosystem
• Collaborate with product owners and technical teams globally to define requirements for new features and enhancements.
• Participate in architecture definition, solution documentation, low-level design, coding, code reviews, and unit testing.
• Evaluate technical options and recommend scope and scale of effort for end-to-end solutions.
• Take ownership and lead engineering responsibilities for multiple components of the platform.
• Coordinate engineering activities across project delivery and ensure high-quality standards.
• Identify and manage risks at all stages of the project.
• Drive engineering excellence through practices like continuous integration, security, code reviews, and shift-left testing.
• Mentor and technically manage a team of talented engineers.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 8+ years of relevant work experience with a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent advanced degree experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science or related field with 14+ years of software development experience, or Master’s with 12+ years.
• Proven experience leading complex projects involving distributed architecture and multiple stakeholders.
• Strong technical leadership skills with ability to architect, design, and build large-scale enterprise applications.
• Experience leading engineering teams of 8–12 people.
• Proficiency in Java 8+, REST APIs, JSON, container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud platforms (AWS).
• Experience with Agile development, CI/CD tools (GIT, Maven, Jenkins, Sonar), and testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito).
• Knowledge of secure coding practices and performance testing.
• Passion for mentoring and team development.
• Experience in the payment's domain is a plus.

• Work with cutting-edge technology in the financial risk management space.
• Opportunity to collaborate with global teams and leading financial institutions.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.

Why Matrix

Matrix is a global, dynamic, fast-growing technical consultancy leading technology services company with 13000 employees worldwide. Since its foundation in 2001, Matrix has made more travelers and acquisitions and has executed some of the largest, most significant. The company specializes in implementing and developing leading technologies, software solutions, and products. It provides its customers with infrastructure and consulting services, IT outsourcing, offshore, training and assimilation, and Ves as representatives for the world's leading software vendors.  With vast experience in private and public sectors, ranging from Finance, Telecom, Health, Hi-Tech, Education, Defense, and Secu city, Matrix's customer base includes guest organizations in Israel and a steadily growing client base worldwide. 

We are comprised of talented, creative, and dedicated individuals passionate about delivering innovative solutions to the market. We source and foster the best talent and recognize that all employee's contributions are integral to our company's future. 

Matrix- success is based on a challenging work environment, competitive compensation and benefits, and rewarding career opportunities. We encourage a diverse work environment of sharing, learning, and ceding together. Come and join the winning team! You'll be challenged and have fun in a highly respected organization. To Learn More, Visit Matrix -ifs. Com,