Founding Engineer

SouqView; Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Dubai; Hybrid; AED 167,000 - 301,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

On-site days in UAE

Job summary

SouqView is a bilingual, gamified investing app in the UAE. This role focuses on building the mobile app, platform, and AI inside SouqView, writing code, and releasing updates weekly.

You will work with AI coding tools like Claude Code to move fast while maintaining security and reliability. You will collaborate with partners to deliver dashboards and integrations, own app store releases, and ensure the platform scales.

Qualifications

• Strong engineering fundamentals across mobile, web, APIs and databases.
• Daily use of AI coding tools such as Claude Code and the ability to review their output.
• Product sense to decide what to build and cut the rest.
• Clear communication with non-technical partners.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship features across the mobile app, web and backend from idea to release.
• Write production code daily with AI coding agents, with tests and reviews.
• Build dashboards and integrations to meet partner needs.
• Own releases to App Store and Google Play, and fix what breaks.
• Keep the platform and its data secure, reliable and scalable.

Skills

Mobile, web, APIs and databases

AI coding tools

Product sense

Communication with non-technical teams

Tools

Claude Code

Job description

SouqView is a bilingual, gamified investing app that helps first-time investors in the UAE learn, practise with virtual money and build confidence across UAE and US markets. Short lessons, levels and friendly competitions keep people coming back. We are a small, AI-native team headquartered in the UAE, working with universities, banks and market institutions.

About the role

You will build SouqView: the mobile app, the platform behind it and the AI inside it. You write the code, ship it every week with AI coding tools like Claude Code, and keep it secure and reliable as partners join.

What you will do

• Build and ship features across the mobile app, the web and the backend, from idea to release.
• Write production code every day with AI coding agents such as Claude Code, moving fast with tests and reviews.
• Build what our partners need, from dashboards to integrations.
• Own releases to the App Store and Google Play, and fix what breaks.
• Keep the platform and its data secure, reliable and ready to scale.

What you will bring

• Code you wrote and shipped that people use: an app in the store, a live product or a public repository.
• Strong engineering fundamentals across mobile, web, APIs and databases.
• Daily, confident use of AI coding tools such as Claude Code, and the judgement to review what they write.
• Product sense: you decide what is worth building and cut the rest.
• A solid grasp of how financial markets work, and strong financial literacy.
• Clear communication with non-technical partners.
• Your own UAE freelance visa or freelance licence.

Nice to have

Experience in fintech, education or regulated products. Arabic.

Compensation

A monthly stipend and commission, with the terms set out in your offer.

How we work

Remote-first for people living in the UAE, with on-site days in Abu Dhabi, Dubai or Al Ain when the work needs it. Every role works directly with the founder and gets the AI tools it needs from day one.

Hiring process

• 2. The simulation: 90 min, built from real situations
• 3. Practical task: Up to half a day, on a sample brief
• 4. Interview with the founder

SouqView is an equal opportunity employer. We hire on skills and results, without regard to religion, gender, nationality, age or disability.