Senior Software Engineer - Procurement Platforms

ByteDance; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance in Dubai, UAE is seeking a senior backend engineer to design, build, and scale backend services that power a global procurement platform. You will collaborate with product, design, and cross‑functional teams to ship new capabilities and improve reliability, performance, and observability.

The role demands 4+ years of backend experience, proficiency in Golang/Java/Python, and a solid grasp of distributed systems, messaging, databases, and platform patterns.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of backend development or equivalent depth.
• Proficient in Golang / Java / Python (one or more) with solid backend architecture experience.
• Familiar with messaging middleware, relational databases, and common backend patterns (idempotency, retries, rate limiting, async jobs).
• Skilled in performance analysis and tuning; understands reliability engineering and observability.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve backend services with maintainability, scalability, and observability.
• Partner with product, design, and cross‑functional teams to ship new capabilities and improve experience.
• Improve reliability via performance analysis, tuning, and code quality initiatives.
• Mentor teammates through reviews, architecture guidance, and knowledge sharing.
• Drive mid‑to‑long‑term technical roadmaps with clear evolution strategies.
• Solve complex problems with proven approaches, and help the team tackle challenges more effectively.

Skills

Backend development experience

Golang/Java/Python

Messaging middleware

Relational databases

Observability / SRE concepts

Education

Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science

Job description

Responsibilities

About the team: The team is building a global one‑stop procurement platform that powers ByteDance’s worldwide growth and operations. We empower buyers with AI to craft optimal procurement plans and automate execution, turning procurement data into measurable outcomes. We embrace platformization and extensibility, adopting industry best practices to enable cross‑functional collaboration and lay strong foundations for long‑term evolution.

• Design, build, and evolve backend services with maintainability, scalability, and observability.
• Partner with product, design, and cross‑functional teams to ship new capabilities and improve experience.
• Improve reliability via performance analysis, tuning, and code quality initiatives.
• Mentor teammates through reviews, architecture guidance, and knowledge sharing.
• Drive mid‑to‑long‑term technical roadmaps with clear evolution strategies.
• Solve complex problems with proven approaches, and help the team tackle challenges more effectively.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or related fields.
• 4+ years of backend development or equivalent depth; owns systems of medium complexity and beyond.
• Proficient in Golang / Java / Python (one or more) with solid backend architecture experience.
• Familiar with messaging middleware, relational databases, and common backend patterns (idempotency, retries, rate limiting, async jobs).
• Skilled in performance analysis and tuning; understands reliability engineering and observability.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience building platformized products or shared services across multiple domains.
• Experience building stable and extensible distributed services.
• Demonstrated technical leadership driving alignment and results in complex environments.
• Practical AI application in procurement or supply chain (recommendation, forecasting, optimization, automation).

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.