Lean Technologies

About the role LeanX (Part of Lean) is quickly expanding beyond remittance into a new generation of financial products, from embedded wallets to corporate, and this role sits at the heart of that expansion. The ideal candidate brings experience in crypto or blockchain products, such as a good understanding of wallets, exchanges, custody, on-chain movements, and the ecosystem in general. As a Senior Engineer, you will design and build the backend systems and integrations that power these products, working in a small, high-ownership team that moves fast and ships real things. Your work will directly determine how quickly LeanX (Part of Lean) can unlock a $50B+ addressable market across the region. About LeanX (Part of Lean) LeanX is Lean Technologies’ cross-border payments platform. It helps banks, exchange houses, money transfer operators and payroll platforms send money internationally, with 24/7 settlement and local-currency payouts. Traditional cross-border payments run through correspondent banks, so they’re slowed down by cut-off times, weekend queues and cash sitting idle in nostro accounts. LeanX gets rid of that. Clients use one API and one counterparty instead of separate banking setups in every market. LeanX sits within Lean, the leading financial infrastructure provider in the Middle East, trusted by 350+ clients including Binance, Careem, and Etisalat, and backed by General Catalyst, Sequoia, Bain, and more. Lean has processed billions of dollars in transactions and raised over $100M to date. LeanX is one of its most profitable and fastest-moving bets - a small team with a very large mandate. What you’ll own Design, build, and maintain scalable, high-availability backend services in Java (Quarkus) and Python Build and maintain integrations with external systems - payment providers, exchanges, banks, blockchain networks, ClickHouse, and identity services Own the reliability, security, and consistency of transactions and financial data across systems Drive performance improvements, architecture decisions, and reduction of technical debt over time Review code, set engineering standards, and mentor other engineers on the team Translate product requirements into technical solutions in close collaboration with the Product team Proactively communicate progress, risks, and blockers to the team and stakeholders What we’re looking for 5+ years building and running backend systems in production Strong Java (17+) with a modern framework - we use Quarkus; solid hands-on Python Experience designing REST APIs and working in a microservices architecture. Solid knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL) and caching (Redis) Experience with messaging or event streaming systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ) Strong testing habits (unit and integration) and a track record of rigorous code review Security-aware engineering: authentication, secrets handling, and secure coding practices Experience building and operating high-throughput, low-latency, or high-availability systems Familiarity with ClickHouse or other analytical databases Crypto or blockchain product experience: wallets, exchanges, custody, on-chain data, or interacting with nodes (Web3j, web3.py ) Understanding of cryptography fundamentals: key management, signing, HSMs Fintech, payments, or regulated environment background (KYC/AML, compliance) Calm and delivery-focused under pressure - you drive tasks to completion, raise blockers early, and don’t wait to be chased Pragmatic: you balance quality with speed and know when “good enough” ships Proactive communicator: you report reliably on status and risks in writing and stand-ups Takes ownership of outcomes, including mistakes, and follows through Curious and a fast learner. You pick up new tools, technologies, and domains quickly Clear communication in English NB. While we think the above experience could be important, we’re keen to hear from people that believe they have valuable experience to bring to the role. If you identify with the team and mission, but not all of our requirements, then please still apply!! Why Join us? We’re building the financial infrastructure for MENA. Not as a slogan, as a fact. Since 2019, we’ve become the first regulated Open Banking and Open Finance company operating across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. We’ve processed billions of dollars. We connect millions of accounts. We enable companies like Binance, Careem, and Etisalat to build products that were previously impossible in this region. Our recent $67.5M Series B from General Catalyst and Sequoia isn’t just validation: it’s fuel. We’re expanding into new markets, launching new products, and setting the pace for what financial innovation looks like in MENA. We solve hard problems. We move fast. We hold ourselves to a high standard. And we’re looking for people who’ve done this before to help us do it right. If you’re motivated by building something that lasts, not just something that scales, Lean is where you need to be. Not only do we offer competitive salaries, private healthcare, and flexible office hours, but we also insist that every member of the team hold a meaningful equity stake in the business to ensure long-term alignment. We'd love you to join us for this journey! Lean is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. When applying for a job at Lean Technologies, we will need to collect, use and share Personal Data about you with different members of our team during the application process. This may mean transferring your data to members of the team in one of our office locations worldwide outside of the country you are in. Please refer to our Privacy Notice on our website for more information about how we may use and store your Personal Data

