Backend Engineer - TypeScript for AI Platform

Dizzaract; United Arab Emirates; Remote; AED 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ownership of meaningful backend tasks

Direct voice in technical decisions

Office at Yas Creative Hub for UAE‑bas

Medical insurance

24 paid vacation days

Job summary

Dizzaract, UAE-based, builds AI, gaming and digital platforms. We work in small teams, collaborate directly, and focus on building products people use.

We’re hiring a Backend Engineer to build the APIs and services behind our AI platform, primarily with TypeScript and Node.js, covering accounts, organizations, access management, API keys, usage and billing. Experience with Go is strongly encouraged; AI/LLM experience welcome but not required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional backend development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript and Node.js.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining REST APIs.
• Good working knowledge of PostgreSQL, including schema design, indexes, and transactions.
• Understanding of asynchronous programming, error handling, and external API integrations.
• Experience implementing authentication, authorization, and secure handling of user data and credentials.
• Ability to write useful automated tests and troubleshoot production issues.
• Clear communication and the ability to turn product requirements into working backend features.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services and REST APIs using TypeScript and Node.js.
• Implement product features, including authentication, permissions, organizations, projects, and API key management.
• Work with frontend engineers to define clear API contracts and handle loading, errors, and edge cases.
• Deliver features through implementation, testing, release, and follow-up improvements.
• Design PostgreSQL schemas, write migrations, and improve queries where needed.
• Integrate usage reporting, billing, and external services.
• Build background jobs and handle retries, duplicate events, and failed requests safely.
• Use caching and queues where they solve a concrete problem.
• Write automated tests for important workflows and failure cases.
• Diagnose issues using logs and metrics, and fix their underlying causes.
• Keep code readable, document key decisions, and contribute to code reviews.
• Work with infrastructure and inference engineers to connect product services with model-serving systems.

Skills

TypeScript & Node.js

REST API design

PostgreSQL proficiency

Testing & debugging

Authentication & security

Tools

Redis

Docker

CI/CD

Job description

Dizzaract, UAE-based, builds AI, gaming and digital platforms. We work in small teams, collaborate directly, and focus on building products people use.

We’re hiring a Backend Engineer to build the APIs and services behind our AI platform, primarily with TypeScript and Node.js, covering accounts, organizations, access management, API keys, usage and billing. Experience with Go is strongly encouraged; AI/LLM experience welcome but not required.