Principal Software Engineer

Remotedxb; Dubai; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation & equity

Generous total rewards

Vacation & sick days

Paid parental leave

Wellness programs

Job summary

Remotedxb is seeking a senior backend architect to shape long-term technical strategy and architecture across products and platforms. You will lead complex, cross-team initiatives from design through production, establish engineering standards, and own the reliability and evolution of critical production systems.

You will mentor engineers, design AI agents and automation to create organizational leverage, evaluate AI-generated designs for quality, and drive REST-based microservice architectures

Qualifications

• 10+ years building backend apps with Python and FastAPI or equivalent.
• 5+ years architecture, deployment, and operation of cloud-native apps with AWS serverless.
• Expert in REST APIs and distributed microservices.
• Proven experience defining technical direction across multiple engineering teams.
• Experience in AI-first environments using AI agents for development.
• Experience designing, building, and integrating AI agents or workflows.
• Experience developing front-end apps with JS/TS/React/Angular.

Responsibilities

• Shape long-term technical strategy and architecture across products and platforms.
• Lead complex, cross-team initiatives from design through production.
• Establish engineering standards, architectural patterns, and best practices.
• Own the reliability, maintainability, and evolution of critical production systems.
• Mentor engineers and raise the technical capabilities of the organization.
• Design and improve AI agents, engineering workflows, and automation.

Skills

Python

FastAPI

AWS Serverless

REST APIs

Microservices

AI agents

Front-end JS/TS

React/Angular

Team leadership

DevOps

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Responsibilities

• Shape long-term technical strategy and architecture across products and platforms
• Lead complex, cross-team initiatives from design through production
• Establish engineering standards, architectural patterns, and best practices
• Own the reliability, maintainability, and evolution of critical production systems
• Mentor engineers and raise the technical capabilities of the organization
• Design and improve AI agents, engineering workflows, and automation to create organizational leverage
• Evaluate AI-generated designs, code, tests, and documentation to ensure quality

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience building backend applications with Python and FastAPI or similar frameworks
• 5+ years architecting, deploying, and operating cloud-native applications using AWS serverless technologies
• Expert knowledge of designing and implementing REST APIs and distributed microservice architectures
• Demonstrated experience defining technical direction across multiple engineering teams
• Proven experience working in an AI-first engineering environment using AI agents for development
• Experience designing, building, and integrating AI agents or agentic workflows
• Experience developing front-end applications using JavaScript, TypeScript, React, or Angular

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding of prompt engineering, tool orchestration, and context management
• Experience with infrastructure automation and modern DevOps practices
• Ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders including executive leadership

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages and equity
• Generous total rewards plans
• Vacation days, sick days, and volunteer time off
• Paid parental leave
• Free access to wellness programs