About the Job Lean is hiring a Principal Product Manager to own product for LeanX, our cross-border payments and stablecoin infrastructure business. This is a startup inside a scale-up. LeanX is early, and you would be shaping it from close to day one: setting product direction, deciding what we build and in what order, and working directly with engineering to get it built. You would not be starting from zero. You would have Lean's infrastructure, licences, clients and leadership behind you. Volume is growing quickly and our first large clients are going live. Today, much of what makes the business work is pushed through by hand by the leadership team. Your job is to turn that into a product the team can build, scale and defend. The hard problems here sit between regulation, engineering, product and commercial, so you need to be comfortable thinking across all four at once. You will work as a member of the LeanX leadership team, and partner closely with our engineering team in Sarajevo and our commercial team in Dubai. Regular travel to both is expected. About Lean Lean is the leading financial infrastructure provider in the Middle East. We power some of the region's largest companies with APIs that enable payments, account verification, financial data access, and other critical financial infrastructure. What started as the region's pioneering Open Banking platform and quickly became the de facto leader in account aggregation and payment initiation in the region is now becoming something bigger: a multi-product infrastructure company powering payments, data, and lending across MENA. We've processed billions of dollars in transactions. We're trusted by 450+ clients - from Tabby and Tas'heel to Hungerstation - and backed by General Catalyst, Sequoia, and Shorooq. Our $67.5M Series B was just the beginning. We're expanding into new markets, opening offices, acquiring businesses, and building capabilities that didn't exist here before. About LeanX: LeanX is Lean's cross-border and stablecoin business. Our clients are remittance companies, exchange houses and businesses moving money across borders, mostly for person-to-person remittance and business payouts. LeanX operates under Lean's regulated entities and is built by a dedicated engineering team in Sarajevo. Responsibilities Product strategy and leadership Own product strategy for LeanX across all its product lines: what we build, why, and in what order. Turn strategy into clear specs, priorities and roadmaps the engineering team can execute against. Make the call when priorities change, with a clear view of the team's capacity and the trade-offs involved. Help shape LeanX's long-term strategy and communicate it across the company. Cross-border payments platform Build a cross-border platform that can compete with the leading global payout networks. Make it scale: more volume, more clients and more corridors without rebuilding each time. Launching a new corridor should be a repeatable process, not a project. Automate treasury operations (pre-funding, liquidity, FX and reconciliation) so they no longer depend on people moving money by hand. Define the technical infrastructure a cross-border platform needs, and guide engineering to build it. Make it easy for clients to integrate and go live: APIs, documentation, sandbox and onboarding. Treat regulation, licensing and partner coverage as part of the product, so the platform is defensible. Stablecoin-native infrastructure Own the roadmap for stablecoin infrastructure: wallets as a service, on-ramps and off-ramps, stablecoin acceptance and stablecoin payouts. Help decide which adjacent opportunities to pursue and when, and say no to the ones that would distract us. Connecting Lean and LeanX Make sure LeanX builds on Lean's core infrastructure where it should, rather than rebuilding what already exists. Keep one clean platform across stablecoin and fiat, across licences and across product lines as it grows. Bring ways of working closer together across the two teams. Working with commercial and engineering Be the first stop for product questions from clients, the commercial team and the wider company, so engineers can focus on building. Work with commercial on the pipeline: what each client needs to go live and what that means for volume. Set up automation for routine coordination. This is not a ticket-and-follow-up job. What we're looking for 8+ years in product management, including senior ownership of B2B or infrastructure products. Experience in cross-border payments, remittance, payouts, treasury, or stablecoin and digital asset infrastructure. Strong technical fluency: comfortable with APIs, system design conversations and the trade-offs engineers face. A track record of taking products from early stage to scale, ideally in a startup or new business line. Comfort working in regulated environments and treating compliance and licensing as product inputs. Clear, concise written communication. You write the specs and strategy documents yourself. Experience working with distributed engineering teams across time zones. High agency and good judgment under ambiguity. Experience in the GCC, South Asia or other emerging-market payment corridors is a plus. Experience building with AI tools to automate product and team workflows is a plus. Arabic is a plus. NB. While we think the above experience could be important, we’re keen to hear from people that believe they have valuable experience to bring to the role. If you identify with the team and mission, but not all of our requirements, then please still apply!! Why Join us? We’re building the financial infrastructure for MENA. Not as a slogan, as a fact. Since 2019, we’ve become the first regulated Open Banking and Open Finance company operating across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. We’ve processed billions of dollars. We connect millions of accounts. We enable companies like Binance, Careem, and Etisalat to build products that were previously impossible in this region. Our recent $67.5M Series B from General Catalyst and Sequoia isn’t just validation: it’s fuel. We’re expanding into new markets, launching new products, and setting the pace for what financial innovation looks like in MENA. We solve hard problems. We move fast. We hold ourselves to a high standard. And we’re looking for people who’ve done this before to help us do it right. If you’re motivated by building something that lasts, not just something that scales, Lean is where you need to be. Not only do we offer competitive salaries, private healthcare, and flexible office hours, but we also insist that every member of the team hold a meaningful equity stake in the business to ensure long-term alignment. We'd love you to join us for this journey! Lean is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. When applying for a job at Lean Technologies, we will need to collect, use and share Personal Data about you with different members of our team during the application process. This may mean transferring your data to members of the team in one of our office locations worldwide outside of the country you are in. Please refer to our Privacy Notice on our website for more information about how we may use and store your Personal Data

