Senior Python Backend Lead – Microservices

CFI Financial Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 391,000 - 614,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries and benefits

Growth opportunities

Multinational environment

Collaborative team

Job summary

CFI Financial Group in Dubai is seeking a Backend Technical Lead (Python) to drive backend architecture and delivery across products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, define technical specs, and mentor engineers.

The role requires a BSc in CS, 4+ years in software development with Python, 1 year in technical leadership, and strong knowledge of SQL/NoSQL, SOA, and modern cloud-native practices like Kubernetes and IaC. Experience with microservices and messaging systems is a plus.

Qualifications

• BSc in Computer Science or a related field.
• Minimum 4+ years of software development experience with Python; PHP will be considered an advantage.
• Excellent knowledge of software and application design and architecture.
• Minimum 1 year as Technical Lead experience.
• Technical mindset with great attention to detail.
• Understanding of software quality assurance principles.
• Experience with SDLC processes.
• Experience with SOA; experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Some experience with RabbitMQ or Kafka; Microservices and containerized apps.
• Some experience building websockets; Kubernetes and IaC (Terraform, Helm).
• Proficiency with version control and CI/CD tools like Git and Jenkins.
• Understanding of web security standards and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders in developing features and new products.
• Develop solutions according to specified business requirements.
• Define and write up the technical spec, including the appropriate technology and workflow to coding standards.
• Demonstrate and present implementation to team leaders/heads/CTO.
• Implement Unit and Integration Tests.
• Ensure software meets all requirements of quality, security, modifiability, extensibility etc.
• Participate in code reviews, identifying anti-patterns in the code and refactoring opportunities.
• Other duties as deemed necessary by their superior from time to time.

Skills

Python

Software architecture

SOA

SQL/NoSQL databases

Unit and integration tests

CI/CD

Web security

Code reviews

Education

BSc in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Helm

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Job description

CFI Financial Group in Dubai is seeking a Backend Technical Lead (Python) to drive backend architecture and delivery across products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, define technical specs, and mentor engineers.

The role requires a BSc in CS, 4+ years in software development with Python, 1 year in technical leadership, and strong knowledge of SQL/NoSQL, SOA, and modern cloud-native practices like Kubernetes and IaC. Experience with microservices and messaging systems is a plus.