Backend Engineer - GenAI & Cloud-Native Banking

Deeplight; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Health insurance

Professional development

Job summary

DeepLight AI is a specialist AI and data consultancy focused on delivering AI-powered enterprise solutions for banking. The Backend Engineer will design and deploy scalable applications, integrating GenAI and cloud-native architectures to enhance core banking processes and digital journeys.

You will collaborate with data scientists, UI/UX teams, and IT stakeholders to translate complex data needs into secure, scalable systems while maintaining high-quality, compliant delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline.
• 5+ years in professional software development and building scalable web apps with cloud-native AI.
• Proven experience integrating AI models within enterprise platforms, preferably in banking.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy full-stack AI-powered web applications using microservices and RESTful APIs.
• Implement GenAI engineering principles, including RAG and agentic workflows for enterprise platforms.
• Create modular architectures, document standards, and reusable templates for AI projects.
• Design robust data pipelines, preprocessing workflows, and governance for large datasets.
• Manage Docker containers and CI/CD pipelines for secure, scalable deployments.
• Collaborate with business units, UI/UX, Data Scientists, and AI Engineers to align builds with business goals.
• Adhere to organizational policies and standards to ensure high-quality delivery.

Skills

GenAI engineering

LLM integration

Backend frameworks

Frontend frameworks

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS)

Serverless deployments

RESTful APIs

CI/CD automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering

Tools

Docker

Azure OpenAI

Azure Functions/AWS Lambda

S3/Blobs storage

React/Angular/Vue.js

Job description

DeepLight AI is a specialist AI and data consultancy focused on delivering AI-powered enterprise solutions for banking. The Backend Engineer will design and deploy scalable applications, integrating GenAI and cloud-native architectures to enhance core banking processes and digital journeys.

You will collaborate with data scientists, UI/UX teams, and IT stakeholders to translate complex data needs into secure, scalable systems while maintaining high-quality, compliant delivery.