Senior Backend Engineer - Dubai

SENIOR BACKEND ENGINEER (GOLANG)

Role Overview

The Senior Backend Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance backend services for a multi-country regulated platform. This role operates within a high-transaction, event-driven architecture supporting wallet, ledger, and core platform services.

Core Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable Golang services.
• Build and maintain distributed systems within an event-driven architecture.
• Develop RESTful and internal APIs with production-grade performance and reliability.
• Contribute to wallet, ledger, payment, compliance, and core service domains.
• Participate in code reviews and maintain high engineering quality standards.
• Support production systems and participate in incident resolution where required.
• Collaborate with product, compliance, and DevOps teams to ensure regulatory alignment.

Required Experience

• Strong production experience with Golang.
• Deep understanding of concurrency, memory management, and performance optimization.
• Experience with microservices and distributed system design.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud-native environments.
• Experience in regulated, fintech, or high-scale transactional systems preferred.

Location: Dubai, UAE