About the Job Lean is hiring a Strategic Finance Intern to join the FP&A team as we scale across multiple markets and product lines. You'll work on the same forecasting, budgeting, and analysis that leadership uses to make decisions. Not a sandbox version of it. You'll own defined pieces of that work end to end, with a senior member of the team reviewing your output. This role suits someone early in their finance career who already builds models without being asked, wants to know why a number moved before anyone else notices, and wants to understand how a multi-product fintech actually makes money. About Lean Lean is the leading financial infrastructure provider in the Middle East. We power some of the region’s largest companies with APIs that enable payments, account verification, financial data access, and other critical financial infrastructure. What started as the region’s pioneering Open Banking platform and quickly became the de facto leader in account aggregation and payment initiation in the region is now becoming something bigger: a multi-product infrastructure company powering payments, data, and lending across MENA. We’ve processed billions of dollars in transactions. We’re trusted by 350+ clients - from Tabby and Tas’heel to Hungerstation - and backed by General Catalyst, Sequoia, and Shorooq. Our $67.5M Series B was just the beginning. We’re expanding into new markets, opening offices, acquiring businesses, and building capabilities that didn’t exist here before. Responsibilities Revenue Forecasting Maintain the inputs to the monthly rolling forecast: pull actuals, check them against assumptions, and flag where they diverge Build one scenario analysis from first principles (for example, a new market launch or product line) and present it to the team Turn forecast outputs into a one-page summary a non-finance leader can act on Budgeting Collect and consolidate budget inputs from business units during the annual cycle, and follow up until the data is complete Prepare the monthly variance analysis vs. budget, with a written explanation of the top three drivers Take one cost category, map what drives it, and come back with at least one quantified saving Test AI-enabled tools that could automate part of the FP&A workflow, and document what works and what doesn't Financial Analysis & Management Reporting Own the commercial deals tracker: keep it accurate, reconcile it with Sales, and flag deals that put the forecast at risk Prepare assigned sections of the monthly management report Run a unit economics or profitability analysis on one product or client segment Research a market Lean is evaluating (pricing, competitors, regulation) and present a recommendation Build inputs and test scenarios for pricing models What we're looking for Final-year student or graduate within the last 12 months, in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, or another quantitative field Strong Excel or Google Sheets. You can build a driver-based model from a blank sheet Evidence you've built something analytical on your own initiative: a model, an investment pitch, a case competition, a research project. Show us the work Clear writing. You can explain what a number means and why it moved, in plain language You close the loop without being chased Genuine curiosity about payments, open banking, or fintech Advantageous: a prior internship in FP&A, corporate finance, banking, consulting, or a startup; SQL or Python; progress toward CFA or ACCA NB. While we think the above experience could be important, we’re keen to hear from people that believe they have valuable experience to bring to the role. If you identify with the team and mission, but not all of our requirements, then please still apply!! Why Join us? We’re building the financial infrastructure for MENA. Not as a slogan, as a fact. Since 2019, we’ve become the first regulated Open Banking and Open Finance company operating across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. We’ve processed billions of dollars. We connect millions of accounts. We enable companies like Binance, Careem, and Etisalat to build products that were previously impossible in this region. Our recent $67.5M Series B from General Catalyst and Sequoia isn’t just validation: it’s fuel. We’re expanding into new markets, launching new products, and setting the pace for what financial innovation looks like in MENA. We solve hard problems. We move fast. We hold ourselves to a high standard. And we’re looking for people who’ve done this before to help us do it right. If you’re motivated by building something that lasts, not just something that scales, Lean is where you need to be. Not only do we offer competitive salaries, private healthcare, and flexible office hours, but we also insist that every member of the team hold a meaningful equity stake in the business to ensure long-term alignment. We'd love you to join us for this journey! Lean is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. When applying for a job at Lean Technologies, we will need to collect, use and share Personal Data about you with different members of our team during the application process. This may mean transferring your data to members of the team in one of our office locations worldwide outside of the country you are in. Please refer to our Privacy Notice on our website for more information about how we may use and store your Personal Data

About the Job As a Customer Support Intern at Lean, you will be at the forefront of investigating real client issues from day one as they integrate and use our financial APIs. You’ll join a small, collaborative team where your technical expertise and proactive mindset will directly impact both our clients’ success and our internal operations. Support at Lean is expanding into TechOps: proactive monitoring that catches problems before clients notice them. Senior engineers on the team lead that work. You'll work alongside them, learn how our monitoring and alerting is built, and if you show the technical depth, take on a scoped piece of extending it. About Lean Lean is the leading financial infrastructure provider in the Middle East. We power some of the region’s largest companies with APIs that enable payments, account verification, financial data access, and other critical financial infrastructure. What started as the region’s pioneering Open Banking platform and quickly became the de facto leader in account aggregation and payment initiation in the region is now becoming something bigger: a multi-product infrastructure company powering payments, data, and lending across MENA. We’ve processed billions of dollars in transactions. We’re trusted by 350+ clients - from Tabby and Tas’heel to Hungerstation - and backed by General Catalyst, Sequoia, and Shorooq. Our $67.5M Series B was just the beginning. We’re expanding into new markets, opening offices, acquiring businesses, and building capabilities that didn’t exist here before. Responsibilities Respond to client issues via Plain, Slack, MS Teams and email, and join client calls alongside senior team members Investigate and triage API and product issues using Elasticsearch, SQL, Postman, and our internal admin panels, and resolve the ones within your scope Escalate bugs and feature requests to engineering and product with enough context that nobody has to ask a follow-up question Turn every recurring issue you