Senior Full Stack Web Developer

Client of RecruitMe Plus; Dubai; On-site; AED 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Modern engineering culture

Ownership over projects

Job summary

Client of RecruitMe Plus is looking for a Senior Full Stack Web Developer in Dubai. This full-time hybrid role requires expertise across the full stack, from front-end to back-end, and includes responsibilities like building scalable applications and optimizing web performance.

The ideal candidate will have 5-8 years of experience in web development, a strong DevOps background, and excellent communication skills. The position offers a modern, AI-forward engineering culture and real ownership over projects.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of professional full-stack web development experience.
• Proven record of building and shipping production websites and applications.
• Solid understanding of web security, performance optimisation and scalability.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable websites and web applications.
• Develop responsive, accessible and engaging user experiences.
• Optimize website and application performance, SEO and Core Web Vitals.

Skills

Full-stack web development

DevOps

E-commerce

Git/GitHub

Database management

Responsive design

Tools

Docker

PostgreSQL

Node.js

React

Job description

Senior Full Stack Web Developer

Full‑time, hybrid (remote with office collaboration as needed)

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable websites and web applications across the full stack, including frontend, backend, database and infrastructure.
• Develop responsive, accessible and engaging user experiences from interactive marketing sites to conversion‑focused storefronts.
• Build and maintain secure REST and GraphQL APIs, payment integrations and third‑party service connections.
• Own and manage CI/CD pipelines, including automated testing, builds and deployments using GitHub Actions.
• Apply DevOps best practices such as containerization, infrastructure‑as‑code, monitoring and observability.
• Leverage AI‑assisted development tools to write clean, structured, well‑maintained and well‑tested code.
• Participate in code reviews and follow team coding standards.
• Optimize website and application performance, SEO and Core Web Vitals.
• Collaborate with design, marketing and operations teams to deliver features that support business objectives.

Required Qualifications

• 5‑8 years of professional full‑stack web development experience.
• Proven record of building and shipping production websites and applications.
• E‑commerce experience is a strong plus.
• Strong DevOps background, including CI/CD, containerization and cloud deployment.
• Hands‑on expertise with GitHub, including GitHub Actions, pull requests, branching strategies and code reviews.
• Comfortable using AI coding tools to produce structured, maintainable and well‑documented code.
• Deep database knowledge: schema modelling, normalization, relationships, indexing, query optimisation, migrations and performance tuning.
• Solid understanding of web security, performance optimisation and scalability.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work independently in a hybrid setting.

Technical Skills

• Frontend: React / Next.js, Vue / Nuxt; TypeScript and JavaScript (ES6+); HTML5, CSS3, Tailwind CSS; responsive and accessible UI; state management.
• Backend: Node.js, Express or NestJS; optional Python or PHP/Laravel; REST and GraphQL API design; authentication and authorisation (OAuth2, JWT).
• E‑commerce & Web Platforms: CMS, web frameworks and e‑commerce platforms such as Shopify, Medusa.js, WooCommerce, WordPress and custom builds; payment gateway integrations (Stripe, PayPal or regional providers); product catalogue, cart, checkout and order management; inventory, shipping and tax integrations.
• Databases: PostgreSQL / MySQL, MongoDB / NoSQL, Redis for caching and sessions.
• DevOps & Infrastructure: Docker and containerisation; CI/CD with GitHub Actions; Google Cloud Platform; infrastructure‑as‑code (preferably Terraform); monitoring, logging and observability tooling.
• Tools & Practices: Git / GitHub version control; AI‑assisted development tools; automated testing (Jest, Playwright or Cypress); Agile/Scrum workflow.
• Nice to Have: headless commerce architectures; SEO and analytics integration; serverless and edge functions; Cloudflare Workers, CDN and security features.

What the Role Offers

• Senior role with real ownership over a growing portfolio of web projects.
• Hybrid work arrangement – remote work with office collaboration as needed.
• Modern, AI‑forward engineering culture.
• Opportunity to contribute to a modern technology stack and further develop technical skills.