About Alaan
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 1,300 leading businesses across the UAE, 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 role
We are seeking a skilled and proactive Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our dynamic engineering team. You will be instrumental in building and maintaining resilient infrastructure for our cloud-native fintech platforms, ensuring consistent uptime, scalability, and performance.
What youll do
- Build and manage reliable, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP.
- Set up and optimize New Relic dashboards and alerts to proactively monitor application health and performance.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins to streamline build, test, and deployment workflows.
- Collaborate with developers and DevOps to define and implement best practices in infrastructure automation and system reliability.
- Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and root cause analysis to ensure continuous improvement in system stability.
- Define and track SLOs and SLIs, implement error budgets, and ensure reliability targets are consistently met.
What we are looking for
- Strong experience with New Relic for observability and performance tuning.
- Proficiency in Node.js, especially in the context of infrastructure automation and scripting.
- Deep hands-on knowledge of AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services.
- Strong understanding of Jenkins for CI/CD orchestration.
- Solid grasp of modern infrastructure concepts like infrastructure as code, containers, and distributed systems.
- Experience in the fintech industry, with exposure to regulatory and security considerations in financial systems.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot complex system interactions and performance bottlenecks.
- Strong communication and documentation skills.
- Experience working in agile teams and fast-paced product environments.
Whats in it for you - 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