Senior Backend Engineer

Qureos; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking tech company based in Dubai is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to enhance its backend systems. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in NestJS and experience in designing high-quality APIs. You will work on building backend features, improving structure and performance, and guiding other developers. If you are passionate about high velocity, clear communication, and scalable architecture, we want to hear from you. The position involves collaborative work across various teams to deliver impactful solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with NestJS.
• Deep understanding of backend architecture patterns.
• Solid experience designing reliable, high-quality APIs.

Responsibilities

• Build backend features using Node.js / NestJS.
• Improve backend structure and modularity.
• Implement API endpoints and business logic.

Skills

NestJS

API design

Debugging

Problem-solving

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Job description

About the Role

Our backend powers complex workflows across jobs, interviews, sourcing, and AI-driven insights. As we expand these capabilities, we’re strengthening our architecture and introducing new patterns to support scale and speed. We’re hiring a Senior Backend Engineer who enjoys solving real product challenges, shaping reliable systems, and helping a team level up.

Your work will influence how our backend grows — improving performance, modularity, and developer experience — while delivering new features that matter to our customers.

This is a role for someone who values doing the right thing, moves with high velocity, communicates clearly.

What You’ll Work On

• Build backend features using Node.js / NestJS with clean, scalable patterns
• Improve backend structure, modularity, and data flows
• Implement API endpoints and business logic with clarity and maintainability
• Review code and guide engineers toward better patterns
• Collaborate with frontend, product, and AI teams to design efficient solutions
• Identify small improvements that increase developer velocity
• Strengthen error handling, validation, and domain clarity across the backend
• Help the team avoid new tech debt while delivering fast

Requirements

• Strong experience with NestJS
• Deep understanding of backend architecture patterns:
  • Modular monolith
  • Service + repository layering
  • Dependency injection
  • DTOs & validation
• Solid experience designing reliable, high-quality APIs
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and code-organization skills
• Ability to guide other developers and establish patterns
• Experience with PostgreSQL, and MongoDB
• Experience improving backend performance or resolving bottlenecks
• Experience in event-driven or modular architectures
• Experience in AI-powered products (Claude, Cursor, Copilot)