solve into documentation: FAQs, runbooks, or client-facing guides Shadow incident response and on-call rotations to learn how we handle production issues Run basic QA testing during triage to confirm whether an issue is a bug, a configuration problem, or client-side Work with senior support engineers on proactive monitoring, and take on a scoped improvement to our alerting or dashboards if you show the depth for it Provide feedback that helps tune our AI support agent, enabling it to take on the easier tickets and freeing you up to focus on the more complex issues Flag gaps in our support processes and tools, and propose fixes What we're looking for Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field Hands-on experience calling APIs, ideally with Postman Basic SQL: you can write SELECT queries with filtering, JOINs, and aggregation on your own Able to read logs and follow code in at least one programming language Fluent or native Arabic speaker A working understanding of how client-server systems and authentication (e.g. OAuth) work Evidence you've debugged something on your own initiative: a side project, a hackathon, a broken setup you fixed and can explain Clear technical writing. You can explain a problem and its fix to someone who wasn't in the room Ownership. You stay on an issue until it's resolved, not just until it's handed off Interest in fintech, payments, or open banking NB. While we think the above experience could be important, we’re keen to hear from people that believe they have valuable experience to bring to the role. If you identify with the team and mission, but not all of our requirements, then please still apply!! Why Join us? We’re building the financial infrastructure for MENA. Not as a slogan, as a fact. Since 2019, we’ve become the first regulated Open Banking and Open Finance company operating across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. We’ve processed billions of dollars. We connect millions of accounts. We enable companies like Binance, Careem, and Etisalat to build products that were previously impossible in this region. Our recent $67.5M Series B from General Catalyst and Sequoia isn’t just validation: it’s fuel. We’re expanding into new markets, launching new products, and setting the pace for what financial innovation looks like in MENA. We solve hard problems. We move fast. We hold ourselves to a high standard. And we’re looking for people who’ve done this before to help us do it right. If you’re motivated by building something that lasts, not just something that scales, Lean is where you need to be. Not only do we offer competitive salaries, private healthcare, and flexible office hours, but we also insist that every member of the team hold a meaningful equity stake in the business to ensure long-term alignment. We'd love you to join us for this journey! Lean is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. When applying for a job at Lean Technologies, we will need to collect, use and share Personal Data about you with different members of our team during the application process. This may mean transferring your data to members of the team in one of our office locations worldwide outside of the country you are in. Please refer to our Privacy Notice on our website for more information about how we may use and store your Personal Data

About the Job As a Software Engineering Intern at Lean, you'll ship real enhancements to the infrastructure our clients use to move money and access financial data. Production code, reviewed by experienced engineers, used by clients. You'll work across several of our Java Spring Boot services, running on Kubernetes. AI-assisted development is central to how we work: Claude Code is part of our standard toolchain, we provide a generous (near-unlimited) usage quota, and we expect engineers at every level to be fluent with it, using it to move faster while staying firmly in control of what ships. You'll have a dedicated mentor, along with your team and manager, to set and track development goals with you. The internship is designed as a path into a full-time engineering role at Lean. About Lean Lean is the leading financial infrastructure provider in the Middle East. We power some of the region’s largest companies with APIs that enable payments, account verification, financial data access, and other critical financial infrastructure. What started as the region’s pioneering Open Banking platform and quickly became the de facto leader in account aggregation and payment initiation in the region is now becoming something bigger: a multi-product infrastructure company powering payments, data, and lending across MENA. We’ve processed billions of dollars in transactions. We’re trusted by 350+ clients - from Tabby and Tas’heel to Hungerstation - and backed by General Catalyst, Sequoia, and Shorooq. Our $67.5M Series B was just the beginning. We’re expanding into new markets, opening offices, acquiring businesses, and building capabilities that didn’t exist here before. Responsibilities Design, develop, test, and debug software enhancements from ticket to production, with your mentor reviewing your work Use agentic coding tools (Claude Code) to raise both the quality and velocity of your work, and help the team build good patterns for using them well Take part in code reviews on both sides: act on feedback on your code and give considered feedback on others' Learn the team's tools, languages, and workflows fast enough to ship something in your first few weeks Join stand-ups, planning, and reviews, and flag early when something you own is at risk of slipping Build a working understanding of our clients, their end-users, and the regulated environment we operate in Get involved beyond your team: company events, demos, and cross-team work What we're looking for Final-year student or graduate within the last 12 months in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field Hands-on experience using agentic coding tools as a core part of your workflow (we run on Claude Code), with the judgment to know when to trust their output and when to scrutinise it more closely Working proficiency in at least one language such as Java, C++, Python, or similar A grasp of the fundamentals: version control, testing, and debugging Something you've built outside coursework: a side project, hackathon entry, open-source contribution, or previous internship. Problem-solving you can articulate. You can walk us through how you broke a hard problem down Clear written communication. You can explain what you built and why you built it that way Independence, plus the judgment to ask for help rather than stay stuck NB. While we think the above experience could be important, we’re keen to hear from people that believe they have valuable experience to bring to the role. If