Senior Software Engineer - Trader Experience & FinTech

NEXT Ventures; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

NEXT Ventures is seeking a senior full-stack engineer to lead the Trader Experience Squad, owning the end-to-end trader journey on the FundedNext dashboard and mobile apps. You will drive technical direction, squad execution and cross-functional collaboration to deliver scalable, high-performance experiences that improve engagement and onboarding.

You will architect backend systems with PHP/Laravel and Next.js, optimize databases, and mentor engineers while collaborating with Growth, Payment,

Qualifications

• 6+ years of full stack software engineering experience with leadership or squad management.
• Strong expertise in PHP/Laravel, Node.js, and Next.js for building scalable customer-facing platforms.
• Proven experience building high-traffic web or mobile applications with focus on UX, reliability and performance.
• Strong database architecture and optimization with MySQL or PostgreSQL.
• Experience with notification systems, payment or checkout flows, onboarding/KYC systems, and customer journey optimization.
• Ability to lead sprint execution, mentor engineers, and manage cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience in fintech, prop trading, trading platforms, or similar high-scale digital products preferred.
• Mandatory hands-on experience with AI-native engineering workflows and modern AI coding agents.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve the end-to-end trader journey across the client dashboard and mobile applications.
• Reduce dashboard-related support tickets by identifying friction points and delivering scalable fixes.
• Drive improvements across onboarding, KYC, purchase, checkout, and account management experiences.
• Lead development of the mobile app experience across iOS and Android with feature parity to the web.
• Design and optimize purchase and checkout flows including one-click repurchase and conversion-focused journeys.
• Build scalable customer-facing experiences with high usability and reliability.
• Architect and maintain scalable backend systems using PHP/Laravel alongside Next.js frontend.
• Design high-performance APIs, notification systems and event-driven workflows for large-scale activity.
• Optimize database performance, caching strategies and platform responsiveness for high-traffic trading environments.
• Lead sprint planning, technical decisions, and cross-squad coordination with Growth, Payment, Risk, Product, Design.
• Establish engineering standards, code reviews and maintainable architecture across the squad.
• Leverage AI-native workflows using AI coding agents and mentor engineers toward ownership and scalability.

Job description

NEXT Ventures is seeking a senior full-stack engineer to lead the Trader Experience Squad, owning the end-to-end trader journey on the FundedNext dashboard and mobile apps. You will drive technical direction, squad execution and cross-functional collaboration to deliver scalable, high-performance experiences that improve engagement and onboarding.

You will architect backend systems with PHP/Laravel and Next.js, optimize databases, and mentor engineers while collaborating with Growth, Payment,