Lead Software Engineer

AHOY; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 257,000 - 368,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in the United Arab Emirates is seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of scalable backend systems. This hands-on role combines architecture, coding, and mentoring while working closely with product teams. Candidates should have over 5 years of backend experience, particularly with Node.js and AWS. This is a great opportunity to impact the company's technology landscape significantly.

Qualifications

• 5+ years backend experience with relevant technologies.
• Experience in serverless and event-driven architectures.
• Ability to mentor engineers and drive best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and build reliable, production-ready backend services.
• Drive architectural decisions and own features end‑to‑end.
• Oversee system monitoring and incident response.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

AWS

Microservices

TDD

REST/GraphQL APIs

Job description

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable backend systems.

This is a hands‑on leadership role with responsibilities spanning architecture, coding, and mentoring, while partnering closely with Product and cross‑functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build reliable, testable, production‑ready backend services.
• Drive architectural decisions and own features end‑to‑end.
• Write clean, maintainable code with strong test coverage.
• Mentor engineers and set best practices across the team.
• Oversee system monitoring, incident response, and workflow improvements.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally and contribute to hiring efforts.

Qualifications

• 5+ years backend experience, 4+ years with Node.js & TypeScript.
• Strong expertise in AWS (Lambda, Cognito, S3, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, CloudFormation).
• Experience with serverless, microservices, event‑driven architectures.
• Skilled in TDD, CI/CD, REST/GraphQL APIs, secure coding.
• Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Startup/fast‑paced environment experience preferred.