Senior AI Software Engineer — Cloud-Native FinTech

Primis; Dubai; On-site; AED 446,000 - 614,000; Full time

Job summary

Primis is hiring a Senior AI Software Engineer in the UAE for on-site work in Dubai/Abu Dhabi. You will shape cutting-edge AI-powered products for a leading financial institution, designing full-stack backend and frontend services, deploying cloud-native apps on Azure or other clouds, and ensuring security and data protection.

You will collaborate with UI/UX designers, data scientists, and engineers to refine features, implement tests, and drive scalable, robust solutions while staying aligned

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in product development, ideally within AI-driven products.
• Strong full-stack background across backend and/or frontend development.
• Hands-on experience with modern languages and frameworks such as Python, Rust, Go, React, Angular or Vue.js.
• Proven ability to design and integrate secure, production-grade APIs, including versioning, observability (monitoring, tracing, logging) and modern authentication mechanisms.
• Practical experience with containerisation and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Exposure to AI/ML, GenAI or agentic frameworks is a strong advantage.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Help shape and build cutting-edge AI-powered products for a leading financial institution, working across the full technology stack
• Design and develop robust, event-driven, API-first backend services alongside modern front-end interfaces
• Build reusable components and libraries using contemporary frameworks to speed up delivery across teams
• Architect and deploy cloud-native applications using Microsoft Azure or other major cloud platforms
• Optimise both frontend and backend for usability, performance, scalability and security
• Implement strong data protection, authentication protocols and security best practices throughout
• Collaborate closely with UI/UX designers, backend engineers, product managers, data scientists and data engineers to refine features and improve data quality
• Write unit, integration and end-to-end tests to safeguard code quality, while keeping pace with emerging tools and industry best practices

Skills

Full-stack development

Python/Rust/Go

React/Angular/Vue.js

Secure APIs

Docker/Kubernetes

CI/CD/DevOps

AI/ML exposure

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

React

Angular

Vue.js

Job description

Primis is hiring a Senior AI Software Engineer in the UAE for on-site work in Dubai/Abu Dhabi. You will shape cutting-edge AI-powered products for a leading financial institution, designing full-stack backend and frontend services, deploying cloud-native apps on Azure or other clouds, and ensuring security and data protection.

You will collaborate with UI/UX designers, data scientists, and engineers to refine features, implement tests, and drive scalable, robust solutions while staying aligned