Core Engineer

**Job title:**
Core Engineer (Java / React) Fintech & AI

**Location:**
Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates (On-site)

**Employment type:**
Full-time

**Seniority level:**
Mid-Senior level

**Experience:**
26 years

**The Role**

As a Core Engineer youll design and ship the systems behind our credit workflow and integration engine. That includes Zelo Procure our source-to-pay procurement ERP with financing embedded directly into the buying flow. Your code ships this sprint not next quarter.

**What Youll Build**

* Core backend services in Java: credit workflows document processing and financial operations
* Fast reliable React/TypeScript frontends
* Zelo Procure: requisitions POs supplier onboarding drawdown and embedded financing
* Event-driven workflows and state machines for complex multi-step business logic
* AI/LLM-powered capabilities: document intelligence classification extraction and decisioning
* Data pipelines into our Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse (Spark) for credit intelligence and analytics
* Integrations with enterprise systems (SAP Ariba Oracle Fusion customer ERP/AP) and third-party APIs

**Tech Stack**

Java React/TypeScript PostgreSQL Liquibase Azure (Functions Service Bus Event Grid API Management Logic Apps) Microsoft Fabric Spark Drools n8n and Claude/LLM APIs.

**Who You Are**

* 26 years as a full-stack or backend-heavy engineer with Java and React in production
* Strong at LLD/HLD: you can zoom from what does this button do to how does this hold up at 100x load
* Youve built or scaled a product from small to large and you know what breaks along the way
* Solid in API design data modeling and distributed systems
* Self-managed: give you a one-line requirement and youll research it think it through and come back with a real solution
* Curious about AI and automation and comfortable building with tools like Claude Cursor and Copilot
* **Strong plus:**
fiscalization or e-invoicing experience (UAE mandate ZATCA)
* **Bonus:**
comfortable in front of customers

**How We Work**

We move real money so auditability authorization and compliance are design inputs not afterthoughts. We build with AI daily (Conscious Vibe Coding) pairing speed with code review testing and architectural discipline.

**Why Join**

* Product-market fit is done and the capital is ready to deploy
* Real impact and fast decisions with no layers of sign-off
* Visa sponsorship and relocation support for you and your family
* Faster growth than youd get in a 200-person engineering org

**About Zelo**

Zelo helps ambitious businesses grow. Were building the growth infrastructure businesses need from invoice financing and bank guarantees to a modern digital procurement platform all on one regulated platform. With $715M in capital allocation from our parent IHC loaded and ready to deploy were scaling fast.

**Zelo Finance**
unlocks the cash tied up in unpaid invoices and turns it into working capital. Businesses selling to the UAEs biggest buyers no longer wait 90 to 120 days to get paid. They get funded in as little as 24 hours and can issue bank guarantees with as little as 30% cash margin. That means they can take on the next contract hire and expand without waiting on payment cycles.

**Zelo Procure**
is our source-to-pay platform with financing built in. Enterprises use it to digitise their procurement and accounts payable. Every supplier raising invoices through it can draw an instant advance on day one with no separate application and no waiting. Liquidity becomes part of the procurement workflow itself. Zelo Procure is already rolling out with partners across the UAE.

Zelo is licensed by the ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority backed by IHC. Were a small team in Abu Dhabi growing fast and building systems that help the UAEs businesses grow with us.

**How to Apply**

Skip the cover letter. Send a 6090 second video or voice note on the hardest thing youve shipped or what youd do with a one-line spec and zero hand-holding to
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