Senior Software Engineer

Salient Group; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial tech firm in Dubai is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design and develop scalable APIs for core banking products. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience with JVM stacks and works well in agile environments. This role offers a competitive salary, flexible hybrid work, and the opportunity to make a significant impact on customer experience.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Strong equity upside

Excellent benefits

Flexible hybrid work

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building modern web applications and distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of backend fundamentals like REST APIs and event-driven architecture.
• Experience working in high-performance, agile environments shipping user-facing products.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable APIs for core banking products.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers.
• Write clean, testable, well-documented code.

Skills

Experience building modern web applications

Strong proficiency in JVM stacks

Understanding of backend fundamentals

Experience in agile environments

Familiarity with secure development practices

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Job description

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Senior Software Engineer

Compensation : Competitive base + bonus

Tech Stack : Java, Kotlin, Kafka, Terraform, Cloud

The Role

This is a hands-on, high-impact engineering role for someone who thrives on building robust, scalable systems and loves solving meaningful customer problems. You’ll work closely with product and design to create seamless, secure, and joyful user experiences in banking and financial services. You’ll be part of an international team located across UAE made up of sharp, mission-driven engineers working in a fast-moving environment that values ownership, craft, and speed.

What You’ll Do

• Design & Build: Architect and develop scalable APIs, services for core banking products (e.g., accounts, cards, payments, brokerage, crypto or automation tools).
• Collaborate Deeply: Partner with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define and deliver customer-centric features from idea to production.
• Own Quality: Write clean, testable, well-documented code and participate in code reviews, CI / CD, and observability best practices.
• Improve Systems: Help shape technical architecture, propose performance improvements, and identify areas for tech debt reduction.
• Mentor & Learn: Share knowledge with junior team members and stay ahead of industry trends, especially in fintech and emerging tech (AI / LLMs).

About You

You have :

• 5+ years of experience building modern web applications and distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency in JVM stacks.
• Deep understanding of backend fundamentals (REST APIs, event-driven architecture, cloud infrastructure ideally AWS).
• Experience working in high-performance, agile environments shipping user-facing products.
• Familiarity with secure development practices and working on regulated systems (e.g., finance, payments, identity).

You thrive when :

• You’re trusted with ownership and expected to make decisions.
• You operate well in ambiguity and love solving complex, cross-functional problems.
• You enjoy balancing high-velocity execution with thoughtful technical design.
• You’re energized by mission-driven teams and making an impact on customers\' lives.

Nice to Have

• Experience in fintech, neobanks, or high-growth startups.
• Familiarity with modern DevOps tooling (Terraform, Docker, CI / CD).
• Exposure to AI / LLM-powered product features.
• Contributions to open source or side projects that show initiative and craftsmanship.

Why This Role

• Join one of the most forward-thinking digital banks operating today
• Build foundational systems that power critical real-world financial services
• Contribute to a high-trust, low-ego engineering culture that ships
• Competitive salary, strong equity upside, and excellent benefits
• Based in UAE with flexible hybrid work.

To apply or learn more, contact :

Location: UAE

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Information Technology

Industries: Information Services and IT Services and IT Consulting

Global Village, Dubai, United Arab Emirates