Backend Software Engineer

Career Executive 赛睿人力资源; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Executive 赛睿人力资源 is seeking an experienced backend lead to own the design and maintenance of critical backend services and authorization systems in Dubai. You will drive performance improvements, uphold security principles, and mentor engineers across the team.

The role requires a strong track record in designing scalable systems, RESTful APIs, microservices, and a commitment to engineering excellence through testing and reviews. Dubai-based office-based, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience with 4+ years building, operating, and scaling production backend systems.
• Proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Go, Java, Python, C++ or similar.
• Proven experience writing automated tests, performing code reviews, and debugging complex production issues to ensure high code quality and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, and long-term maintenance of backend services or authorization systems.
• Drive performance optimization across the stack for high throughput and low latency.
• Champion security best practices including least-privilege, defense-in-depth, and secure coding standards.

Skills

Backend programming languages

Automated testing

Code reviews

Debugging production issues

Security awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

4+ years building scalable backend systems

Tools

SQL

NoSQL

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Service-oriented architectures

Job description

Key Responsibilities

System Design and Ownership: Lead the design, implementation, and long-term maintenance of critical backend services or our authorization systems, making sound architectural decisions that balance scalability, reliability, and security.

Performance and Scalability: Drive performance optimization efforts across the stack, proactively identifying bottlenecks and implementing solutions to support high throughput, low latency, and predictable system behavior under load.

Security Leadership: Champion security best practices by design, including least-privilege principles, defense-in-depth strategies, and secure coding standards, ensuring our authorization services meet high security and compliance requirements.

Code Quality and Engineering Excellence: Set a high bar for code quality through thoughtful design, thorough reviews, and comprehensive automated testing, improving the maintainability, reliability, and robustness of the codebase.

Troubleshooting and Reliability: Lead complex debugging and incident resolution efforts, develop tools and processes to improve observability, and contribute to the overall reliability and availability of our systems.

Collaboration and Technical Leadership: Collaborate closely with engineers, security specialists, product partners, and stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions, mentor junior engineers, and influence the team’s technical direction and best practices.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience, with 4+ years of experience building, operating, and scaling production backend systems.

Proficiency in one or more backend programming languages such as Go, Java, Python, C++ or similar.

Proven experience writing comprehensive automated tests, performing effective code reviews, and debugging complex production issues to ensure high standards of code quality and reliability.

Preferred Qualifications

Solid experience designing backend systems, including RESTful APIs, microservices or service-oriented architectures, and data models using SQL and NoSQL databases.

Demonstrated experience building and optimizing high-throughput, high-availability systems, with a strong understanding of performance tuning and scalability trade-offs.

Practical knowledge of backend security principles and best practices, including authentication, authorization, least-privilege access, and secure service-to-service.

Experience leading design discussions, mentoring engineers, and raising the technical bar through code reviews and engineering best practices.

Strong ability to collaborate cross-functionally with product, infrastructure, and security teams to deliver end-to-end backend solutions.