Backend Engineer (Python / FastAPI)

Orevida; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

ORE allocation

Full Orevida membership

Annual team retreats

Job summary

Orevida in Dubai is seeking a Backend Engineer to design and maintain systems that support various ventures across sectors. You will work with Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and event-driven architectures to create robust infrastructure.

Your role involves building APIs, optimizing database schemas, and ensuring system reliability. The position offers competitive salary, profit-sharing opportunities, and full membership benefits.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of backend engineering experience in Python.
• Strong experience with FastAPI or equivalent async Python frameworks.
• Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL, including performance tuning and migrations.
• Experience with Redis, Celery, or equivalent task queue and caching systems.
• Understanding of microservices architecture and API design patterns.
• Experience with Docker and containerized deployments.
• Strong testing discipline: unit, integration, and end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain RESTful and WebSocket APIs using Python and FastAPI.
• Architect database schemas and optimize query performance across PostgreSQL.
• Build event-driven systems using message queues for cross-service communication.
• Implement authentication, authorization, and security best practices.
• Create data pipelines that aggregate information across portfolio companies.
• Write comprehensive tests and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with frontend and mobile engineers on API contracts.
• Document APIs and internal systems for team knowledge sharing.

Skills

Backend engineering experience in Python

FastAPI or equivalent async frameworks

PostgreSQL performance tuning

Redis or equivalent systems

Microservices architecture

Docker and containerized deployments

Testing discipline: unit, integration, end-to-end

Comfortable in async-first environments

Tools

Docker

PostgreSQL

Job description

About This Role

Build the backend systems that power the Orevida ecosystem. From API services and data pipelines to real-time event processing and cross-company integrations, you will design and maintain the server-side infrastructure that every product and portfolio company depends on.

Our backend stack centers on Python with FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, and event-driven architectures. You will work on systems that handle membership management, the ORE/VIDA token ledger, marketplace transactions, portfolio analytics, and the internal tooling that keeps a 12-sector conglomerate running.

Reliability and speed both matter here. You will build systems that are robust enough to handle financial transactions and fast enough to ship new features weekly.

Compensation

Competitive salary + ORE allocation (profit participation) + Full Orevida membership + Annual team retreats

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain RESTful and WebSocket APIs using Python and FastAPI.
• Architect database schemas and optimize query performance across PostgreSQL.
• Build event-driven systems using message queues for cross-service communication.
• Implement authentication, authorization, and security best practices.
• Create data pipelines that aggregate information across portfolio companies.
• Write comprehensive tests and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with frontend and mobile engineers on API contracts.
• Document APIs and internal systems for team knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• 4+ years of backend engineering experience in Python.
• Strong experience with FastAPI or equivalent async Python frameworks.
• Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL, including performance tuning and migrations.
• Experience with Redis, Celery, or equivalent task queue and caching systems.
• Understanding of microservices architecture and API design patterns.
• Experience with Docker and containerized deployments.
• Strong testing discipline: unit, integration, and end-to-end.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, async-first environment.

Nice to Have

• Experience with financial systems, ledgers, or payment processing.
• Familiarity with event sourcing or CQRS patterns.
• Knowledge of GraphQL alongside REST.
• Experience with Kubernetes or cloud-native infrastructure (AWS, GCP).

Cross-Sector Impact

You will not just work on one product. At Orevida, your work impacts ventures across every sector simultaneously. Every system you build, every process you improve, every creative you produce compounds across the entire ecosystem.

ORE Compensation

Performance bonuses in ORE profit-participation units tied to ecosystem growth.

Full Membership

Complete access to the Orevida members platform, network, and events.

Move between sectors as you grow. Your career has no ceiling. It has an ecosystem.