Staff Engineer

About Us

UMO is a stealth-mode FinTech venture aiming to evolve the way people experience money by building a unified, AI-powered, yet deeply human modern money platform across fiat, crypto, and investments—subject to regulatory approvals. The platform is being designed to break down traditional barriers to money across access, assets, and experience, enabling simpler, more adaptive ways for people to interact with financial services.

We are currently developing our MVP and navigating licensing requirements, with a multidisciplinary team of 100+ people representing 20+ nationalities. With our headquarters in the UAE and offices in Portugal and Ukraine, we are united behind a shared ambition and a relentless focus on serving our customers.

What You'll Do

We are looking for a
Staff Backend Engineer
to take a leading role in shaping the backend architecture and technical direction of our fintech platform.

In this role, you will work on
high-load, distributed systems
, drive architectural decisions, influence engineering standards, and collaborate closely with multiple teams. This position requires a strong individual contributor who also acts as a
technical leader
, ensuring scalability, reliability, and long-term sustainability of our backend systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the
  design and evolution of backend architecture
  and high-load microservices
• Own and improve
  core backend and data infrastructure components
• Design scalable
  data pipelines, storage systems, and data flows
• Define best practices for
  system design, reliability, performance, and observability
• Work with queues, asynchronous processing, event-driven architectures, and data streams
• Participate in
  technical roadmap planning
  and long-term architectural decisions
• Review code and provide
  technical mentorship
  to senior and mid-level engineers
• Ensure high standards of
  code quality, testing, and documentation
• Collaborate with product, DevOps, and data teams to deliver scalable solutions
• Support and improve
  production systems
  in high-availability environments

Technology Stack:

• Languages:
  Go (Golang), TypeScript (optional)
• Storage:
  PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, ClickHouse
• Transport:
  gRPC, HTTP, RabbitMQ, Kafka
• Infrastructure:
  Docker, Kubernetes, Flux
• DevOps:
  Terraform, Helm (optional)
• Monitoring & Logging:
  Prometheus, Grafana, Loki

Requirements

• 7+ years
  of backend engineering experience, including production use of
  Go
• Deep understanding of
  microservices and distributed systems architecture
• Proven experience designing and scaling
  high-load, fault-tolerant systems
• Strong background in
  data pipelines, DWH, or data-intensive platforms
• Hands-on experience with
  message brokers, queues, and event-driven systems
• Excellent knowledge of
  concurrency, parallelism, and goroutines
• Ability to make, document, and defend
  architectural decisions and trade-offs
• Experience reviewing code and mentoring other engineers
• Strong knowledge of
  PostgreSQL, Redis
  , and data modeling
• Proficiency with
  Git, Docker, and Kubernetes
• English proficiency —
  B2+ level

Nice to Have

• Experience with
  blockchain or crypto infrastructure
• Background in
  clustering, replication, and distributed system design
• Knowledge of
  JavaScript / TypeScript
• Experience in fintech, neobanks, or highly regulated environments

Start-up Benefits:

• Compensation: A highly competitive salary package that recognizes your expertise and contribution.
• Modern Work Culture: Embrace a remote-first environment with flexible working hours, designed to support your work-life harmony.
• Generous Time Off: Annual Leave- 24 days, dedicated paid sick leave, and Public Holidays.
• Professional Evolution: Grow your skills with a dedicated learning budget and clear pathways for accelerated career development.
• Meaningful Impact: Join a world-class team building a prestigious, next-generation modern money platform that is redefining the future of finance.