you identify with the team and mission, but not all of our requirements, then please still apply!! Why Join us? We’re building the financial infrastructure for MENA. Not as a slogan, as a fact. Since 2019, we’ve become the first regulated Open Banking and Open Finance company operating across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. We’ve processed billions of dollars. We connect millions of accounts. We enable companies like Binance, Careem, and Etisalat to build products that were previously impossible in this region. Our recent $67.5M Series B from General Catalyst and Sequoia isn’t just validation: it’s fuel. We’re expanding into new markets, launching new products, and setting the pace for what financial innovation looks like in MENA. We solve hard problems. We move fast. We hold ourselves to a high standard. And we’re looking for people who’ve done this before to help us do it right. If you’re motivated by building something that lasts, not just something that scales, Lean is where you need to be. Not only do we offer competitive salaries, private healthcare, and flexible office hours, but we also insist that every member of the team hold a meaningful equity stake in the business to ensure long-term alignment. We'd love you to join us for this journey! Lean is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. When applying for a job at Lean Technologies, we will need to collect, use and share Personal Data about you with different members of our team during the application process. This may mean transferring your data to members of the team in one of our office locations worldwide outside of the country you are in. Please refer to our Privacy Notice on our website for more information about how we may use and store your Personal Data

About the role Lean is expanding its go-to-market motion in Saudi Arabia. As a Sales Development Intern in Riyadh, you'll work at the top of the KSA sales funnel: researching target accounts, working inbound leads, and building toward running your own qualification calls. You'll sit inside the SDR team, work alongside our Account Executives, and learn how enterprise fintech deals start. This is not an observation role. You'll own a defined slice of the funnel from your first weeks, with real leads, real targets, and senior team members reviewing your work. About Lean Lean is the leading financial infrastructure provider in the Middle East. We power some of the region's largest companies with APIs that enable payments, account verification, financial data access, and other critical financial infrastructure. What started as the region's pioneering Open Banking platform and quickly became the de facto leader in account aggregation and payment initiation in the region is now becoming something bigger: a multi-product infrastructure company powering payments, data, and lending across MENA. We've processed billions of dollars in transactions. We're trusted by 350+ clients, from Tabby and Tas'heel to Hungerstation, and backed by General Catalyst, Sequoia, and Shorooq. Our $67.5M Series B was just the beginning. We're expanding into new markets, opening offices, acquiring businesses, and building capabilities that didn't exist here before. What you'll own Build a market map for one assigned vertical: the target accounts, the decision-makers, and why Lean is relevant to each Source outbound leads from that map and run outreach through sequences you draft and the team reviews Work inbound leads within SLA, and document every qualification or disqualification decision with clear reasoning Join discovery calls with AEs and senior SDRs, then progress to running qualification calls yourself once you're signed off Use Salesforce, Lemlist, Clay, and AI tooling to research accounts faster and keep your pipeline data clean Report your own weekly numbers: activity, response rates, and conversion to qualified meetings, plus what you're changing based on them Feed back to Marketing on which inbound leads are worth the team's time and which aren't What we're looking for Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field Clear, confident communication in English and Arabic, spoken and written Evidence you've sold, persuaded, or built something from zero: a student society you grew, a side business, a fundraising effort, a part-time sales or customer-facing job Comfort with rejection. You follow up without needing encouragement A habit of tracking your own results and adjusting based on what the numbers say Prioritisation. You know which leads deserve your time and which don't Curiosity about fintech, payments, or how companies move money NB. While we think the above experience could be important, we’re keen to hear from people that believe they have valuable experience to bring to the role. If you identify with the team and mission, but not all of our requirements, then please still apply!! Why Join us? We’re building the financial infrastructure for MENA. Not as a slogan, as a fact. Since 2019, we’ve become the first regulated Open Banking and Open Finance company operating across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. We’ve processed billions of dollars. We connect millions of accounts. We enable companies like Binance, Careem, and Etisalat to build products that were previously impossible in this region. Our recent $67.5M Series B from General Catalyst and Sequoia isn’t just validation: it’s fuel. We’re expanding into new markets, launching new products, and setting the pace for what financial innovation looks like in MENA. We solve hard problems. We move fast. We hold ourselves to a high standard. And we’re looking for people who’ve done this before to help us do it right. If you’re motivated by building something that lasts, not just something that scales, Lean is where you need to be. Not only do we offer competitive salaries, private healthcare, and flexible office hours, but we also insist that every member of the team hold a meaningful equity stake in the business to ensure long-term alignment. We'd love you to join us for this journey! Lean is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. When applying for a job at Lean Technologies, we will need to collect, use and share Personal Data about you with different members of our team during the application process. This may mean transferring your data to members of the team in one of our office locations worldwide outside of the country you are in. Please refer to our Privacy Notice on our website for more information about how we may use and store your Personal Data

