Senior Backend Engineer — Java Spring Boot Microservices

Tech Junction Ltd; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 460,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Arabia is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join a leading Dubai-based bank, delivering cloud-native backend services built with Java, Spring Boot, and AWS. You will design scalable microservices, implement secure APIs, and collaborate with architects, product owners, and DevOps to meet regulatory requirements.

The role emphasizes event-driven architectures with Kafka, secure secrets management, and robust testing. Applicants should have 8+ years of experience and UAE-based eligibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or a related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• Strong expertise in Java and Spring Boot application development.
• Proven experience building and supporting Microservices-based architectures.
• Strong AWS cloud-native development experience.
• Hands‑on knowledge of AWS IAM Authentication and authorization mechanisms.
• Experience working with AWS Lambda and Amazon EKS.
• Strong knowledge of AWS SNS, SQS, KMS, and Secrets Manager.
• Experience implementing asynchronous messaging and event‑driven solutions.
• Strong experience with Kafka integration and message streaming architectures.
• Experience developing and managing NoSQL databases.
• Solid understanding of secure coding practices and application security.
• Proficiency in JUnit and automated testing methodologies.
• Experience managing GitHub repositories and collaborative development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build and support cloud‑native microservices architectures on AWS.
• Develop secure APIs and backend services for banking applications.
• Implement authentication and authorization solutions using IAM and related security frameworks.
• Design and manage event‑driven architectures using Kafka, SNS, and SQS.
• Deploy and support containerized applications running on Amazon EKS.
• Develop and maintain AWS Lambda functions for serverless workloads.
• Integrate and manage secure secrets, encryption, and key management solutions using AWS Secrets Manager and KMS.
• Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability across distributed systems.
• Develop automated unit and integration tests using JUnit and related testing frameworks.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to streamline CI/CD processes and deployment pipelines.
• Manage source code repositories, branching strategies, and release processes using GitHub.
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Contribute to technical design discussions, architecture reviews, and engineering best practices.

Skills

Strong analytical

Excellent communication

Stakeholder engagement

Troubleshooting

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

Kafka

NoSQL

EKS

Lambda

IAM

SQS

SNS

KMS

Secrets Manager

Job description

Talent Arabia is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join a leading Dubai-based bank, delivering cloud-native backend services built with Java, Spring Boot, and AWS. You will design scalable microservices, implement secure APIs, and collaborate with architects, product owners, and DevOps to meet regulatory requirements.

The role emphasizes event-driven architectures with Kafka, secure secrets management, and robust testing. Applicants should have 8+ years of experience and UAE-based eligibility.