Lead or Senior Backend Engineer roles in fintech and payments: building secure, PCI DSS-compliant platforms, payment-processor integrations, and large-scale distributed systems on AWS. Also open to Solutions Architect, Cloud Architect, and Principal Engineer roles.
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Mohd Belal
@mohdbelal
Lead Software Engineer building PCI DSS-compliant payment platforms on AWS for banking & utilities. Node.js, Angular, microservices.
United Arab EmiratesWhat I'm looking for
Lead Software Engineer with 10+ years building backend and full-stack systems, specializing in payment platforms, cloud architecture, and PCI DSS compliance.
Emirates NBD (via Virtusa) — I lead development on card-payment applications: integrating with J.P. Morgan Chase payment services, taking a merchant integration through Chase certification for Level 2/3 card data, implementing AWS Cognito social sign-in, and building a PCI DSS-aligned CI/CD security pipeline with Snyk, CodeQL, and OWASP tooling. I also run security code reviews against PCI DSS v4.0 requirements.
Origin (contract) — I built a middleware layer connecting C2M and Origin applications and own end-to-end credit/debit card and e-check payments. I recently led technical planning for a payment-gateway migration covering merchant lifecycle APIs, tokenization, split funding, and webhook-driven reconciliation.
Earlier — At CareerBuilder I grew from Software Engineer to Software Engineer III. At Appy Pie I built backend APIs and an analytics/finance CRM for taxi apps on AWS, with PubNub for real-time notifications and MongoDB. At 247around and Singsys I built CRM and web products as the businesses scaled.
Core stack: Node.js, NestJS, TypeScript, Angular, MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS (Lambda, EC2, Cognito), Oracle Cloud.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate. Currently expanding into LLM/GenAI engineering — RAG, agents, and MCP integrations.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Current
Lead Software Engineer
Emirates NBD
Jun 2024 - Present (2 years 4 months)
Via Virtusa. Lead engineer on card-payment applications: J.P. Morgan Chase integrations and certification for Level 2/3 card data, AWS Cognito social sign-in, and a PCI DSS-aligned CI/CD security pipeline (Snyk, CodeQL, OWASP). Security code reviews against PCI DSS v4.0. Stack: Node.js, Angular, MongoDB, AWS.
Current
Contract engineer on utility payment platforms. Built a middleware layer connecting C2M and Origin applications and own end-to-end credit/debit card and e-check payments (PCI compliant). Led technical planning for a payment-gateway migration: merchant lifecycle APIs, tokenization, split funding, and webhook-driven reconciliation. Full-stack delivery, DevOps, Agile.
Software Design PatternsJWTAWS LambdaDebuggingMongoDBcross browser compatibilityEvent Driven ArchitectureAngularProblem SolvingDevOpsWeb3.jsGoUnit TestingTypeScriptAngularJSElasticsearchVisual StudioSoft SkillsReactScrumServer SideAWSMySQLNodeJSJavaScriptKafkaMEAN stackFigmaPipelinesMicroservicesDocker ProductsTeam Management
Promoted to the position of Software Engineer III.
Promoted to the position of Software Engineer II.
CareerBuilder is a global, end-to-end human capital solutions company focused on helping employers find, hire and manage great talent. Combining advertising, software and services, CareerBuilder leads the industry in recruiting solutions, employment screening and human capital management. CareerBuilder is majority-owned by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC and operates i
Mohammad Belal have successfully completed the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam and is now AWS Certified CSAA.
Full MEAN Stack Developer along with Client Handling and Communication.
Excel in making Provider Seeker Applications like Uber, Ola.
Main Lead Backend Developer for the taxi apps, working in multiple cities and countries. Developing API (REST/SOAP) for the frontend Andro
Full Stack Developer responsible for building the Customer Relationship Management Software for the organisation.
Updating the current code set of the application according to the usage and requirement.
Developing new Modules for the application as and when business grows and scales.
Maintaining the possible use cases for the modules and testing the same in Production mode.
Use of following tools
Full Stack Web Development using Open Source Technologies - PHP, NodeJs, Javascript, Mysql, MongoDb
B.Tech Computer Science Department
Training of MATLAB and Project Development.
Android Application Development.
System Administration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
RHCE Training
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
FR
freeCodeCamp
Legacy JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures
Issued Mar 2024
GL
Great Learning
GO Programming Language
Issued Apr 2024
CC
Criteria Corp
Workplace Insights
Issued Apr 2024
UD
Udemy
Ionic - Build iOS, Android & Web Apps with Ionic & Angular
Issued Jun 2022
AA
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Issued Jun 2018 · Expired Jun 2020
DU
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science
2010 - 2015
RH
Red Hat
RED HAT Certificate of Participation
Issued Mar 2012 · Expired Apr 2012
KD
Kalka Public School Alaknanda New Delhi
12, Science Stream
2008 - 2009
Senior High School
Availability
Looking for a job
Location
United Arab EmiratesAuthorized to work in
Salary expectations
70k+ USD
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