GenAI Backend Engineer for Banking AI—Visa Sponsorship

Deeplight AI; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Visa sponsorship

Comprehensive health insurance

Professional development and certif.支

Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI

Job summary

DeepLight AI is seeking a Backend Engineer to drive digital transformation in banking. You will design, build, and deploy scalable, AI-powered web applications using microservices and RESTful APIs, with GenAI integration and RAG workflows.

You’ll act as a bridge between business units and IT to ensure solutions meet customer and regulatory expectations. You’ll work with Azure OpenAI, cloud-native deployments (Azure/AWS), and Docker-based CI/CD pipelines to deliver secure, modular platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as Computer Science or Software Engineering.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proven track record in building scalable, secure web applications and cloud-native AI integrations (Azure preferred).
• Advanced knowledge of banking operations and financial services products.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy full-stack, AI-powered web applications using microservices and RESTful APIs.
• Implement GenAI engineering principles, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation and agentic workflows.
• Create modular, scalable architectures and reusable templates for AI projects.
• Design and implement robust data pipelines, pre-processing workflows, and governance for large datasets.
• Manage containerization with Docker and CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.
• Act as an analytics translator between business units and IT, coordinating with UI/UX, data scientists, and AI engineers.
• Adhere to organizational policies and standards to ensure high-quality delivery.

Skills

GenAI engineering

LLM integration

Full-stack development

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Cloud-native architectures

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Software Eng or related

Tools

Azure OpenAI

Azure Functions / AWS Lambda

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

DeepLight AI is seeking a Backend Engineer to drive digital transformation in banking. You will design, build, and deploy scalable, AI-powered web applications using microservices and RESTful APIs, with GenAI integration and RAG workflows.

You’ll act as a bridge between business units and IT to ensure solutions meet customer and regulatory expectations. You’ll work with Azure OpenAI, cloud-native deployments (Azure/AWS), and Docker-based CI/CD pipelines to deliver secure, modular platforms.