About the job Lean Technologies is a fast-growing fintech company building the financial data infrastructure for the MENA region. Operating in a highly regulated, security-sensitive environment, we serve mission-critical financial services that demand robust SLAs, strict security controls, and highly scalable systems. As an Internal Auditor you're responsible for independently assessing the adequacy and effectiveness of Lean's governance, risk management, and internal control frameworks across all group entities. The role executes the annual audit plan, evaluates compliance with applicable regulatory frameworks (including CBUAE, SAMA, ADGM FSRA, and VARA where relevant), and provides assurance to management and the Board/Audit Committee on the organization's control environment. The Moment: Lean has tripled in size over the past twelve months and is entering its next stage of growth. What began as the region’s pioneering Open Finance platform is evolving into a multi-product financial infrastructure company powering payments, data, and lending across MENA. We are expanding into new markets, launching new products, and operating at increasing scale and complexity. Lean has processed billions in transactions and serves more than 350 financial institutions and fintech clients, including Tabby, Careem, and DAMAC. and are backed by investors including General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital, and Bain Capital Ventures. This role is critical to ensuring that Lean’s governance, risk management, and control environment scales securely, reliably, and efficiently with the business. What You’ll Do: Plan and execute risk-based internal audits across group entities, covering regulatory compliance, AML/CFT, technology and operations, governance, and financial controls. Develop and maintain the annual group audit plan and universe, ensuring appropriate coverage of high-risk areas across all licensed entities. Assess design and operating effectiveness of controls; identify control gaps, root causes, and process weaknesses. Draft clear, actionable audit findings and reports for management and relevant committees (GLRCC, Audit Committee). Track and follow up on remediation of audit findings and management action plans. Liaise with external auditors, regulators, and second-line functions (Compliance, Risk) to ensure coordinated assurance coverage and avoid duplication. Support internal audit outsourcing/co-sourcing arrangements where applicable, ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory restrictions on intra-group or outsourced audit work. Stay current on regulatory developments across CBUAE, SAMA, ADGM FSRA, and VARA frameworks affecting audit scope and methodology. Lead adhoc assessments as required by regulators and/or internal policies. Contribute and support investigations as needed. Maintain audit working papers and documentation to a standard suitable for regulatory inspection. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field. 4–7 years of internal audit experience, ideally within fintech, payments, or financial services. Professional certification (CIA, CISA, ACCA, or equivalent) preferred. Experience auditing across multiple regulatory jurisdictions (GCC experience strongly preferred). Familiarity with Open Finance, Open Banking, Retail Payment Systems regulation, AML/CFT requirements, and virtual asset regulatory frameworks is a plus. Skills & Competencies: Strong analytical and risk assessment skills. Excellent written communication for audit reporting to senior stakeholders and committees. Ability to work independently across multiple entities and manage competing priorities. Sound understanding of internal control frameworks and audit methodologies. High degree of professional skepticism, integrity, and discretion. NB. While we think the above experience could be important, we’re keen to hear from people that believe they have valuable experience to bring to the role. If you identify with the team and mission, but not all of our requirements, then please still apply!! Why Join us? We’re building the financial infrastructure for MENA. Not as a slogan, as a fact. Since 2019, we’ve become the first regulated Open Banking and Open Finance company operating across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. We’ve processed billions of dollars. We connect millions of accounts. We enable companies like Binance, Careem, and Etisalat to build products that were previously impossible in this region. Our recent $67.5M Series B from General Catalyst and Sequoia isn’t just validation: it’s fuel. We’re expanding into new markets, launching new products, and setting the pace for what financial innovation looks like in MENA. We solve hard problems. We move fast. We hold ourselves to a high standard. And we’re looking for people who’ve done this before to help us do it right. If you’re motivated by building something that lasts, not just something that scales, Lean is where you need to be. Not only do we offer competitive salaries, private healthcare, and flexible office hours, but we also insist that every member of the team hold a meaningful equity stake in the business to ensure long-term alignment. We'd love you to join us for this journey! Lean is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. When applying for a job at Lean Technologies, we will need to collect, use and share Personal Data about you with different members of our team during the application process. This may mean transferring your data to members of the team in one of our office locations worldwide outside of the country you are in. Please refer to our Privacy Notice on our website for more information about how we may use and store your Personal Data

About the job Lean Technologies is a fast-growing fintech company building the financial data infrastructure for the MENA region. Operating in a highly regulated, security-sensitive environment, we serve mission-critical financial services that demand robust SLAs, strict security controls, and highly scalable systems. As a Staff DevOps & Site Reliability Engineer , you will operate at the intersection of DevOps, platform engineering, and SRE, owning the architecture, reliability strategy, and scalability of our infrastructure across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. This is a high-impact role where you will define how infrastructure is built, operated, and scaled across the company not just implement it. The Moment: Lean has tripled in size over the past twelve months and weʼre on track to triple again next year. What started as the regionʼs pioneering Open Finance platform is evolving into a multi-product infrastructure company powering payments, data, and lending across MENA. We are expanding into new markets, launching new products, and operating at increasing scale and complexity. Weʼve processed billions of dollars in transactions, serve 350+ clients (including Tabby, Tasʼheel, and Hungerstation), and are backed by General Catalyst, Sequoia, and Shorooq. This role is critical