Alaan is the Middle East’s first AI-powered spend management platform, built to help businesses save time and money.
Our all-in-one solution combines smart corporate cards, real-time expense tracking, AI-powered automation, seamless accounting integrations, and deep financial insights- designed to simplify finance operations and maximize control over company spend.
Founded in 2022, Alaan is already the trusted partner of over 2,000 leading businesses across the UAE and KSA, including G42, Careem, McDonald’s, Tabby, Al Barari, Rove Hotels, Rivoli, and CarSwitch. Together, our customers have saved over AED 100 million with Alaan.
In just three years, Alaan has become the #1 expense management platform in the Middle East- and we’ve done it while becoming profitable.
Backed by Y Combinator and top global investors- including founders and executives of leading startups- Alaan is built by a world-class team from McKinsey, BCG, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Zomato, Careem, Rippling, and other high-growth companies.
We’re not just building software. We’re reimagining how finance works for modern businesses across the region.
About the roleWe’re looking for a sharp, motivated Platform or Framework Engineer to join our team and help shape the foundation of our engineering ecosystem. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on solving system-level problems, building reusable solutions, and enabling developer velocity across teams.
What you'll do- System Decoupling: Drive the decomposition of our monolithic systems into scalable microservices.
- Reusable Tools: Build and maintain internal npm packages and common modules to promote reusability and consistency.
- Design Patterns: Establish and enforce scalable and maintainable architectural patterns across services.
- Microservice Communication: Implement robust and secure communication strategies between distributed services.
- Collaboration: Work closely with developers and DevOps to identify bottlenecks and design platform-level solutions to unblock teams.
- Security & Auth: Implement JWT-based authentication and ensure secure service-to-service communication.
- Years of experience: 2 to 3 years
- Cloud: Hands-on experience with either AWS or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Backend: Proficient in Node.js, with strong experience in Express.js and NestJS frameworks.
- Databases: Solid understanding of PostgreSQL and Redis.
- CDC Pipelines: Experience with Change Data Capture (CDC) using Debezium and Kafka for real-time data streaming and syncing.
- Security: Experience with JWT authentication and secure service design.
- Mindset: Strong focus on abstraction, reusability, and building for scale.
- Contribute to building the Middle East’s most beloved fintech brand from the ground up
- Benefit from a role with significant ownership and accountability
- Thrive in a flexible hybrid culture with ample work-life balance
- Participate in exciting offsite events
- Competitive salary and equity
- Enjoy additional perks like travel allowances, gym memberships, and more
