Senior Backend Engineer, Global Procurement Platform

ByteDance; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance in Dubai, UAE is seeking a senior backend engineer to design, build, and scale backend services that power a global procurement platform. You will collaborate with product, design, and cross‑functional teams to ship new capabilities and improve reliability, performance, and observability.

The role demands 4+ years of backend experience, proficiency in Golang/Java/Python, and a solid grasp of distributed systems, messaging, databases, and platform patterns.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of backend development or equivalent depth.
• Proficient in Golang / Java / Python (one or more) with solid backend architecture experience.
• Familiar with messaging middleware, relational databases, and common backend patterns (idempotency, retries, rate limiting, async jobs).
• Skilled in performance analysis and tuning; understands reliability engineering and observability.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve backend services with maintainability, scalability, and observability.
• Partner with product, design, and cross‑functional teams to ship new capabilities and improve experience.
• Improve reliability via performance analysis, tuning, and code quality initiatives.
• Mentor teammates through reviews, architecture guidance, and knowledge sharing.
• Drive mid‑to‑long‑term technical roadmaps with clear evolution strategies.
• Solve complex problems with proven approaches, and help the team tackle challenges more effectively.

Skills

Backend development experience

Golang/Java/Python

Messaging middleware

Relational databases

Observability / SRE concepts

Education

Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science

Job description

ByteDance in Dubai, UAE is seeking a senior backend engineer to design, build, and scale backend services that power a global procurement platform. You will collaborate with product, design, and cross‑functional teams to ship new capabilities and improve reliability, performance, and observability.

The role demands 4+ years of backend experience, proficiency in Golang/Java/Python, and a solid grasp of distributed systems, messaging, databases, and platform patterns.