Backend Developer (Node.js)

Weybridge Ventures; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Weybridge Ventures in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a capable backend developer to build reliable APIs and scalable infrastructure across DriveLEAD and FitLEAD platforms.

You will design RESTful and GraphQL APIs, work with Node.js (NestJS/Express), PostgreSQL, Redis, and Docker, and collaborate with frontend, product, and QA to ship features while optimizing performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in backend development (Node.js preferred).
• Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, or similar data stores.
• Solid understanding of API security and authentication (JWT, OAuth).
• Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker).

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services using Node.js (NestJS, Express).
• Design and implement RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
• Collaborate with frontend, product, and QA to ship features.
• Optimize performance and scalability across services.
• Write clean, tested code and contribute to architecture decisions.

Skills

Node.js

API design

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

Team collaboration

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

Docker

JWT

OAuth 2.0

NestJS

Express.js

GraphQL

Job description

We’re looking for a backend developer to help build reliable APIs and scalable infrastructure across our DriveLEAD and FitLEAD platforms.

We're looking for a solid backend engineer to join our core team and help us build clean, reliable systems powering everything from onboarding flows to AI automation.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services using Node.js (NestJS, Express)
• Design and implement RESTful and GraphQL APIs
• Collaborate with frontend, product, and QA to ship features
• Optimize performance and scalability across services
• Write clean, tested code and contribute to architecture decisions

Requirements

• 2–4 years of experience in backend development (Node.js preferred)
• Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, or similar data stores
• Solid understanding of API security and authentication (JWT, OAuth)
• Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker)

Bonus:

• Experience with message queues (e.g. BullMQ, RabbitMQ)
• Experience integrating third-party APIs (Meta, Stripe, etc.)

About Us

We’re a product-first team working across several fast-moving startups under Weybridge Ventures. You’ll have strong technical ownership, real input into product direction, and a pragmatic engineering culture where reliability > complexity.