Backend Engineer – Scalable Microservices & AI APIs

Core42; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 223,000 - 357,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary package based on skills and exp

Yearly performance bonus

Esaad & Fazaa discounts

Premium family insurance

Learning & Development access

Job summary

Core42 is seeking an innovative Backend Engineer to build and optimize advanced software applications, APIs, and services. You’ll contribute to architecture discussions, design scalable solutions, and ensure high performance through robust code and testing in a modern cloud environment.

You will work on backend systems across microservices, data handling, and integration, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, scalable digital infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in Java Spring Boot and microservices development.
• Experience with message queues such as AMQ, RabbitMQ or Kafka.
• Proven experience in developing RESTful APIs.
• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases; Elasticsearch familiarity preferred.
• Multithreading and concurrency programming exposure.
• Familiarity with Maven, UNIX/Linux and shell scripting.
• Proficient use of Git.

Responsibilities

• Create and communicate multiple design views to balance stakeholder concerns.
• Model or simulate software behaviour for approval and construction.
• Design, code, verify, test, document, and refactor complex programs and integration services.
• Define scoping and prioritisation for small changes and assist with complex initiatives.
• Follow standards and elicit/document detailed requirements.
• Contribute to selecting software development approaches (predictive or adaptive).
• Design test cases and scripts mapped to criteria and report outcomes.
• Develop knowledge of database and data warehouse concepts and architecture.
• Develop optimal solutions to enhance user experience, speed, scalability and feasibility.
• Participate in architecture discussions to understand complete product architecture.
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use.

Skills

Java Spring Boot

Microservices

Message queues

RESTful APIs

SQL/NoSQL databases

Multithreading

Unix/Linux Shell scripting

Git

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Activiti/Flowable/Camunda

Job description

Core42 is seeking an innovative Backend Engineer to build and optimize advanced software applications, APIs, and services. You’ll contribute to architecture discussions, design scalable solutions, and ensure high performance through robust code and testing in a modern cloud environment.

You will work on backend systems across microservices, data handling, and integration, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, scalable digital infrastructure.