in ensuring our infrastructure can scale securely, reliably, and efficiently to support that growth. What You’ll Do: Define and own the infrastructure architecture strategy across hybrid cloud (GCP, OCI, on-prem) Design and evolve Kubernetes platforms for multi-region scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency Establish and drive Infrastructure as Code and GitOps standards across all environments Build and scale observability systems (metrics, logging, tracing) to support proactive reliability Lead efforts to meet and exceed SLA, SLO, and error budget targets Own and improve incident management processes, including postmortems and systemic fixes Drive automation strategy across provisioning, scaling, patching, and operations Champion security, compliance, and reliability best practices (SOC 2, ISO 27001, CIS benchmarks) Partner with engineering teams to improve developer experience and platform usability Mentor engineers and act as a technical leader across DevOps and infrastructure domains Must-Have Technical Skills 8+ years of experience in DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineering Strong experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale Deep expertise in: Linux systems and internals Networking (TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, routing, firewalls) Kubernetes (design, operations, and troubleshooting) Terraform (or equivalent IaC tools) Strong programming/scripting skills (Python, Go, or similar) Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments (GCP, OCI preferred) Additional Technical Experience CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD) Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) Observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry) Datastores: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis Security and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, CIS) Performance optimization in distributed systems Desired Qualifications Experience in fintech or highly regulated environments Strong understanding of multi-region and high-availability architectures Exposure to edge/network platforms (e.g., Cloudflare) Experience with service mesh (Istio, Linkerd) Strong documentation and runbook culture Passion for building resilient, scalable infrastructure platforms NB. While we think the above experience could be important, we’re keen to hear from people that believe they have valuable experience to bring to the role. If you identify with the team and mission, but not all of our requirements, then please still apply!! Why Join us? We’re building the financial infrastructure for MENA. Not as a slogan, as a fact. Since 2019, we’ve become the first regulated Open Banking and Open Finance company operating across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. We’ve processed billions of dollars. We connect millions of accounts. We enable companies like Binance, Careem, and Etisalat to build products that were previously impossible in this region. Our recent $67.5M Series B from General Catalyst and Sequoia isn’t just validation: it’s fuel. We’re expanding into new markets, launching new products, and setting the pace for what financial innovation looks like in MENA. We solve hard problems. We move fast. We hold ourselves to a high standard. And we’re looking for people who’ve done this before to help us do it right. If you’re motivated by building something that lasts, not just something that scales, Lean is where you need to be. Not only do we offer competitive salaries, private healthcare, and flexible office hours, but we also insist that every member of the team hold a meaningful equity stake in the business to ensure long-term alignment. We'd love you to join us for this journey! Lean is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. When applying for a job at Lean Technologies, we will need to collect, use and share Personal Data about you with different members of our team during the application process. This may mean transferring your data to members of the team in one of our office locations worldwide outside of the country you are in. Please refer to our Privacy Notice on our website for more information about how we may use and store your Personal Data

About the role Lean is hiring a ‘Senior Compliance Manager’ to own and lead the compliance function for Lean Technologies KSA (Lean KSA), a SAMA-licensed Major Payment Institution. You will ensure adherence to the regulatory framework of SAMA (Saudi Central Bank), act as the primary interface with regulators, and embed compliance into how the business ships products. You will hold SAMA’s approved Compliance Officer position and the AML / Financial Crime Officer (MLRO) position for Lean KSA. You will lead the compliance workstreams for Lean’s pending payment services and payment initiation licence applications. This role is perfect for someone who is a seasoned compliance professional with a passion for fintech, eager to play a key role at the heart of one of Saudi’s fastest-growing fintechs. This role reports directly to the Board of Directors of Lean KSA and to the Board’s ‘Governance, Legal, Risk and Compliance Committee’ (GLRCC), with day-to-day reporting to the Group Chief Legal, Risk and Compliance Officer and administrative reporting to the CEO. You will present the quarterly Compliance and Financial Crime report to the GLRCC and the Board and have direct, unrestricted access to both. The KSA Compliance Officer reports to this role. About Lean Lean is the leading financial infrastructure provider in the Middle East. We power some of the region’s largest companies with APIs that enable payments, account verification, financial data access, and other critical financial infrastructure. What started as the region’s pioneering Open Banking platform and quickly became the de facto leader in account aggregation and payment initiation in the region is now becoming something bigger: a multi-product infrastructure company powering payments, data, and lending across MENA. We’ve processed billions of dollars in transactions. We’re trusted by 350+ clients - from Tabby and Tas’heel to Hungerstation - and backed by General Catalyst, Sequoia, and Shorooq. Our $67.5M Series B was just the beginning. We’re expanding into new markets, opening offices, acquiring businesses, and building capabilities that didn’t exist here before. Responsibilities Develop and implement comprehensive compliance policies and procedures aligned to the Law of Payments and Payment Services and its Implementing Regulations, SAMA’s Open Banking Framework and Counter-Fraud Framework, the Financial Consumer Protection Principles and other applicable KSA regulation, and own the KSA policy set through its annual GLRCC review and approval cycle. Monitor and assess regulatory change