Java Backend Engineer - Low-Latency Real-Time Gaming

DISCOVERED; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT solutions provider in Dubai is seeking a skilled Java Software Engineer to develop low-latency, high-performance gaming products. You will contribute to core architecture while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure performance and reliability. This role offers a competitive, tax-free salary and relocation support to Dubai, alongside long-term career growth and the chance to work on high-scale, real-time systems.

Benefits

Competitive, tax-free salary

Relocation support to Dubai

Long-term career growth

Collaborative, engineering-led culture

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with Java (Java 8+) required.
• Hands-on experience with asynchronous/event-driven architectures.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Java applications for gaming platforms.
• Build and optimise real-time data processing pipelines.
• Collaborate with product, DevOps, and QA teams for reliable solutions.

Skills

Java (Java 8+)

Low-latency systems development

Netty

WebSockets

Event-driven architectures

Concurrency frameworks

Apache Kafka

RabbitMQ

RESTful APIs

MongoDB

MySQL

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Linux environments

Job description

A leading IT solutions provider in Dubai is seeking a skilled Java Software Engineer to develop low-latency, high-performance gaming products. You will contribute to core architecture while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure performance and reliability. This role offers a competitive, tax-free salary and relocation support to Dubai, alongside long-term career growth and the chance to work on high-scale, real-time systems.