Senior Forward Deployed Engineer — UAE (Relocation & Equity)

Wave Group; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 210,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Housing allowance

Car allowance

Schooling allowances

Premium health cover

Annual flights home

Relocation support

Job summary

Wave Group is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer in the UAE, with relocation available. You will lead hands-on integration projects across client systems, collaborating with government and enterprise clients to define architecture and delivery approaches.

This senior role emphasizes backend engineering with a strong Python focus, cloud experience (Azure preferred), and a proven track record delivering large-scale integrations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including client-facing roles.
• Full-stack/backend-leaning with strong backend capabilities and quick learning of new languages.
• Experience delivering large enterprise integrations (APIs, data pipelines, legacy systems).

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale integration programmes across client systems.
• Work with enterprise and government clients to define opportunities and architecture.
• Build and ship solutions, setting delivery approach from day one.
• Engage with senior technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Backend engineering

Python

Stakeholder communication

Cloud familiarity

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Wave Group is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer in the UAE, with relocation available. You will lead hands-on integration projects across client systems, collaborating with government and enterprise clients to define architecture and delivery approaches.

This senior role emphasizes backend engineering with a strong Python focus, cloud experience (Azure preferred), and a proven track record delivering large-scale integrations.