Senior Backend Engineer
About Us
Zact is a Fintech innovator dedicated to a singular idea : Organizations need simpler expense and payment management systems that align the spending employee with finance and accounting while providing inherent guardrails and continuous reconciliation with financial systems.
Zact enables all parts of the company to Pay by the Rules.
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Developer to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in Java development and enterprise application architecture, with a proven track record of delivering scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions.
Location
Zact is a global company with multiple locations across US, Europe and India.
We provide 100% Remote Working Option.
Candidates applying for this role should be located in one of the European or Indian Time zones.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade Java applications using Spring Framework and related technologies
- Architect and implement RESTful APIs following industry best practices and security standards
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications
- Mentor junior developers and contribute to technical decision-making
- Participate in code reviews and ensure code quality standards are maintained
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in production environments
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 10 years of Java and microservices development experience
- Strong expertise in Spring Framework ecosystem
- Deep understanding of RESTful API design principles and best practices
- Experience implementing various authentication and authorization models (OAuth 2.0, JWT, RBAC)
- Strong knowledge of relational databases and SQL
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with ESB implementations, particularly Apache Camel
- Experience with ETL frameworks and data integration patterns
- Knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems
- Familiarity with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
Technical Skills
- Languages: Java 8+, SQL
- Frameworks: Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Data JPA
- Integration: Apache Camel, REST APIs
- Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar RDBMS
- Testing: JUnit, Mockito
About the Company
We are a fast-growing start-up competing against heavily funded and high market-cap opposition in the payments and expense space. We have a much better mouse trap. Care to join?
Who We Are
At Zact, our mission is to help companies simplify the management of their payments and expenses. Our integrated architecture is unmatched, enabling a growing list of solutions, including expense management, travel, fleet, and more. If this sounds exciting to you, we would love to hear from you!
We’re remote: No commute here. We have an exclusively online workforce who can do anything, virtually.
We’re global: We have employees across North America, Europe and Asia. Our search for quality employees knows no bounds, or borders.
We’re simplified: Life is complex enough, so we always search for the simple implementation or solution to a problem.
We’re autonomous: We empower our employees and trust their competencies and decisions – we manage this autonomy by clearly articulating a vision and evolving this in a collaborative way.
We’re focused: We believe nobody can match our architecture and we are working tirelessly to exploit this advantage in new markets.
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