Backend Engineer - Dubai

Software Engineer (Backend), Dubai

Preferably from Top Tier 1 firms and early-stage startup or YC companies.

Salary: Competitive, based on years of experience

Benefits: ESOP/Stocks package, Visa, Medical Insurance, Return Flight to home country (Employee only)

Our client, who are a rapidly growing Investments startup based in Dubai, are seeking a talented Backend Software Engineer to join their product and engineering team. This role is ideal for someone passionate about building scalable, high-performance systems and contributing to the foundations of a modern financial platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver robust backend services and APIs that are designed for scalability and long-term maintainability.
• Collaborate with product teams to prototype new features and iterate quickly based on feedback.
• Design and implement efficient, low-latency, and highly available server-side applications.
• Build scalable data models and service architecture aligned with business needs.
• Continuously assess and integrate new libraries, frameworks, and technologies to enhance backend infrastructure.
• Contribute to planning, system design, and integration strategies.
• Evaluate application cost, performance, and security trade-offs.

Skills & Experience Required:

• 3+ years of proven backend software engineering experience, ideally within a Startup environment.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (or similar) from a top recognized institution.
• Strong understanding of computer science principles, including data structures, algorithms, and system design.
• Solid experience with Python for backend development.
• Proficiency in designing and optimizing SQL and NoSQL database architectures.
• Strong knowledge of backend frameworks and server-side technologies.
• Experience writing and maintaining automated unit and integration tests.
• Familiarity with modern cloud platforms (experience with Google Cloud Platform is a strong plus).
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of end-to-end project delivery.

Nice to have:

• Experience with container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes.
• Previous work on consumer-facing platforms.
• An understanding of financial services, investment platforms, or digital banking ecosystems.