Node.js Backend Engineer — APIs, Scale & Reliability

Weybridge Ventures; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Weybridge Ventures in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a capable backend developer to build reliable APIs and scalable infrastructure across DriveLEAD and FitLEAD platforms.

You will design RESTful and GraphQL APIs, work with Node.js (NestJS/Express), PostgreSQL, Redis, and Docker, and collaborate with frontend, product, and QA to ship features while optimizing performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in backend development (Node.js preferred).
• Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, or similar data stores.
• Solid understanding of API security and authentication (JWT, OAuth).
• Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker).

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services using Node.js (NestJS, Express).
• Design and implement RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
• Collaborate with frontend, product, and QA to ship features.
• Optimize performance and scalability across services.
• Write clean, tested code and contribute to architecture decisions.

Skills

Node.js

API design

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

Team collaboration

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

Docker

JWT

OAuth 2.0

NestJS

Express.js

GraphQL

Job description

Weybridge Ventures in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a capable backend developer to build reliable APIs and scalable infrastructure across DriveLEAD and FitLEAD platforms.

You will design RESTful and GraphQL APIs, work with Node.js (NestJS/Express), PostgreSQL, Redis, and Docker, and collaborate with frontend, product, and QA to ship features while optimizing performance and reliability.