Lead/Senior Software Engineer - Node.js + React (WhatsApp Bot Project)

We’re looking for an experienced engineer to help build a greenfield WhatsApp conversational bot embedded into our money remittance platform. This role is focused on backend and frontend development with Node.js and React, integrating the bot into a regulated, real-money transaction environment.

• 🧠 Want to work at the intersection of AI, human behavior, and software? Here, prompt engineering is not an afterthought — it’s the heart of the product. You’ll design prompts and flows that keep the conversation useful, natural, and on track, even when users try to take it sideways.

• 💬 Interested in designing how humans talk to machines? You’ll be crafting natural language UX: guiding users who don’t know the “script” through complex financial flows while keeping the interaction friendly, efficient, and complaint.

• 🔧 Like building rock-solid backend systems? From integrating with the WhatsApp Cloud API to payment processing systems, you’ll engineer services that connect AI conversations to real-world transactions.

• Develop and maintain backend services in Node.js/NestJS for integrations with WhatsApp Cloud API, payment platforms, and internal systems.
• Build frontend components and tools in React / TypeScript to support the conversational experience.
• Implement secure, compliant flows for financial transactions and personal data handling.
• Contribute to the system architecture and help scale from prototype to production.
• Deploy and operate services in Docker/AWS using CDK and modern DevOps practices.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, and AI engineers to ensure smooth UX across integrations.

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong backend skills with Node.js / NestJS.
• Proficiency in React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience integrating with complex third-party APIs (payments, messaging, etc.).
• Familiarity with cloud and containerization (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes).English proficiency (B2 or higher).

• Experience with Meta’s WhatsApp Business Platform or other messaging APIs (Telegram, Viber, etc.).
• Background in financial or payment-processing systems.
• Knowledge of scalable and highly available architectures.
• Hands-on AWS experience.

• Remote work opportunity!
• B2B Employment ($, gross).
• Really good hardware.
• An exciting and challenging job with talented people around.
• Great learning and growth opportunities.
• Compensation for professional training, seminars, and conferences.
• First-class English lessons.

A few words about us:

IDT Corporation is a global communications company founded in 1990 and headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. We are industry leaders in prepaid communication and payment services and one of the largest international voice carriers.

We are listed on the NYSE, employ over 1800 people across 20 countries, and have over $1.5 billion in revenues.