Senior Software Engineering Architect

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Who Are We

HALA is a leading fintech player in the MENAP region that aims to redefine financial services and build the future bank of SMEs. HALA aims at empowering SMEs to start, run, and grow their businesses by providing them with cutting-edge financial and technological tools.

HALA currently holds multiple entities in UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt (including HALA Payments, HALA Cashier and HALA Logistics) and offers solutions that enable merchants to digitize their payments as well as manage their sales and operations.

Founded in 2017, HALA is currently duly licensed by the Saudi Arabian Central Bank as well as the Financials Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) in Abu Dhabi Global Market.

About The Role

Hala is hiring a Fintech Engineering Architect to lead the design of scalable, secure, and high-performing systems that power our core services; POS, payments, control cards, collections, and more. You’ll drive the technical direction for our engineering organization, ensuring our systems are built for scale and compliant with fintech standards.

You’ll work closely with engineering leads, product managers, and infrastructure teams to guide architecture decisions, set engineering standards, and ensure teams are aligned with business goals and technical strategy.

What You’ll Do

• Own and evolve Hala’s system architecture across backend, frontend, integrations, and infrastructure.
• Own and define engineering standards across teams—ensuring developers follow scalable, secure, and maintainable development practices.
• Design and validate distributed systems using .NET, microservices, and messaging queues.
• Set and enforce engineering standards for scalable, secure, and maintainable development.
• Define architectural patterns and guide design decisions for fintech services (e.g., POS, payments, cards, lending).
• Lead API and third-party fintech service integration strategy.
• Ensure architecture meets regulatory, security, and performance requirements.
• Partner with DevOps and Infra teams to align architecture with deployment and scalability needs.
• Conduct technical reviews, support engineering leads, and coach teams on best practices.

What We’re Looking For

Nice to Have

What We Offer You

We believe you will love working at HALA!

If you think you have what it takes to join a remarkable team #apply_now

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

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