Senior Backend Engineer

Presight; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 50,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative and forward-thinking company is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join its dynamic team. This role involves designing and developing robust backend systems that support cutting-edge analytics solutions powered by AI. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into scalable systems while enhancing performance, security, and reliability. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in backend engineering, experience with big data technologies, and a passion for problem-solving. Join a company that values creativity and offers a diverse, inclusive environment focused on personal growth and groundbreaking innovations.

Benefits

Healthcare

Leave Benefits

Career Growth Opportunities

Diverse and Inclusive Environment

Competitive Remuneration Package

Qualifications

• 4-5 years experience in backend engineering with strong computer science fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with big data technologies and distributed storage systems.
• Experience in Agile development methodologies within AI or analytics.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain backend infrastructure for next-gen analytics solutions.
• Collaborate with teams to translate business needs into technical requirements.
• Enhance performance, security, and reliability of backend systems.

Skills

Backend Engineering

Agile Development

Java

Spring Boot

Docker

Apache Spark

ClickHouse

JavaScript

Kubernetes

Cloud Platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Docker

Apache Spark

ClickHouse

Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Job description

Overview

Role: Senior Backend Engineer

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE

About Presight

Presight is an ADX-listed public company with Abu Dhabi based G42 as its majority shareholder and is the region’s leading big data analytics company powered by GenAI. It combines big data, analytics, and AI expertise to serve every sector, of every scale, to create business and positive societal impact. Presight excels at all-source data interpretation to support insight-driven decision-making that shapes policy and creates safer, healthier, happier, and more sustainable societies. Today, through its range of GenAI-driven products and solutions, Presight is bringing Applied AI to the private and public sector, enabling them to realize their AI strategy and ambitions faster.

The Opportunity:

Presight is seeking an innovative, creative and experienced Senior Backend Engineer to build the structure of advanced software applications by writing flawless business logic, server scripts, and APIs. You get to play a key technical role in sustaining and optimizing the infrastructure that develops and delivers cutting edge, next-gen analytics solutions at Presight.

Responsibilities

Functional

• Design, develop, and maintain the backend infrastructure to support next-gen analytics solutions using appropriate modelling techniques in line with agreed software design standards, patterns and methodology
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into technical requirements and scalable systems
• Continuously enhance the performance, security, and reliability of our backend systems
• Address technical challenges with creativity, ensuring that the infrastructure remains robust under evolving requirements
• Create and communicate multiple design views to identify and balance the concerns of all stakeholders of software design and allow for both functional & non-functional requirements.
• Model or simulate the behavior of proposed software to enable approval by stakeholders and facilitate effective construction of the software
• Design, code, verify, test, document, amend and re-factor complex programs/scripts and integration software services
• Define and manage scoping, requirement definition and prioritization activities for small-scale changes and assist with more complex change initiatives
• Follow agreed standards and apply appropriate techniques to elicit and document detailed requirements
• Contribute to the appropriate selection of a software development approach—predictive (plan-driven) or adaptive (iterative/agile)
• Design test cases and test scripts mapping back to pre-determined criteria, clearly recording and reporting outcomes
• Develop and maintain specialist knowledge of database and data warehouse concepts, design principles, architecture, software and facilities
• Develop optimal solutions to enhance user experience, optimizing for maximum speed, scalability and technical feasibility
• Participate in overall architecture discussion meetings to gain a detailed understanding of the complete architecture of a product and its functionalities
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Comply with QHSE (Quality Health Safety and Environment), Business Continuity, Information Security, Privacy, Risk, Compliance Management and Governance of Organizations policies, procedures, plans and related risk assessments.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related field
• Minimum 4- 5 years of experience in Backend engineering with strong computer science fundamentals
• At least 4 - 5 years of experience in Agile development methodologies in an AI service organization or analytics industry
• Hands-on experience with big data technologies such as Apache Spark and distributed storage systems (e.g., Hadoop ecosystem)
• Expertise in ClickHouse databases for managing analytical workloads at scale
• Handson experience on Java, Spring Boot, Docker – a MUST

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• JavaScript
• Kubernetes
• Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)

Ideally, you’ll also need

• In-depth market and domain knowledge
• A passion for constant improvement
• An innovative and creative approach to problem-solving
• Excellent communication skills

What we look for:

If you are a performance-driven, inquisitive mind with the agility to adapt to ambiguity, you will fit right in. You should be eager to explore opportunities to build meaningful collaborations with stakeholders and aspire to create unique customer-centric solutions. Bias for action and a passion to conquer new frontiers in the AI space is at the heart of the Presight community.

What working at Presight offers:

Culture: An open, diverse and inclusive environment with a global vision that encourages personal growth and focuses on ground-breaking, industry-first innovations.

Career: Accelerate your career through high-impact projects andaccess to resources for continuous growth and learning opportunities.

Rewards: A competitive remuneration package with a host of perks including healthcare, leave benefits and more.