Senior Backend Engineer

Justlife Home Services; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home services technology company in Dubai is seeking a skilled Senior Software Engineer - Backend to work on cutting-edge projects in an innovative environment. Responsibilities include developing APIs, enhancing algorithms, and working with various technologies. The ideal candidate has strong Java skills and experience with MVC frameworks. This company offers a vibrant workplace and opportunities for continuous growth.

Benefits

Extra vacation on your birthday

Free service credits

Team-building activities

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Java with experience in backend development.
• Understanding of MVC architecture and RESTful services.
• Familiarity with unit and integration testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize APIs for 3rd party integrations.
• Implement customer-to-supplier dispatching algorithms.
• Enhance availability and assignment algorithms.

Skills

Java

MVC frameworks (Spring Boot)

RDBMS (MySQL)

MongoDB

ORM frameworks (Hibernate)

RabbitMQ

Redis

RESTful services

SOLID principles

Object-oriented programming

Git

AI Agents and Automation Frameworks

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

PHP 7 (Symfony and Doctrine)

Job description

Justlife is rocking the region with its beautifully designed for all home services app and looking for brilliant minds and skilled professionals who can think outside the box and have a limit that defies the sky.

Do you envision shaping the future of all home services in one of the fast-growing tech startups based in Dubai?

Come onboard and dedicate yourself to becoming #everydaybetter!

Take over a key role as a Senior Software Engineer - Backend in the Engineering department, and be a part of this exciting adventure of never-ending growth and success.

What we expect from you

Here are some exciting projects you will contribute to:

• Customer-to-supplier dispatching algorithms
• Real-time order tracking
• Development & optimization of APIs for 3rd party integrations
• Database modeling and design
• Implementing a safer and more flexible attribute management system
• Enhancing availability and assignment algorithms
• API-first development and E2E API tests
• Actively developing A/B structures
• Prototyping with AI tools usage

What we are looking for

• Strong proficiency in Java
• Experience with MVC frameworks such as Spring Boot
• High comfort level with RDBMS (MySQL) and MongoDB
• Proficiency in working with ORM frameworks such as Hibernate
• Experience with message queues (RabbitMQ) and cache storage (Redis)
• Solid understanding of MVC architecture and RESTful services
• Good grasp of the SOLID principles
• Strong object-oriented programming and design pattern skills
• Comfortable with Git version control system
• Understanding/experience of AI Agents and Automation Frameworks
• Experience with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes is a plus
• Willingness to work with PHP 7 (Symfony and Doctrine)
• Willingness to participate in our on-call rota
• Experience in performing unit and integration tests to ensure the reliability of backend services

PERKS OF BEING A PART of JUSTLIFE

Nothing would replace the start-up spirit, working with an evolving culture and fulfilling workplace! And, we offer you benefits like:

• One-day extra vacation on your birthday with our JustHoliday
• Free Justlife credits so you can enjoy our own services
• Work reality escapes opportunities through team-building games, challenges, and many more activities

We care about you

• Working with a great team and entrepreneurial spirit
• Continuous learning with mentorship, coaching, on-the-job, and internal-external training
• Never-ending growth with a fast-track career development and internal career opportunities
• A fair and objective Performance Management System.

We recognize you

• Ignition of the hero in you through our ‘’JustHeroes’’ Reward and Recognition Program
• Availability of company discounts and gift vouchers
• A bonus for every successful Employee Referral

ABOUT US

At Justlife, we envision a life without any chores that keep you from doing what you really want to.

Justlife is the region’s leading super app for home services. We connect individual needs with on-demand services, through our innovative marketplace platform.

We helped digitalize the cleaning service industry in UAE, back in 2015, and have been expanding our services from home cleaning alone to serving all our customer’s needs at home across the GCC. We now offer home cleaning, salon & spa at home, healthcare at home, maintenance & repairs, upholstery cleaning, pest control & disinfection, moving and packing, and car cleaning, and many more.

We built a network of thousands of trained professionals and served over 6 million sessions across UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman. With a team of 200+ full-timers and over 1000 service professionals, we pride ourselves in having created a culture that puts people first.

We promise our customers stellar service, our suppliers a valuable partner, our professionals a better life, and our employees a work environment where they can be their best versions of themselves.

Join the tribe and let’s become #everydaybetter, together!