Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable APIs & Microservices

Salt Digital Recruitment; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt Digital Recruitment is seeking a Software Development Engineer III to design and build scalable backend services and APIs. You will own technical solutions and collaborate across teams to deliver high-impact systems powering core product experiences.

You will design and maintain services using Ruby, Java, or Go, build robust tests, and integrate CI/CD with quality gates. Experience with distributed systems and dashboards is preferred.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of backend development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Ruby, Java, or Go.
• Experience with distributed systems, REST/GraphQL APIs.
• Solid understanding of relational and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver end-to-end experiences.
• Develop and optimize tests; ensure CI/CD quality gates.
• Drive performance, reliability, and observability improvements.

Skills

Backend engineering

Ruby

Java

Go

Distributed systems

REST/GraphQL APIs

Databases

Cloud platforms

Observability

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Salt Digital Recruitment is seeking a Software Development Engineer III to design and build scalable backend services and APIs. You will own technical solutions and collaborate across teams to deliver high-impact systems powering core product experiences.

You will design and maintain services using Ruby, Java, or Go, build robust tests, and integrate CI/CD with quality gates. Experience with distributed systems and dashboards is preferred.