Senior Full-Stack Engineer: Python/React, Architecture Lead

TALENTMATE; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

AI71 in Abu Dhabi seeks a Lead/Staff Full-Stack Engineer to define architecture across frontend and backend, own services, and drive engineering excellence with mentorship across teams. You will ensure a seamless blend of SaaS and on-prem capabilities while shaping multi-quarter technical strategy.

The role requires 10+ years of full-stack experience, deep Python and React skills, and a proven track record leading cross-team initiatives in distributed systems and on-prem environments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of full-stack engineering with architectural ownership across frontend and backend.
• Strong system design at the architecture level across backend or frontend, with fluency in the other.
• Deep proficiency in Python and React.
• Mentorship record with credibility to review and guide work on the other side of the stack.
• Track record of leading major technical initiatives end-to-end.
• Experience with platforms that run in both managed SaaS and on-premises / disconnected environments.
• On-prem / air-gap delivery experience at the architecture level.
• Design system leadership alongside backend architecture ownership.
• Leading technical initiatives affecting multiple teams across disciplines.
• Experience scaling engineering orgs that combine frontend and backend disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Define the architecture for a critical platform area, spanning API / service design and the frontend architecture that consumes it.
• Lead major technical decisions: framework choices, data models, deployment patterns, and design system direction.
• Mentor senior engineers across frontend and backend disciplines; raise the engineering bar across multiple teams.
• Drive cross-team initiatives that improve reliability, security, developer velocity, and UI quality.
• Partner with product and design on multi-quarter technical and UX strategy.
• Operate as a tech lead for major full-stack projects (without people management responsibility).
• Ensure platform and UI decisions support both SaaS and on-prem operating models.

Skills

Full-stack ownership

Python

React

System design

Mentorship

Engineering leadership

Job description

AI71 in Abu Dhabi seeks a Lead/Staff Full-Stack Engineer to define architecture across frontend and backend, own services, and drive engineering excellence with mentorship across teams. You will ensure a seamless blend of SaaS and on-prem capabilities while shaping multi-quarter technical strategy.

The role requires 10+ years of full-stack experience, deep Python and React skills, and a proven track record leading cross-team initiatives in distributed systems and on-prem environments.