Full Stack Engineer

Intellect Design Arena Ltd; Dubai; On-site; AED 400,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Intellect Design Arena Ltd is seeking a hands-on Tech Lead – Fullstack with expertise in Angular and Spring Boot to steer a high-impact engineering squad in Dubai. You will own design, architecture, and delivery of scalable applications, orchestrating cloud deployments on OpenShift and Azure while integrating AI-assisted tooling to boost productivity.

The role demands 10+ years in Banking/Financial services tech, strong leadership, and a proven track record delivering secure, high-performance

Qualifications

• Hands-on leadership in fullstack design and microservices architecture.
• Experience building scalable web apps with Angular and Spring Boot.
• Strong API design and cloud deployments on OpenShift and Azure.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers.
• Lead hands-on development with Angular frontend and Spring Boot backend.
• Deploy and manage apps on OpenShift and Azure with CI/CD pipelines.
• Design robust database schemas across Oracle and PostgreSQL.
• Leverage AI tools like Claude and Cursor to accelerate development and testing.
• Drive security, performance testing, and automated code scans.

Skills

Angular

Spring Boot

Microservices

RESTful APIs

Agile/Scrum

Problem-solving

Stakeholder communication

Team mentorship

Tools

Azure Cloud

OpenShift

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

GitLab CI

Fortify

Veracode

Trivy

Xray

Claude

Cursor

Job description

Intellect Design Arena Ltd is a global leader in enterprise-grade financial technology, providing cloud-native, composable, and intelligent platforms to progressive financial institutions worldwide. Operating extensively across the Middle East with an established and rapidly growing presence in the region's premier financial hubs, we empower leading Islamic, regional, and tier-one institutions

Driven by design thinking and first principles, our flagship architectures—including eMACH.ai, Purple Fabric, and iTurmeric—enable rapid modular adoption and intelligent, high-efficiency workflows tailored to the evolving digital and regulatory needs of Middle Eastern banking. At Intellect, we blend deep domain expertise with cutting-edge tech to drive digital transformation, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth for the future of regional finance. Join us to build the next generation of global fintech

Role: Tech Lead – Fullstack (Angular, Spring Boot & Cloud)

Location: Dubai

Experience: 10+ Years

Domain: Banking

Key Summary:

We are looking for a hands-on Tech Lead – Fullstack Developer with strong expertise in Angular and Spring Boot to join our engineering team.

In this role, you will lead fullstack development, manage cloud deployments on OpenShift and Azure, ensure robust application security, and leverage modern AI-assisted development tools (Claude, Cursor) to drive productivity and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Lead fullstack design, microservices architecture, and API design while conducting code reviews, sprint planning, and mentoring engineers.
• Hands-on Development: Build scalable, high-performance web applications using Angular (Frontend) and Spring Boot (Backend).
• Cloud & DevOps: Deploy, orchestrate, and manage applications on OpenShift (Kubernetes) and Azure Cloud using CI/CD pipelines.
• Database Management: Design and optimize schemas, queries, and data models across Oracle and PostgreSQL databases.
• AI Integration: Leverage modern AI tools (Cursor, Claude) to accelerate code generation, automate unit test writing, and streamline technical documentation.
• Security & Quality Assurance: Drive application security and compliance by conducting performance testing, security testing, and automated code scans (Fortify, Veracode, Trivy, Xray).

Key Requirements & Qualifications

• Core Tech Stack: Angular, Spring Boot, Microservices, RESTful APIs, Oracle, PostgreSQL.
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with Azure Cloud, OpenShift, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Domain Expertise: Experience in the Banking / Financial Services domain.
• DevOps & CI/CD: Proficiency in CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI) and version control (Git/GitHub/Bitbucket).
• Security & Testing Tools: Experience with Fortify, Veracode, Trivy, Xray, and performance testing frameworks.
• AI-Assisted Engineering: Hands-on experience or strong familiarity using AI tools like Claude or Cursor for prompt-driven development and code quality.
• Soft Skills: Excellent problem-solving, stakeholder communication, team mentorship, and Agile/Scrum execution skills.