Lead/Snr 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.

Position Opportunity:

• 🧠 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.

What You’Ll Do:

• 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.

We Expect You To Have:

• 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).

It Would Be A Plus To Have:

• 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.

We Are Pleased To Offer You:

• Opportunity to be part of the first IDT engineering team in Moldova
• Hybrid work opportunity & flexible working hours
• Stable job with long-term growth perspective
• Competitive salary with annual performance review
• Really good hardware
• Compensation for professional training, seminars, and conferences (Moldova DevCon)
• An exciting and challenging job with talented people around
• Referral program – get rewarded for helping us grow the team with talented people
• Company-supported English classes to enhance your professional growth
• Modern office with free parking provided by our partner FusionWorks
• More perks for the Chisinau office full-time employees

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.