across SAMA, SDAIA (data protection), and other relevant authorities, and translate it into clear, actionable guidance for the business. Own the KSA Compliance Annual Plan and the compliance risk assessment, and report progress against them quarterly to the GLRCC and the Board. Lead SAMA supervisory visits and inspections, and compliance audits (external, internal and outsourced), ensuring clear communication, a documented evidence trail and resolution of findings and of commitments made to SAMA. Establish and run a risk-based Compliance Monitoring Program (CMP) and periodic testing programme across all KSA operations. Act as SAMA-approved Compliance Officer and AML / Financial Crime Officer (Money Laundering Reporting Officer): oversee the AML/CFT program, including customer due diligence, sanctions and PEP screening, transaction monitoring and STR decisioning, and report suspicious activity to the Saudi Arabia Financial Intelligence Unit (SAFIU), in line with the Anti-Money Laundering Law, its implementing regulations, and SAMA rules. Own compliance with SAMA’s Counter-Fraud Framework: the quarterly compliance status report to SAMA’s Anti-Fraud Supervision team, the remediation plan, fraud detection, investigation and reporting controls, anti-fraud tooling, and chairing the Counter-Fraud Governance Committee. Own SAMA’s approved-persons process for the company: Fit and Proper submissions, non-objection requests and withdrawals for board members, committee members and senior positions, and the register of SAMA notifications and no-objections. Support the Data Protection Officer (Legal) on data protection and privacy compliance under the Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) and SDAIA requirements, owning the compliance interface where SAMA obligations touch personal data and working with the cyber team on emerging risks. Provide expert advice to departments across the business on compliance matters, including regulatory review of new products, use cases and client segments before launch. Maintain a deep understanding of the KSA regulatory landscape and brief senior management to inform strategic decisions. Manage relationships with SAMA and relevant industry bodies, and stay ahead of upcoming mandates. Lead licence applications, additions of services and SAMA no-objection requests, including the regulatory business plan and pre-commencement conditions for new payment services, and maintain the regulatory correspondence log. Deliver accurate, timely reporting to regulators and senior management on compliance activity: SAMA’s monthly Open Banking reports, quarterly Counter-Fraud Framework returns, SAFIU filings, material-incident notifications within SAMA’s one-hour requirement, and the quarterly Compliance and Financial Crime report to the GLRCC and the Board. Own the Consumer Protection and Complaint Handling framework, including the complaints channel, handling timelines and SAMA complaints reporting. Oversee the compliance aspects of outsourcing and third-party arrangements, including Fourth Party onboarding and ongoing oversight under the Open Banking Framework, and SAMA outsourcing notifications and no-objections. Deliver the compliance and financial crime training programme for staff and the Board, including the Board Annual Training Plan. Manage and develop the KSA Compliance Officer, and build the team as the licence scope expands. What we’re looking for 6+ years of compliance experience in financial services, including direct experience inside a SAMA-regulated entity. In-depth knowledge of KSA financial services regulation applicable to fintechs and payment / open banking providers, specifically the Law of Payments and Payment Services and its Implementing Regulations, SAMA rules, the KSA Open Banking Framework, SAMA’s Counter-Fraud Framework and Financial Consumer Protection Principles, AML/CFT law, and PDPL. Demonstrated track record building and running compliance programs and policies from the ground up. Direct experience managing SAMA inspections and audits, and liaising with regulators. Meets SAMA’s Fit and Proper requirements. Appointment is conditional on SAMA’s written non-objection. A current or prior SAMA non-objection for either position is a strong advantage. Relevant compliance certification (for example CAMS) or an equivalent AML / financial crime qualification. Experience preparing licence applications or regulatory business plans, and working with counter-fraud frameworks and anti-fraud tooling, is highly desirable. Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to interpret complex regulations and turn them into workable controls. Clear written and verbal communication in Arabic and English. Ability to work independently and run multiple concurrent regulatory workstreams under commercial pressure. Saudi national (required for AML/CFT function holders under SAMA rules). NB. While we think the above experience could be important, we’re keen to hear from people that believe they have valuable experience to bring to the role. If you identify with the team and mission, but not all of our requirements, then please still apply!! Why Join us? We’re building the financial infrastructure for MENA. Not as a slogan, as a fact. Since 2019, we’ve become the first regulated Open Banking and Open Finance company operating across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. We’ve processed billions of dollars. We connect millions of accounts. We enable companies like Binance, Careem, and Etisalat to build products that were previously impossible in this region. Our recent $67.5M Series B from General Catalyst and Sequoia isn’t just validation: it’s fuel. We’re expanding into new markets, launching new products, and setting the pace for what financial innovation looks like in MENA. We solve hard problems. We move fast. We hold ourselves to a high standard. And we’re looking for people who’ve done this before to help us do it right. If you’re motivated by building something that lasts, not just something that scales, Lean is where you need to be. Not only do we offer competitive salaries, private healthcare, and flexible office hours, but we also insist that every member of the team hold a meaningful equity stake in the business to ensure long-term alignment. We'd love you to join us for this journey! Lean is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. When applying for a job at Lean Technologies, we will need to collect, use and share Personal Data about you with different members of our team during the application process. This may mean transferring your data to members of the team in one of our office locations worldwide outside of the country you are in. Please refer to our Privacy Notice on our website for more information about how we may use and store your Personal Data