Backend Engineer - Statements System

Caliberly; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company in Dubai is seeking a Backend Engineer to maintain and modernize their financial reporting application. The role involves migrating databases from SQLite to PostgreSQL, building and exposing REST APIs, and collaborating with the DevOps team for cloud transition to AWS. The ideal candidate has strong PHP skills and enjoys backend logic and data handling.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with PHP and backend development.
• Skilled in database migrations, especially SQLite to PostgreSQL.
• Familiar with building REST APIs for external integrations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and extend the PHP backend of the Statements System.
• Lead the migration from SQLite to PostgreSQL.
• Build and expose REST APIs to external services.

Skills

PHP

Database migration

REST APIs

AWS

Data consistency

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Backend Engineerto join a small, focused team modernizing and maintaining our Statements System, a financial reporting application written in PHP. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with backend logic, handling data migrations, building APIs, and deploying systems to the cloud. Youll play a critical part in migrating our database from SQLite to PostgreSQL, integrating with a payments gateway, and helping transition the system to AWS.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and extend the PHP backend of the Statements System.
• Lead the migration from SQLite to PostgreSQL.
• Build and expose REST APIsto external services (e.g., payments gateway).
• Refactor legacy code to modern, testable structure.
• Collaborate with DevOps to migrate infrastructure to AWS.
• Ensure data consistency, system stability, and performance.