API Developer

Dreamcast Interactive; Dubai; On-site; AED 89,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Dreamcast Interactive, a Dubai-headquartered studio, seeks an API Developer for a 12-month contract, on-site in Dubai. You will own endpoints from design to production, including code, tests, docs and monitoring, collaborating with frontend and product teams. Strong REST API background and 2–3 years in backend development are required.

English communication essential. You will work with Node.js, Java Spring Boot, Python or .NET, and backend databases.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years in API or backend development.
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs and web services.
• Experience with one or more of Node.js, Java Spring Boot, Python or .NET.
• JSON and XML; API testing and documentation tools such as Postman or Swagger.
• Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL or MongoDB.
• OAuth, JWT and API security practices.
• Git and everyday version-control habits.
• Good analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Clear communication and teamwork in English.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Integrate third-party APIs and external systems.
• Work with frontend developers and stakeholders to turn requirements into endpoints.
• Write clean, scalable code following team standards.
• Troubleshoot API performance and integration issues.
• Build security, authentication and data-protection standards into code.
• Create and maintain API documentation and integrations.
• Participate in code reviews and system improvements.
• Monitor performance and optimise APIs for speed and scale.

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

Node.js

Java Spring Boot

Python

.NET

Job description

One Dubai-based, on-site contract seat with our external partner: a Dubai IT services company whose work is APIs and integration. You will build and maintain the REST APIs and backend services behind its integrations: third-party systems in, clean documented endpoints out, secured, monitored and fast.

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Our partner is a Dubai-based IT services and integration company. Its engineers design, build and integrate backend services for enterprise clients in the UAE: connecting third-party platforms and external systems, exposing services to web and mobile front ends, and working on enterprise integrations and mapping and location-based APIs. This seat is a backend developer inside that team, working alongside its frontend developers, product people and client stakeholders. We share the client's name with shortlisted candidates.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Dreamcast Interactive is a Dubai-headquartered studio building AI systems, web and mobile products, immersive AR/VR and full-cycle games for clients across the US, UK and GCC. We are placing an API Developer with the client above on a [12-month] full-time contract, engaged through Dreamcast and based on-site in Dubai. This is client work, not an internal role.

You own your endpoints from design to production: the contract, the code, the tests, the documentation and the monitoring. You will be asked to explain your design choices to people who are not backend developers, and to fix things in production when they break.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Design, develop, test and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services
• Integrate third-party APIs and external systems
• Work with frontend developers, product teams and stakeholders to turn business requirements into endpoints and data flows
• Write clean, scalable, efficient code that follows the team's standards
• Troubleshoot and resolve API performance and integration issues
• Build security, authentication and data-protection standards into everything you ship
• Create and maintain technical documentation for APIs and integrations
• Take part in code reviews and contribute to system improvements
• Monitor application performance and optimise APIs for speed and scale

WHAT YOU BRING

• 2 to 3 years in API or backend development
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs and web services
• Hands-on experience with one or more of Node.js, Java with Spring Boot, Python or .NET
• JSON and XML, and API testing and documentation tools such as Postman or Swagger
• MySQL, PostgreSQL or MongoDB
• OAuth, JWT and API security practices, understood and applied in real code
• Git and everyday version-control habits
• Good analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Clear communication and teamwork, in English
• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field

NICE TO HAVE

• Google Cloud Platform, AWS or Microsoft Azure
• Microservices and Docker
• Enterprise integrations, or mapping and location-based APIs
• Agile or Scrum basics

CONTRACT

• 5 month full‑time contract through Dreamcast Interactive, starting as soon as possible, with extension based on performance and requirement
• On‑site in Dubai
• Open only to candidates already based in the UAE who do not need visa sponsorship
• Competitive monthly rate, benchmarked to the profile