Overview

Enakl is a mobility‑focused startup headquartered in Casablanca, transforming everyday travel in emerging metropolitan areas through intelligent collective transport solutions. The company operates in a fast‑moving tech ecosystem, delivering services to thousands of users daily.

Role Summary

As a Senior Backend Engineer – SaaS Platform, you will spearhead the backend architecture during a pivotal shift to a multi‑tenant SaaS model. Your responsibilities center on ownership, refactoring, and mitigating systemic risk in production, rather than feature delivery. You will collaborate closely with the CTO and a lean senior engineering team to design and implement robust tenant isolation strategies, strengthen access control mechanisms, and optimize PostgreSQL performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of tenant isolation and isolation strategies for a multi‑tenant SaaS environment.
• Strengthen and refine ACLs, RBAC, and ABAC policies to ensure secure access control across all tenants.
• Perform large‑scale refactorings of existing codebases, focusing on ownership and reducing systemic risk.
• Optimize PostgreSQL performance, including query tuning, indexing, and monitoring.
• Improve observability by enhancing logging, metrics, and alerting for backend services.
• Mentor junior and peer engineers, fostering a culture of code quality and reliability.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to align backend architecture with business goals.

Required Qualifications

• Proficiency in Node.js, TypeScript, and NestJS.
• Strong SQL skills with deep experience in PostgreSQL.
• Experience designing and scaling multi‑tenant systems with tenant isolation and robust access control.
• Expertise in refactoring legacy codebases and reducing systemic risk.
• Solid background in unit and integration testing, with a focus on reliability.
• Knowledge of SaaS platform architecture, ACL, RBAC, and ABAC concepts.
• Ability to tune database performance and optimize queries.
• Experience with event‑driven architectures and background job processing.
• Familiarity with AWS infrastructure and deployment practices.

Benefits

• Competitive monthly salary ranging from 22,000 to 26,000 MAD.
• Fully remote work model with support for flexible schedules.
• Opportunity to work with a lean, senior engineering team and influence core backend systems.
• Career growth within a fast‑growing startup focused on mobility technology.
• Access to thousands of daily users and a vibrant product ecosystem.

Recruitment Process

1. Screening Call with CTO (20‑30 minutes).
2. Take‑Home Technical Challenge (4‑6 hours).
3. Technical Interview (~1 hour).
4. Founder Interview – On‑Site in Casablanca.

Company Culture

Enakl values inclusion, sustainability, and innovation in mobility. The team is international, with members in Casablanca, Paris, Dakar, and Tunis, united by a shared mission to make transportation safer, more accessible, and sustainable through cutting‑edge technology.